Acer Aspire 1523 WLMI und 64bit-Linux Suse-9.2
Hello again, is somebody using an Acer Aspire 1523 WLMi with Suse-9.2 or another 64bit-Linux ? Is there any problem with compatibility for 64bit ? Does Linux support the PCMCIA-Slot ? I need it for the PCMCIA-WLAN-Card Netgear WG511T and a Memorycard. Or is there any other AMD64 notebook useable for 64bit-Linux and Solaris 10 ? Best regards Wigbert
wlindenbauer@t-online.de (Wigbert Lindenbauer) writes:
Hello again,
is somebody using an Acer Aspire 1523 WLMi with Suse-9.2 or another 64bit-Linux ?
I'm using an Aspire 1520.
Is there any problem with compatibility for 64bit ?
Depends on the WLAN card.
Does Linux support the PCMCIA-Slot ?
Should - but I haven't tested it. Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
Andreas Jaeger wrote:
wlindenbauer@t-online.de (Wigbert Lindenbauer) writes:
Hello again,
is somebody using an Acer Aspire 1523 WLMi with Suse-9.2 or another 64bit-Linux ?
I'm using an Aspire 1520.
Is there any problem with compatibility for 64bit ?
Depends on the WLAN card.
Does Linux support the PCMCIA-Slot ?
Should - but I haven't tested it.
Andreas
Aspire 1501LCe USB HD/Serial port/Kodak DX3600 Camera/webcam, audio etc., 9.1 x86_64 upgraded to 9.2 x86_64, working fine. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====
Andreas Jaeger schrieb: Hello Andreas, is it possible for you to test the PCMCIA-Slots ? I like to use a PCMCIA-card for WLAN. I have two cards for WLAN, Artem Comcard-11 and Netgear WG511T. Both are working with 32bit SUSE-9.2 in my 11Mbit/s-WLAN and WEB128. The Artem Comcard-11 uses an orinoco chipset and the Netgear WG511T uses an atheros chipset. Does the PCMCIA-Slot work with the SUSE-9.2-64bit-LiveCD ? How about Firewire and USB2 ? Any test results ? The AcerAspire1523WLMi has a 100GB harddisk, 1GB RAM, 1 DVD burner, Nvidia-graphic-chip, 4 * USB2 , 1 mini-Firewire-Port and 2 PCMCIA-Slots. The AMD64-3200+ is NOT a mobile version. ( 1399,-€ ) Best regards Wigbert
Hello again,
is somebody using an Acer Aspire 1523 WLMi with Suse-9.2 or another 64bit-Linux ?
I'm using an Aspire 1520.
Is there any problem with compatibility for 64bit ?
Depends on the WLAN card.
Does Linux support the PCMCIA-Slot ?
Should - but I haven't tested it.
Andreas
On Wednesday 22 December 2004 03:17, Wigbert Lindenbauer wrote:
Andreas Jaeger schrieb: [snip]
Does Linux support the PCMCIA-Slot ?
Should - but I haven't tested it.
[snip]
Hello Andreas,
is it possible for you to test the PCMCIA-Slots ?
I like to support this, please Andreas, test it with all PCMCIA cards you can get. I do not have an Acer, but a HP zv5188EA, which is also a great and very fast notebook. I initially had no problems with PCMCIA, *after* modifying the memory range and port configuration to include the memory and ports used by the system, and *after* using a kernel >= 2.6.7 (this was with 9.1 already). The Axen / Sagem gprs pcmcia card works fine. However, as you can see in the many posts here from Pascal (using an Acer) he could not get his PCMCIA modems to work, despite adjusting the memory range and port configuration. After seeing that I tried other PCMCIA cards, and they did not work. - a Sierra wireless aircard (GPRS) does not get recognized, cs_serial does not get started (despite correct configuration) This is similar as to what Pascal sees with his modem cards. - a modem card "Micronet Fax/Modem 56k" does freeze the system as soon as it is inserted. Once it is pulled out again, the system continues to work fine though (????). Both PCMCIA cards work fine in a (32bit) Fujitsu Lifebook. Based on this experience, and on Pascal's report, I think it is justified that someone with more knowledge and resources, such as you ;-) , does some tests, and tells us what works and what not, or gives us some troubleshooting tips.
