[ltp] X40...Fedora Core 3 or Suse 9.2?

[David Tansey]

i have an x40 with ubuntu. i have the atheros wifi chip. everything
works out of the box except the sd card slot. but that doesn't work on
any distro. my dock even works, though that took some work. can't think
of anything else that doesn't work. 

On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 17:42 -0900, Kenneth Papp wrote:
> Thanks to all for your suggestions.  Here's the order I am going to try:
> 
> 1) Suse 9.2 Pro
> 2) MEPIS 2004.06
> 3) Ubuntu
> 4) Fedora Core 3
> 
> I think I should be able to get one of these to work!  ;-)
> 
> joshua timberman wrote:
> 
> >I totally forgot to respond to your laundry list in my other post.
> >
> >On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:32:43 -0900, Kenneth Papp <kpapp@gi.alaska.edu> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>comments from anyone using Suse 9.2 Pro or FC3 on their X40 regarding:
> >>
> >>1) Intel Pro 2100 wifi card
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >No experience with this particular card.  My T41 has an Atheros card
> >and I had to download madwifi on Fedora Core 3 to get it to work.  It
> >worked perfectly out of the box with SuSE 9.2 though.  Your mileage
> >may vary with your card, however.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>2) Suspend to disk/RAM (lid open/close and/or Fn keys)
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >The Fedora Core 3 default kernel doesn't have APM support compiled in.
> > I haven't tried making this work yet.  I never used SuSE 9.2 anywhere
> >but my desk at work, so I was always plugged in.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>3) Battery life
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I can get about 4 hours out of the battery in Fedora.  See above for
> >SuSE (plugged in).
> >
> >  
> >
> >>4) External monitor support
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Supported damn near perfectly in Fedora.  I did the install at home
> >where I didn't have an external monitor to use.  I took it to work and
> >plugged in my 20" monitor, and found the option to use it as a dual
> >head display easily, and configured it as fast as I did under Windows.
> >The SuSE took a bit of fidgeting with the X config, but I think thats
> >a difference between x.org and XFree86. I just remember getting dual
> >head displays on my SuSE install was more difficult than I thought it
> >should have been.
> >
> >Either way, if you choose Fedora, SuSE or something else, good luck
> >and enjoy it! :)
> >
> >  
> >
> 
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