[ale] Laptop setup

[ryan at linuxgeneralstore.com]

Hi there Dow, 

	#1 and #3 shouldn't be terribly hard for you.  as for #4, I had a
yamaha soundcard on an old computer that I could never get to work
correctly with kernel drivers.  Even when I got it working, it sounded
terrible.  OSS worked well on it and I never had the chance to try alsa on
it.  I am not sure about #2, but I will look at the laptop page and see if
I can help you out.  I am typing this on an almost identical laptop.

i'll get back to you in a few,

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#ryan at linuxgeneralstore.com #
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On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Dow Hurst wrote:

> I have acquired a Dell Latitude CPt Celeron 333MHz.  Last night I tried installing Suse 6.1 on it with some success.
> After specifying hdc=cdrom for the install kernel parameter bootup, I was able to get thru the install.  I can boot into
> Linux and get to the console login!:-)
> 
> The Linux Laptop page had a link to a page where the guy talked about compiling the 2.2.10 kernel with framebuffer
> support to get the Neomagic 256ZX video chip support working.  My skill level isn't quite at that point.  I have yet to
> compile a kernel myself.  What I have to do at this point is:
> 
> 1. Disable gpm and figure out the Synaptics Touchpad driver package. (Link from Linux Laptop page)
> 2. Get 2.2.10 kernel source and XFree 3.3.3.1 w/framebuffer support compiled. (Laptop page supplies working config
> files, so that is a big help)
> 3. Use Fips to reduce Win98 space to minimum
> 4. Work on getting Yamaha sound working.  No idea there except for OSS drivers.
> 
> I can probably figure out #1 and #3 by myself but I am unfamiliar with kernel source compilation.  Has anyone been in a
> similar situation and successfully used the Kernel-HOWTO by themselves?  Is there anyone, maybe Linuxgeneralstore guys,
> that will help out newbies with getting a new machine squared away?  Thanks for the help,
> Dow
> 
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