I like to use a PCMCIA-card for WLAN. I have two cards for WLAN, Artem Comcard-11 and Netgear WG511T. Both are working with 32bit SUSE-9.2 in my 11Mbit/s-WLAN and WEB128. The Artem Comcard-11 uses an orinoco chipset and the Netgear WG511T uses an atheros chipset.
Does the PCMCIA-Slot work with the SUSE-9.2-64bit-LiveCD ?
If 9.2 needs the same adjustment of the PCMCIA memory range and port configuration, as 9.1 did, then it will not work with most, if not all cards. The PCMCIA memory range and port configuration in SuSE 9.1 for amd64 did not reflect the different memory range and ports used in the 64 bit environment (HP, Compaq, Acer notebooks at least). I do not know if SuSE 9.2 for amd64 did correct that. I did just an upgrade, not a new install, so it did use my old, already modified, configuration. Thanks, Matt
How about Firewire and USB2 ? Any test results ?
The AcerAspire1523WLMi has a 100GB harddisk, 1GB RAM, 1 DVD burner, Nvidia-graphic-chip, 4 * USB2 , 1 mini-Firewire-Port and 2 PCMCIA-Slots. The AMD64-3200+ is NOT a mobile version. ( 1399,-€ )
Best regards Wigbert
Hello again,
is somebody using an Acer Aspire 1523 WLMi with Suse-9.2 or another 64bit-Linux ?
I'm using an Aspire 1520.
Is there any problem with compatibility for 64bit ?
Depends on the WLAN card.
Does Linux support the PCMCIA-Slot ?
Should - but I haven't tested it.
Andreas
Hello Andreas, is it possible for you to test the PCMCIA-Slots ? Any test results allready available ?? Best regards Wigbert
I like to use a PCMCIA-card for WLAN. I have two cards for WLAN, Artem Comcard-11 and Netgear WG511T. Both are working with 32bit SUSE-9.2 in my 11Mbit/s-WLAN and WEB128. The Artem Comcard-11 uses an orinoco chipset and the Netgear WG511T uses an atheros chipset.
Does the PCMCIA-Slot work with the SUSE-9.2-64bit-LiveCD ?
How about Firewire and USB2 ? Any test results ?
The AcerAspire1523WLMi has a 100GB harddisk, 1GB RAM, 1 DVD burner, Nvidia-graphic-chip, 4 * USB2 , 1 mini-Firewire-Port and 2 PCMCIA-Slots. The AMD64-3200+ is NOT a mobile version. ( 1399,-€ )
Best regards Wigbert
Hello again,
is somebody using an Acer Aspire 1523 WLMi with Suse-9.2 or another 64bit-Linux ?
I'm using an Aspire 1520.
Is there any problem with compatibility for 64bit ?
Depends on the WLAN card.
Does Linux support the PCMCIA-Slot ?
Should - but I haven't tested it.
Andreas
wlindenbauer@t-online.de (Wigbert Lindenbauer) writes:
Hello Andreas,
is it possible for you to test the PCMCIA-Slots ?
No, I don't have any cards myself. But it should work... Andreas
Any test results allready available ??
Best regards Wigbert
I like to use a PCMCIA-card for WLAN. I have two cards for WLAN, Artem Comcard-11 and Netgear WG511T. Both are working with 32bit SUSE-9.2 in my 11Mbit/s-WLAN and WEB128. The Artem Comcard-11 uses an orinoco chipset and the Netgear WG511T uses an atheros chipset.
Does the PCMCIA-Slot work with the SUSE-9.2-64bit-LiveCD ?
