On Saturday 13 December 2003 13:06, Roberto J. Dohnert wrote: > I would actually like to know, what is a good Laptop for Linux? �The > Laptop I had before battery life wasnt that great and sound didnt work. � > On the Toshiba Satellite that I use now I am having to use Windows XP > because my TrackPad doesnt work and sound doesnt work. � Can someone > point me in the direction of Satellite drivers for Linux?
You could try Knoppix which worked with the touchpad and an external USB mouse simulataneously on my Satellite A35-S159. Didn't try sound. Boot it off the CD drive and see if things work Then find the drivers being used. I've been reading up on ACPI. Looks like getting a 2.5 or 2.6 kernel is recommended. There's an ACPI HOWTO that I'm going to read. There are a lot of hits on "linux toshiba satellite". (I am trying to get the first A35-S159 HOWTO out there.) The fact that Knoppix came up without even installing bowls me over. There is a Toshiba Linux user forum sponsered by Toshiba and there is recent and cogent traffic on it. I'd say the A35-S159 is good so far, but it's still early in the evaluation. -- Mike Mueller 324881 (08/20/2003) Make clockwise circles with your right foot. Now use your right hand to draw the number "6" in the air. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
