[lug] Re: Installing Linux in a laptop..

On 1/20/06, Hil <freehil@gmail.com> wrote:

I have IBM T30. Every piece of hardware works great with Kubuntu 5.10.
ATI Radeon 7500 was recognized with DRI (Direct Rendering) without any
configuration. My father has ATI Radeon 9700 with Kubuntu 5.10 but he
did not have DRI enabled by default. You may have to look into the
proprietary ATI driver for it. For nVidia, things might be easier. My
suspend to RAM and to disk do not always work. I have 1/10 chance of
failure in the suspend to RAM/Disk. I don't know how to fix it.

Suspend to RAM/Disk is a fluky thing for all Distros. It has not been fully developed yet, and has many many bugs. Don't count on it.

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Jeremiah E. Bess
Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of twins