On Mon, 2002-08-26 at 03:54, Benj wrote: > An affordable, brand-new, Linux-friendly portable at last! This > is what I've been waiting for. > > To make sure if it really supports GNU/Linux, I'll bring with me > my Linuxcare BBC, Knoppix, or tomsrtbt and test if it sees all > hardware. > > I must contain my excitement. LAN party anyone?
Compaq Presario's are relatively Linux-friendly. I installed Slackware 8.1 on a Compaq Presario 12XL312 (Pentium III 700MHz, 64MB RAM, 5GB HD) just recently. The Slackware laptop was running on an SGI XFS filesystem initially using the patched 2.4.18 included with the Slackware CD. I then got a 2.4.19 kernel, patched it with RML preempts, LMSensors2 and SGI XFS, recompiled the kernel to support ACPI (APM too should be put it in for X to use power management), PCMCIA cardbus support, USB Host to Host network connection and a couple or more kernel configs. A few quick edits would be required for HD power management and to turn of the display after a set time of inactivity (hdparm and setterm). The touchpad was functional in console (using gpm and a few quick edits to /etc/rc.d/rc.gpm) even in KDE 3.0. Sound is handled by the via82cxxx_audio module. I didn't have time to test/configure the built in modem since i don't have a dialup internet connection. That was until my father said to be that he'd like windows back in _his_ laptop. It was good while it lasted... :)
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