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#1
Linux / Re: fglrx on nx7000
July 04, 2006, 08:17:20 PM
I tried to install ubuntu, debian and gentoo.....none of them did the x1000 LCD correctly without me a having to mess with it.  I never did get fglrx going/latest drivers installed.  Best I could do was 800x600, lol.

Mandriva seems to have it all taken care of for you and am running in the native resolution....basically that was one of the draws to me when I decided to wipe the notebook, refresh it with the lastest version of mandriva (had 2005LE on it, but I had managed to goof it up messing around with it).  I wanted to try something new (all of the above), but had terrible issues for some reason.  The mandriva install/setup was pretty much easy to do....In fact based onthe installs I've seen, it is probably one of the ones that just about anyone could get thru....ie ready for mass-market-prime-time.
#2
Linux / Mandriva 2006.0
July 04, 2006, 08:12:44 PM
Just wanted to let everyone know that this flavor installed near perfectly.

I had to set the keyboard volume/mute buttons in the keyboard shortcuts, had to download the driver rpm for the wireless.  But other than that, it has been very very easy install.

I've gotten everything I need to do nearly anything i want.

#3
I just installed the latest version of Mandriva (2006.0)

When it gets to the boot manager, it shows the following choices:

linux-i686-up-4GB
linux
linux-nonfb
failsafe
windows

Now, I understand all of them except the first one.  What is "linux-i686-up-4GB" versus the "linux" choice?  I googled, but didn't see any explanation of it.
#4
Feedback / Stickey request
June 28, 2006, 07:32:46 AM
Nice job getting this stuff going again....hopefully we will all breath some life back into this group.

I was wondering if it might not be a good idea to post all the gory details of the specifications of these notebooks.

For example, the horizontal sync rates, mobo info, graphics, etc....  So that when we have questions about certain pieces of hardware, we can just go to the sticky post.

I know that during my Debian linux install it asked all sorts of details on the LCD panel, that I didn't know - including the horizontal sync, etc...

Just a thought.

(I searched through but didn't see one, so if there is already one, ignore me and delete this :)  )
#5
I'll throw my thanks in here as well.  I visited the other forum a bit, but noticed it wasn't as active as it used to be......Hopefully I'm going to get fully engaged with my X1000 and Linux install with it so I'll try to make this forum a daily stop for me.
#6
Linux / Re: Running Linux on x1000/nx7000/zt3000
June 28, 2006, 07:16:26 AM
Interesting take on all those flavors.   Much appreciated.

I had Mandrake2005LE on my X1000, but the menu went missing, and after 6 months of trying to get it back gave up, wiped it.  I googled to see what people thought was the "easiest linux install" and the "easiest linux to use" on a day to day basis.  Basically it is totally subjective, but I did gleen that Gentoo and Debian were easy to use and install.....I see that you think Debian was a pain in the rear.

I wish I had noticed your post before I started installing it.  I had Debian installed once, but the LCD was 800x600.  It had other's listed but non were 1280x800, so it displayed it goofy.  I tried to fix it by installing the latest drivers and configuring it to have that choice, but ended up really goofing things up to the point where the screen was totally unreadible....so I'm reinstalling Debian 3.1 right now....hopefully it works better this go around.  If not, I'm probably back to reinstalling Mandrake 2005 LE, and hoping that whatever happend to dump my menu doesn't happen again.

I'm still dual booting, because I want to make sure everything is working before I wipe windows....I need the notebook to be useful, and even at the best of times with Linux, I had NO wireless, the volume/mute buttons wouldn't work consistently nor the touchpad.  I had not even gotten to the firewire, SD reader, USB floppy, or the assorted software that I need/want to run like a media player for music video, video/photo editor, etc...  I know all this stuff is out there, but when you can't get the basics to work, it's real tough to move on to those items.

Hopefully, unless my schedule/time goes disastrously aschue, I should be hitting these forums a bit to reinvigorate the "linux" posts.