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From: Beso <givemesugarr@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-laptop@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-laptop] Gentoo on Samsung Q45
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:14:54
Message-Id: d257c3560710161302t743d6070o301b99ab6e82b2e@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-laptop] Gentoo on Samsung Q45 by Alex Howells
1 2007/10/16, Alex Howells <astinus@g.o>:
2 >
3 > On 16/10/2007, Beso <givemesugarr@×××××.com> wrote:
4 > > the components inside seems very good and are well supported. the wlan
5 > works
6 > > very good if it is from intel (it has opensource drivers and
7 > documentation
8 > > so it works good). you may experience some problems with processor acpi.
9 > > there's in this list a discussion of mine with another member about his
10 > > acpi/processor problems with a core2duo t77.
11 >
12 > Things tend to improve with each kernel version though...
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15 these problems were pointed out by a user in the last part of last week so i
16 remember them. i don't think that these problems were corrected in the last
17 2.6.23. anyway trying a 2.6.22 kernel would be good for knowing if this
18 version could support this processor.
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20 Typically speaking the LiveCD lags several versions behind the latest
21 > kernel.org kernel so it's not a 100% indicator whether things will
22 > work.
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25 for example, opensuse's one was always current with the distro. the distro
26 was out less than 14 days ago and included a lot of new packages. that one i
27 pretty good in terms of drivers (has the 2.6.22r8 if i don't miss).
28 your affirmation is good to point out that if livecd works out then surely
29 the installed distro would surelly go well.
30 i was forgetting: for all the new processors it's possibile to run
31 paravirtualized windows on linux with xen. so you can run windows and linux
32 at the same time if you need to. also i would recommend installing linux on
33 a lvm2 (on the gentoo docs should be some instructions on how to do it).
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42 dott. ing. beso

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Re: [gentoo-laptop] Gentoo on Samsung Q45 Alex Howells <astinus@g.o>