you should perhaps post something on the linux on laptops page. On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 15:02:48+1300 Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thought that I would post my results after finally getting Debian > running on this laptop. You may recall last that week I asked the > list about the tricky dicky NIC "XH7912": > > I installed Debian 30r1 from CD and got the PCMCIA "XH7912" NIC > working after that. Once that was running I used apt-get [update | > install] to get what I wanted. > > Indeed the Dick Smith "XH7912" is a Realtek 8139C. The drivers I > downloaded for it on the DSE website were too difficult to compile - I > don't know why, there were include problems. Basically, the DSE > module was too hard to compile (even though the instructions were very > specific I think they were well out of date) and not even required > because the 8139C has kernel support. > > I newly compiled a 2.4.23 kernel to support the 8139C and the maestro3 > sound card. It was far easier in the end to compile in the 8139C > driver than try and work out /etc/pcmcia/config and friends. I'm > still coming to grips with Debian's module configurator. Compiling the > kernel let me fine tune and learn what I could and couldn't do without > for a laptop. APM even seems to be working (once I took ACPI out of > the kernel since only APM is supported in BIOS). Remarkable. > > The most impressive thing I've seen for linux is the support for > lucent modems. The people who maintain this should be heartily > congratulated. The installer that I used (ltmodem-8.26a9), although a > command line utility, was very easy to use and provided lots of > information through the install process. Not only that but it > installed itself and worked first time without me having to change > anything (except "chgrp dip /dev/ttyLY0" and add myself to the group > "dip"). > > I've had quite an adventure with the sound though... I've fluctuated > between having the maestro3 compiled in or as module. I can't get > xine to play sound perhaps because I've mucked up the installation... > see next post. > > Best, > Michael. > >
