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[Torkild Ulvøy Resheim <torkildr@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 24 February 2004 14:45, Malke Routh wrote:
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> Hi - I just got a new X31, so not quite the same model you're looking
> at. Here's a link to a useful site. Although this is for the X31, it
> will probably cover many of the issues on the R50p.
>
> http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/s.zachariadis/x31.html
>
> SUSE 9.0 Pro installed on my (dual-booted) X31 perfectly. The only thing
> that is not perfect is acpi. I forgot to install with acpi=off, so the
> acpi support isn't quite right apparently. Since I'm too lazy to rebuild
> the kernel for features that aren't seriously important to me (I almost
> never travel so battery life isn't crucial), I left it.
>
> The X31 has the ATI Mobility graphics - no problem. My model also has
> built-in IBM Triband (802.11/a/b/g) wireless which is all I had to
> fiddle with. For this, I was politically incorrect and used Linuxant's
> driverloader, although have been told the madwifi driver works.
>
> Short answer - SUSE was smart and works great. If you want more
> information about the nuts-and-bolts of my experience with the X31, you
> can contact me off-list in case this might be OT for this mailing list.
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Thanks Malke :-) I see that ATI even provides "linux certified" drivers for 
the FireGL T2 so I guess that is not a problem. Adding your information to 
the calculation I think the R50p will do nicely.
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