On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 12:10:34 -0300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi. > > Just installed Mdk9.1 on a HP Pavilion ZE4430US notebook (mainly because > of ACPI and ATI Radeon support). Spec follows below.
I have a HP pavilion ze4268 notbook, and I'll tell you this:
You say Mandrake has radeon support? In what way, 2D? 3D is only supported in
the 2.6 kernel with the cvs version of XFree. If it's 2D you are after, then
it's just using the vesa driver, as this works well, providing you don't try
glxgears which shows a lousy 230fps rate.
> The installation was smooth. Congratulations! However, the boot was
> unsuccessful. I've disabled pcmcia once it freezes the system. Switch off/on
> then systems freezes again. I have chosen also failsafe and nonfsb modes, but
> was unlucky also.
Chech yor /etc/lilo.conf .. the chances are that there is an command option in
there somewhere which is blocking your config, like "noacpi" in the lilo
options. Remove this, as it's hanging your system, considering if you can
actually start at all.
> The setup during installation included the use of acpi and grub to dual
> boot XP.
> Below follows the hardware spec.
>
> processor: Mobile AMD___ Athlon___ XP-M Processor 2400+ (1.8GHz) with
> PowerNow!___ Technology
> os: Microsoft� Window� XP Home Edition Microsoft�
> memory: 512MB DDR SDRAM (2 x 256MB) at 266MHz;
> hard drive: 40GB enhanced-IDE
> multimedia: DVD+CD-RW Combo
> display: 15.0" XGA TFT (1024 x 768) display
> communication Integrated 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector),
> Integrated 54g wireless LAN
> video: ATI MOBILITY___RADEON___; 4X AGP and 3D architecture
> sound: 16-bit Sound Blaster Pro-compatible audio; Altec Lansing
> internal speakers
Sounds exactly like mine. I have Gentoo running on my laptop now, as it gave me
an extra 60 minutes of battery life (I shit you not). Acpi works, but acpid does
nothing for me. Take a look at the site I created for my laptop (also to remind
me what I did the first time if I ever reinstall *ggg*):
http://pavilion.axljab.homelinux.org/
I hope some of this helps at least ... else on my site you will find links to
linux-laptop sites too.
Greetings
Ralph
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"...the software said Win95 or better, so I installed Linux"
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