Laptop/Notebook Computers and Sabayon

[farfnarf]

I am hoping that the upcoming final release will be better than other
Linux distros with regard to:

- wifi, broadcom in particular

- screen resolution of some "wide screeen" laptops (1280x800, etc)

- suspend/hybernate and other choices when closing the lid

- special keys on the keyboard and configuring them

I am waiting for that release.. and I have tried many to no avail with
these and other problems on my Acer Aspire 5610z with 2Gb RAM,
120Gb hard drive and the Intel 950 graphics chipset.

-- Farfnarf

[WarraWarra]

I am hoping that the upcoming final release will be better than other
Linux distros with regard to:

- wifi, broadcom in particular

- screen resolution of some "wide screeen" laptops (1280x800, etc)

- suspend/hybernate and other choices when closing the lid

- special keys on the keyboard and configuring them

I am waiting for that release.. and I have tried many to no avail with
these and other problems on my Acer Aspire 5610z with 2Gb RAM,
120Gb hard drive and the Intel 950 graphics chipset.

-- Farfnarf

3.4loop2b works for broadcom / widescreen bcm43xx / dell1390 bcm4311 wifi card here / 17" wide screen 1440x900 lcd here.

Suspend hybernate no idea I kill my laptop when not using it , it is either busy or off.

Special keys works just have to search the forums here but it is so easy to map them using ?? program.

Only thing not working for me is the mute / up / down / play funny buttoms on the front of my laptop but I never use them unless in windows and volume up / down. "keymap in kuroo"

Intel 950 video works with the older i875 or i910 or something like that driver but live dvd it should work out of the box except on my mac mini intel and 3.4 loop2b.
3.3 mini worked have to check again. Works on my 2nd dell E1705 with inbuild intel 950 video except buttons , i8kuitls = i8kbuttons. "keymap"

Core duo 2.16ghz nvidia 7800gtx 2gb 667mhz ddr2 100gb 7200rpm sata 17" 1440x900 wxga+

The fact is that there is not enough laptop users to justify a special linux for laptops with all this options unless it is the Dell Laptop Ubuntu if you are very desperate but still some buttons is not he same and motherboard is 945gm/pm/gpm ?

Yours is basically a mac mini intel with a screen = 100% same parts ? might even have the TPM chip in yours.

Also linux is not a end it is the journey / path to completion.

PS> have you tried pclinuxos.com the 2007 version as it works 99% and have to only change screen resl with nvidia control panel to 1440x900

Hope this helps.

[wolfden]

afaik the broadcom isn't till kernel 2.6.22

screen resolution is no problem if u do the cheat code res= or edit the xorg

the gentoo wiki has howto for setting up keys on keyboard

[farfnarf]

Thank you Wolfden and WarraWarr.. your informative posts give me a bit of
hope; I just want to get rid of Vista and go with Linux on this new
laptop.

I did try the PCLinuxOS 2007 live CD and got poor results in the areas I
mention and list in my first post up there.. but I have not attempted a
hard drive install yet, all live CD attempts at getting things working.

I was waiting for the new Sabayon after trying the loop 2 live CD with
better results; wifi worked with no trouble! .. however I was struggling
with the screen resolution and could not configure the strange looking
xorg file at all. Maybe I need to search around these forums a bit for
info on how to better edit Sabayon's version of xorg.conf.

Thanks again for your replies!

-- Farfnarf

[WarraWarra]

Here is some intel 950 links that can help you get started.

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_Gra ... erator_950

http://forum.beryl-project.org/viewtopic.php?p=19079

If you need more help I can dust off and fire up my 2nd 50% no screen Dell E1705 with intel 950 video to help.

Hope this helps.

[farfnarf]

That wiki article looks like it could be my main reference point
when I install Sabayon 3.4 to the hard drive on this Acer notebook.

Thanks for that..

..meanwhile, I'm waiting for 3.4 final to come out.

[farfnarf]

WiFi is working great now (I've installed loop2 to hard disk ), but I'm struggling a bit
with screen resolution.

All I can get is 1024x768. I need 1280x800.

Here's what I've done to the xorg.conf file in that section:

DefaultDepth 24

SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
ViewPort 0 0
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubsection

SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
ViewPort 0 0
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubsection

SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
ViewPort 0 0
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubsection



Am I missing some entry that could help change? I even took out all other screen
resolutions in there, as you can see (in the mode lines).

[madcow983]

hi i've the same intel 945 graphic card (945 and 950 are the same)
and when you update to the new version (0.5.3) of 915resolution package at reboot the resolution works at 1280x800 without doing nothing at all!!!
the driver for your graphic card are
xf86-video-i810 and 915resolution

[farfnarf]

hi i've the same intel 945 graphic card (945 and 950 are the same)
and when you update to the new version (0.5.3) of 915resolution package at reboot the resolution works at 1280x800 without doing nothing at all!!!
the driver for your graphic card are
xf86-video-i810 and 915resolution

That's wonderful news! For some reason it was listed as not
available anymore in kuroo. Hmmmm..

And when I did try to use kuroo and it just sat there freewheeling for
20 minutes until I just dumped it (I think it had crashed because there
was no change, just the little bar going back and forth).

I also had other weird problems with Sabayon, like apps not coming
up but then showing up in the task bar as minimized after a reboot!

It is a beta release, so I ain't going to complain.

[madcow983]

so for intel 945 gm graphic card you have to:

install i810 and 915 resolution

type 915resolution -l
and you have the supported resolutions of your card(it looks like

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localhost dade # 915resolution -l
Intel 800/900 Series VBIOS Hack : version 0.5.3

Chipset: 945GM
BIOS: TYPE 1
Mode Table Offset: $C0000 + $269
Mode Table Entries: 36

Mode 30 : 640x480, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 32 : 800x600, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 34 : 1024x768, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 38 : 1280x800, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 3a : 1600x1200, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 3c : 1920x1440, 8 bits/pixel
Mode 41 : 640x480, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 43 : 800x600, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 45 : 1024x768, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 49 : 1280x800, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 4b : 1600x1200, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 4d : 1920x1440, 16 bits/pixel
Mode 50 : 640x480, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 52 : 800x600, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 54 : 1024x768, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 58 : 1280x800, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 5a : 1600x1200, 32 bits/pixel
Mode 5c : 1920x1440, 32 bits/pixel


to set a resolution type

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915resolution 58 1280 800

if your monitor resolution is not listed go to 915resolution file and edit it with(always in my case)

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replace="'58 1280 800 24'"

from a terminal type

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915resolution 58 1280 800

at the end ctrl+alt+backspace

good work