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| Hardware | Spec | Status | Notes |
| Processor | Mobile P3, 1.06ghz | OK | Older kernels may detect speed incorrectly |
| Screen | LCD | OK | 1024x768, I run at 24bpp. |
| Video | ATI Radeon Mobility | OK | Supported in XFree86 4.2.0 |
| Sound | ESS Allegro | OK | Supported by current Linux kernels. |
| Ethernet | Intel EEPRO100 | OK | Supported in the current versions of 2.4 and 2.5. This Patch enables support in 2.5.1 or some older 2.4.x kernels. |
| USB | UHCI | OK | Supported in standard kernels |
| Modem | Lucent LTWin | OK | Supported with 2.4.x kernels. Drivers Available Here for 2.4.x. Drivers not available for 2.5 yet. |
Local Files:
My Kernel Config for 2.4.18 Updated 4/11/02
My XFree86 Config File Updated 4/11/02
By popular request, my currently running kernel is 2.4.18
I highly reccomend running the newest 2.4 kernel. There have been
issues with older kernels with ethernet and DRM. The 2.4.18 kernel
above works wonderfully for me.
If you have a docking station, and have problems booting with newer
kernels (2.4.19, 2.5.x), try compiling in PCI Hotplug support. It
worked for me...
One problem that seems to come up is with power management and suspend
modes while running on battery. Evidently, if power management shuts
off your screen, your keyboard and mouse won't work.
Update: Solved
Thanks to Jan Spitalnik (look at the source for his email address) for a quick program that alleviates the freeze problem!
I reworked it a bit and packaged it up nice, and it works great!
You can get The Source, or you can grab A Binary.
If you get the source, check out the README file
for instructions. If you grab the binary, afer you download it you will
have to make it executable (example: chmod 711 mouse_uf) and run it (as
root).
This officially solves the last problem I had with this laptop!
If you are installing this machine from scratch, make sure you are using the latest version of your distribution. I
reccomend Gentoo, and have had no hardware problems. I have heard random problems
with Mandrake and RedHat, and I know first hand that SuSE 8.0 needs to have Xfree86 4.2.0 recompiled to support
hardware acceleration of the Radeon Mobility video.