$quoted_author = "Xavier Elizalde" ; > > I have an old laptop, a Toshiba Tecra 740CDT, which I would like to > install Linux on. If tried many different distributions, but they can't > seem to handle the display/audio hardware properly.
a quick google search turned up a list of the full specs: http://linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/linux/eng/spec.php3?model=PA1229U- looks like x needs the 'chips' driver: http://freedesktop.org/~xorg/X11R6.7.0/doc/chips.4.html and for sound the 'snd-cd4232' driver: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?module=cs4232 marty -- Now this love struck romeo, He sings the streets a serenade Now he's laying everybody low, He's got a love song he made He finds a convenient streetlight, And he'll step out of the shade And he'll say something like, You and me, babe, how 'bout it? "Romeo & Juliet" - Indigo Girls -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
