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I've got an IBM Thinkpad Z60m and Thinkpad A21p on which Linux works great |
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(The A21p is running Gentoo 2006.0, and the Z60m is running Gentoo 2006.1). |
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On 1/5/07, Cliff Wells <cliff@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> James wrote: |
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> > qfpvajdy <qfpvajdy <at> trashmail.net> writes: |
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> >> Does somebody know a model of a laptop on which all works fine with |
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> Linux? |
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> > |
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> > Before I purchased my HP pavilion (amd64) I took a liveCD to the |
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> > store and just booted it up and got everything working, right |
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> > in the store. If you cannot find all of the device drivers, |
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> > take a usb flash and copy the results of lscpi, lshw, etc |
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> > onto the flash device. Copy any other files/data information |
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> > about the hardware, so you can research the linux compatibility options, |
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> > remotely. |
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> > |
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> > Several trips might be necessary to get everything working.... |
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> That sounds like a good suggestion. I've got a Toshiba Tecra that I |
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> love. I'd recommend against ATI video (Nvidia and Intel seem to work |
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> much more reliably [read: at all] with the new XGL stuff, if you care |
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> about that). |
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> Regards, |
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> Cliff |
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> -- |
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> gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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"Most problems go away if you just wait long enough. It might look like I'm |
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standing motionless but I'm actively waiting for our problems to go away. I |
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don't know why this works but it does." |
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Scott Adams, Dilbert comic |
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