How about Firewire and USB2 ? Any test results ?
The AcerAspire1523WLMi has a 100GB harddisk, 1GB RAM, 1 DVD burner, Nvidia-graphic-chip, 4 * USB2 , 1 mini-Firewire-Port and 2 PCMCIA-Slots. The AMD64-3200+ is NOT a mobile version. ( 1399,-�)
Best regards Wigbert
Hello again,
is somebody using an Acer Aspire 1523 WLMi with Suse-9.2 or another 64bit-Linux ?
I'm using an Aspire 1520.
Is there any problem with compatibility for 64bit ?
Depends on the WLAN card.
Does Linux support the PCMCIA-Slot ?
Should - but I haven't tested it.
Andreas
Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
On Wednesday 05January 2005 00:19, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
wlindenbauer@t-online.de (Wigbert Lindenbauer) writes:
Hello Andreas,
is it possible for you to test the PCMCIA-Slots ?
No, I don't have any cards myself. But it should work...
Andreas
Well, Andreas, unfortunately it does not! Some cards work, and others do not. I spent many days to get it to work with 9.1 on my HP notebook, as reported here earlier. I had been lucky that I tested with a card which works (a Axen / Sagem GPRS card). After that I tried other cards (Sierra Wireless GPRS card and a modem card) which all work fine under 9.1 and 9.2 on a 32 bit notebook). They do not work, as reported. And this is not a config.opts issue anymore, the memory range and the ports are adjusted to what is used on the 64 bit notebook. Taking Pascal's report, and my experience, there are 4 cards out of 6 *not* working. They apparently do not get a device assigned by serial_cs (such as /dev/ttyS1, or whatever else). May be cardmanager does not even get started when these cards are inserted. Andreas, I know you cannot test without the hardware. But obviously we need some help here to get this to work, and this seems to be for the benefit of SuSE also, as there will be more AMD64 notebooks coming. Isn't there anyone in SuSE owner of the 64 bit PCMCIA code? May be we can help by working together? Can you guide us to do some tests? Or would it be helpful to send you a non-working PCMCIA card? As of now I can only recommend to test if a PCMCIA card on an AMD64 notebooks works, *before* buying. 4 out of 6 cards not working is a bad number. And taking into consideration that the 9.1 PCMCIA code was not working without manually adjusting the memory and port configuration in config.opts and without updating the kernel to a kernel >= 2.6.7 it is obvious that this was never tested when 9.1 was released. SuSE 9.2 *is* the very best Linux distro for notebooks. Let's not add to that "but not for amd64 ones, using PCMCIA", please! A Happy New Year! Matt
Any test results allready available ??
Best regards Wigbert
I like to use a PCMCIA-card for WLAN. I have two cards for WLAN, Artem Comcard-11 and Netgear WG511T. Both are working with 32bit SUSE-9.2 in my 11Mbit/s-WLAN and WEB128. The Artem Comcard-11 uses an orinoco chipset and the Netgear WG511T uses an atheros chipset.
Does the PCMCIA-Slot work with the SUSE-9.2-64bit-LiveCD ?
How about Firewire and USB2 ? Any test results ?
The AcerAspire1523WLMi has a 100GB harddisk, 1GB RAM, 1 DVD burner, Nvidia-graphic-chip, 4 * USB2 , 1 mini-Firewire-Port and 2 PCMCIA-Slots. The AMD64-3200+ is NOT a mobile version. ( 1399,-�)
Best regards Wigbert
Hello again,
is somebody using an Acer Aspire 1523 WLMi with Suse-9.2 or another 64bit-Linux ?
I'm using an Aspire 1520.
Is there any problem with compatibility for 64bit ?
Depends on the WLAN card.
Does Linux support the PCMCIA-Slot ?
Should - but I haven't tested it.
Andreas
Andreas
I'll pass this on to our laptop team and let's see what they say next week... Sorry, such a problem wasn't clear to me :-( Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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