im working on software development..and im using ubuntu edgy+xgl in my acer 5563 notebook..no problem till now..has used more than 5 month..
even i have dual boot, ubuntu and xp..xp only for graphics and games thinggy..


mind help me with webcam? what patched you used?

This post has been edited by NeophyteHeaven: Dec 30 2006, 01:14 PM

Yeah, I would also like to know how to get the webcam working. Mine is an Acer Aspire 5562NWXMi. I think the difference between 5562 and 5563 is that the former is CD, and the latter is a C2D, but that doesn't matter.

I got my wireless working (ipw3945) with NetworkManager, and my ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (fglrx) working too. Using Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft with Xgl + Beryl. Everything's working, except the webcam, as I mentioned above.

i am using compaq presario m2000

everything is well

running fedora core 4 + ubuntu 5.10

i'm using this
http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html

my webcam info:
Vendor ID : 0x46d (logitech)
Product ID: 0x896

Zenwalk 4.0 & later Ubuntu 6.10 on Compaq Presario V3000.
Getting the Broadcom wireless working on this lappie is a hassle though..

This post has been edited by feedzz: Dec 31 2006, 10:45 PM

I seemed to have gotten the gspca kernel module to load. Is there any way that I could test whether my camera could capture?

asus is A ok
a very long long time ago i have win linux n bsd living in harmony
now i guess, most lappy can take it. u can always try n error to make sure

try using ekiga or kopete.

using taiwan made laptop (ESC Elitegroup)...n running on Ubuntu Edgy 6.10....goin ok but kinda lagging...i think its bcoz of d videocard...

I'm using Ubuntu for graphics. There's a good vector
package called Xara Xtreme and it's free. One or two
features are still being ported over but pretty usable.

I also use Canvas 7 for Windows through WINE. Works
quite well.

- yap

Guys, why don't you pin the thread. This will be quite a help as almost everyone of us will eventually install linux on our laptops (if haven't already).

I suggest the following format of posting:

1. Laptop make and model

2. Tested distro version

3. What does NOT work or is a hassle to set up

Comments

===========================

1. Compaq Armada M300 (P3 600MHz, 320MB RAM)

2. Fedora Core 5

3. Didn't test internal modem - no results guaranteed
3. When installing FC5 - must use NOFB switch otherwise anaconda goes white screen
3. Old Aztech wireless PCMCIA does not work (and I couldn't be bothered trying hard to fix it)

Generally - I'll use it as a home web/ftp server/squid in the future. It works okay as a "desktop", but it's an old lappie and it can't keep up with newest distros (it's slow).

It's a good Idea. You can't change a laptop's components so it's easier to know what you could expect to be broken if you get a new laptop and you could also see which old laptop works with what distro.

I'll test the V3000's pcmcia later and update my list accordingly.

It's pinned and hope you guys can contribute more.

Anyone tried out the hardware virtualization on a core duo laptop before? I can't seem to find any real instance of someone actually using it on a laptop.

It would be great if there's anyone here who has tried it or found a laptop that actually supports it.

What do you mean?

I'm using MS Virtual PC 2004 running Ubuntu on Centrino Yonah, but somehow, it only detects my processor as Pentium 3, 333mhz.

Painfully slow.

Currently, virtualization is done by software (well, maybe not exactly since some desktops do support the hardware virtualization). Examples are VMWare and MS Virtual PC which uses a on-the-fly translation for binaries and paravirtualization on Xen, which needs the source code of the guest OS to be modified.

However, the new Intel and AMD processors support some form of virtualization on the hardware itself. This is supposed to give a better performance in terms of robustness and speed.

Since all Core Duos are supposed to have this technology, I was wondering if there is anyone here who has seen a laptop which can actually do it. I read somewhere that it also needs a compatible chipset, bios firmware and some other stuff to enable the hardware virtualization.

Edit: After some more googling, I found that Dell will have an option in the BIOS if the laptop supports the hardware virtualization, for IBM/Lenovo the T60 supports it (not sure about others) and you'll need to check for the option in the BIOS as well, HP does not support it at all and seems like Asus doesn't support it either, as of the moment. If you want to check if a laptop supports it, try to reboot and check the bios for VMM support (Intel) or SVM (AMD). Another option is using a Linux live CD and read the /proc/cpuinfo flags. Intel CPUs should show vmx and AMDs should show SVM. I'm excited now.

This post has been edited by thesoothsayer: Jan 15 2007, 12:47 PM

i have tried my HP nx6120 for linux and unix... it's well supported and no problem...

i have tried Ubuntu and also FreeBSD

Compaq presario V3164AU
AMD turion x 2

Wireless not working under MandrivaOne
Everything else works.


Ubuntu
- everything works after install the bcm43xx-fwcutter
- sames goes with kubuntu but keep on hanging on me

This post has been edited by Synco: Feb 3 2007, 07:05 AM

Does your laptop have the BCM4311 in it? It doesn't work well with bcm43xx-fwcutter and edgy. I got problems with that and tried NdisWrapper as some posts suggested. Seems stable for me so far.

yeap BCM4311 , havent try ndiswrapper yet but i think it is much more stable.