Wigbert Lindenbauer wrote:

which 64bit-Linux do you use ? Suse-AMD-9.0 or 9.1 ? Do you plan to switch to version 9.2 in november?

9.1 No need to go to 9.2 as I'm happy with 9.1 and 2.6 kernel.

Where can I get this AMD64-Notebook ? Only in the USA ?

jandr.com

Does the PCMCIA-Slot also work ? Is it possible to use a Orinoco-WLAN-card in 64bit-Linux with free drivers ?

Yes to both. Slipped in my Orinoco Gold card, brought up Yast and it sees it.

Do you use the 32bit version of VMWare-4.5.2 or is a 64bit-VMWare allready available

post 4.5.2 build 8848 is compatible 32-bit version

How many virtual machines are useable at the same time with 1GB RAM ?

Have 1.5gb and I usually run up to 3, 2 512mb windoze and 1 256mb FreeBSD leaving 256mb for SuSE. The AMD64 3200+ has no problem handling the load, never come close to full utilization. Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, MCSE+I, CNE, CCDA Information Security Engineer DP Solutions ---------------------------------------- If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What's more, you deserve to be hacked. -- former White House cybersecurity czar Richard Clarke

On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 17:43 +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

"Len Zaifman" writes:

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would like to replace a 4 year old Sony VAIO with a an AMD64 laptop. What experience is there ? What works?

I looked at the AcerFerrari 3400 which looks good, except for the broadcom networking (both the 10/100/1000 RJ45 and the wireless are broadcom ) which I hear doesn't work well with OpenBSD. How does this work on linux??

The Broadcom wlan card is not supported at all.

Otherwise the AcerFerrari 3400 should work without problems,

We tested the Acer Ferrari 3200 here. It is difficult to get it working with SuSE Linux 9.1, I have a recipe to fix it however. If anyone is interested I'm happy to post it. 9.2 works out of the box. No WLAN, but NIC, BT, PCMCIA etc work well. BB

Wigbert, On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 15:33 +0200, Wigbert Lindenbauer wrote:

Hello Bodo,

yes I am interested in the details for Suse9.1.

Here you go: SuSE Linux 9.1 Symptom: Installation is very slow and machine freezes frequently Cause: ACPI issue with ACPI and Hotplug Solution: The easy solution is: * Do a regular installation, but use 'acpi=off' as boot parameter * Do a YOU update to get kernel2.6.5-7.95 or better * add 'yenta_socket' to '/etc/hotplug/blacklist' * Disable PCMCIA by running 'insserv -r pcmcia' * Remove 'acpi=off' from boot parameters (either with YaST, or by editing '/boot/grub/menu.lst' This will get you a working installation. However PCMCIA wont work this way. To get PCMCIA working you can either start the PCMCIA subsystem manually (rcpcmcia start) every time you need it, or ensure it's started last during the boot procedure by performing these additional steps: * Remove '+pcmcia' from the line starting with '$network' in '/etc/insserv.conf' * Remove 'coldplug' from line starting with 'X-UnitedLinux-Should-Start:' in '/etc/init.d/pcmcia' * add 'splash_late' to line starting with 'Required-Start:' in '/etc/init.d/pcmcia' * Remove 'pcmcia' from line starting with 'Should-Start:' in '/etc/init.d/network' * Run: 'insserv pcmcia ; insserv' After a reboot everything should work fine, including PCMCIA. That did it for me...

Do you also tested the Acer1523-AMD64 notebook with Suse9.2 ? I dont like the red Ferrari outfit !

No that I'm aware of.

Or is there another Suse9.2-well-supported AMD64-notebook with a MOBIL version AMD64 ?

Well, there is the Fujitsu Siemens Amilo A 1630. It has a semi supported WLAN card (RT2500, see http://www.bb-zone.com/misc/rt2500). We also tested the ASUS L5000D, HP/Compaq Presario R3000 and the Arima W730. All of those should work well with SL92.

Is the Netgear WG511T WLAN card (Atheros 54g) supported in Suse9.2-AMD64 ? Also with 108 Mbit/s ?

Actually, I don't know. none of the machines we tested had one of these build in and I don't have a PCMCIA version of this chipset. But I doubt it'll work. IIRC, even the Atheros driver has a binary only part which is available for 32bit only. BB

On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 07:21:37AM -0400, John Szakmeister wrote:

On Monday 11 October 2004 11:04, Bodo Bauer wrote: [snip]

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We also tested the ASUS L5000D, HP/Compaq Presario R3000 and the Arima W730. All of those should work well with SL92.

I have a Compaq R3000, and it has a Broadcom 802.11 b/g chipset. I thought Broadcom chipsets weren't supported, at least not natively. Every solution I've seen involved the use of ndiswrapper, and that precludes the use of 64-bit linux. Am I wrong? If so, I'd love to hear it! :-) I've been dying to get 64-bit Linux installed on it, but I've avoided the issue due to lack of WLAN support for Broadcom chipsets.

One way to get wireless under 64bit is to buy a Cardbus card with a supported chipset and use that instead of the builtin. -Andi

is the PC Card Netgear WG511T supported in 64bit Suse9.2 ? It has an atheros chip.

Atheros also has 32bit only binary parts AFAIK. So probably not. -Andi

Im using 9.1 on a Compaq Presario r3000 and it worked fine. Just of course the brodcom chip built-in. Trying to get a wireless-cardbus working but Im going to wait for 9.2 with that one. -- - Miguel radioact1ve@gmail.com http://radioact1ve.blogspot.com/

On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 01:55:32PM -0700, mmarion@qualcomm.com wrote:

On 20 Oct, Curt Purdy wrote:

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That is what I have done with the Proxim Gold a/b/g card. SuSE recognized it immediately. I have a little trouble understanding Broadcom's hype about 95% of all new laptops supporting their chip and having so little support in anything but windoze.

I find it confusing that linux support for their wireless chips is so bad at all. I mean, their onboard chipsets (at least the bcm57xx series) is well supported, and they have fairly frequent updates of their own linux driver available on their site. That they're doing so well on the wired side, and so bad on the wireless side is just odd.

The wired support was quite painful too. There is a GPLed driver from BCM for 57xx (bcm57xx), but it was originally quite buggy. Then some Linux people rewrote it to conform more to Linux standards (tg3), but Broadcom originally didn't give them the chip documentation so they had to only base it on the broadcom driver. Later after they long had their driver working and it was used in production broadcom finally gave them some documentation. The wireless group isn't even that far yet and they only give out binaries and no documentation of course. That is why there is no 64bit driver for this chipset. -Andi

On Thursday 21 October 2004 04:38, John Szakmeister wrote:

I didn't buy a $2000 laptop with builtin wireless to go out and buy cardbus card that hangs out the side of my computer. :-)

Then your only chance is to help this project: http://linux-bcom4301.sf.net Oleg.