Subject: RE: Linux laptops
From: nathan r. hruby (nhruby@arches.uga.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 06 2002 - 12:02:31 MST
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Justin Christopher wrote:
> I installed the latest BenH kernel and my 500mhz iBook has sound only in
> Gnome. KDE crashes with some error when it tries to start sound. I don't
> have the expertise to fix it, thus, no sound.
>
This is an issue with KDE and their ARTS sound server. Have you tried the
newest KDE releases for YDL? They (the KDE folks) have rpm's availible,
two sets even.
-n
> Maybe when Mandrake 8.2 comes out it will be better. I have a partition
> waiting...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferwerda Darren (app3dxf) [mailto:app3dxf@ups.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 10:47 AM
> To: 'yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com'
> Subject: RE: Linux laptops
>
>
> The sound does work. I have it working on a 500 Mhz IceBook. The problem
> with supporting both airport and sound for the newer laptops out of the box
> is that the distro came out just as the new models were coming out as well.
> This obviously does not give any lead time to get a bleeding edge kernel out
> for the 2.1 release. CD playing does not work because there is no direct
> connection between the cd and the sound chipset. This is the same as a
> situation on x86 where you do not connect that little cable from the back of
> your cdrom drive to your sound card. I installed YDL 2.1 on a Pismo and
> sound worked out of the box, it is a slightly older machine, and it had a
> well supported, as of the 2.1 release, sound chipset. The only thing that I
> needed to get the new kernel for on that machine was better airport support.
> Other than that, if you have a iMac or a PowerMac, you should have no
> problems. But as it stands now, I have a fully functional, sans good
> Firewire support, but that is nominal, IceBook. So, I do see it as one of
> the top choices. There obviously are some caveats with the new boxen, like
> any other new hardware, but overall, support for this extremely specialized
> and non-x86 hardware is extremely good. I would like to commend Terrasoft
> for their hard work, and hopefully, 2.2, which you can now preorder, will
> take into account these minor shortcomings. If any Terrasoft employees are
> listening, may I suggest an installation option that allows you to choose
> bleeding edge kernel for non-enterprise class machines like the IceBook and
> a rock solid, non CVS or Bitkeeper version for the enterprise class
> machines.
>
> Darren
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Christopher [mailto:jchristopher@takenote.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 12:56 PM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: RE: Linux laptops
>
>
> How can a setup where sound doesn't work (IceBook, YDL 2.1) be the "most
> favored combination"? That's dumb. Even if you're savvy enough to be able to
> get Ben's iBook kernel, it STILL doesn't work in KDE.
>
> I've used RedHat 7.2 on a Dell laptop and everything just WORKED, which is
> definitely not the case with Yellow Dog / PPC.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nathan r. hruby [mailto:nhruby@arches.uga.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 9:30 AM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Linux laptops
>
>
>
> Just in case anyone didn't see this, there was an Ask Slashdot question
> about what laptop to get if'n you're wanting to run linux. [Ti|Ice]Book +
> YDl was one of the most favored combonations. Go YDL! I use YDL on my
> Pismo and have actually started using it in preference to my Dell 420 at
> home and Sawtooth at work.
>
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/06/0033236
>
> -n
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