Hi all, I just ordered my first Laptop machine, and I'm wondering if anyone has used the same model, or knows if it works with SUSE Linux, or at least works with Linux in General, because I really don't plan on leaving XP on it. Laptop Specs: Inspiron 5150 Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 3.06GHz, 15-in XGA RAM 512MB, 333MHz, 2 DIMMs Video Card 32MB DDR NVIDIA® GeForce™ FX Go5200 AGP 4x Graphic Hard Drive 30GB Hard Drive Integrated Network Card Internal 56K Modem 8X Max Variable DVD-ROM Drive Primary Battery 96 WHr Lithium-Ion Primary Battery Dell 720 Color Printer Does anyone have a laptop like this? I haven't looked into it yet but I'm just wondering if anyone does use one of these and if they work or not. I won't be using the modem, so that doesn't matter. I have a Cable connection, so the NIC hopefully will work. And Printers... I've never used one in Linux before, so that will be new to me. I have about 60 OSs, including SUSE Linux 8.1 8.1 and 9.1 Professional, and BSD and Other Linux distros, and I'm wondering if anyone has had any luck with this system. So what do you guys think? This is my first laptop, and I'm hoping it works out. Are Dell Inspiron Laptos generally good? Good with Linux?
At 09:26 PM 8/30/2004 -0400, Allen wrote:
Hi all,
I just ordered my first Laptop machine, and I'm wondering if anyone has used the same model, or knows if it works with SUSE Linux, or at least works with Linux in General, because I really don't plan on leaving XP on it.
/snip/ I should think it would be foolish not to have the capability of XP. Suppose you suddenly need a program that's only available in Windows? With a 30 gig HD, you could certainly allocate 10 gig or so to XP, and still have plenty for Linux. Maybe XP will run on a lot less, I don't know. I use two hd's to keep the OS's apart. (I'm temporarily stuck in XP, and thank God I have this capability. Otherwise, I would have to reformat and lose all the Linux stuff. I can at least try to salvage the Linux system data, from here.) I'm not partial to MS, but there are certain advantages to having the capability to use their stuff. Let us know how the Dell works out, please. --doug
On Monday 30 August 2004 21:39, Doug McGarrett wrote:
I should think it would be foolish not to have the capability of XP. Suppose you suddenly need a program that's only available in Windows?
Vi, Emacs, Tux Racer, Doom, Quake, Unreal Tournament, Mutt... I think it's safe to say the things I use work fine on Linux alone. I don't have some big problem with XP, and I very well may dual boot, but I'm not sure. I don't like dual booting, and the laptop, with SUSE or Slackware installed, will be more than enough for em to do my homework, take notes in my college, do some security testing, and watch Movies and play MP3s. XMMS is my choice player, if I have X loaded at all. Otherwise I use mpg321 or mpg123.
With a 30 gig HD, you could certainly allocate 10 gig or so to XP, and still have plenty for Linux.
Maybe XP will run on a lot less, I don't know. I use two hd's to keep the OS's apart.
XP should install fine on a Gig or two. I don't think 10 Gigs is needed, I'm thinking that if I dual boot, it will be more like 5 Gigs I give it. I don't use that much in XP, mainly just to watch the porn vids that won't play in Linux because of Codecs for Windows Media Player not working. At least I'm honest. ;)
(I'm temporarily stuck in XP, and thank God I have this capability. Otherwise, I would have to reformat and lose all the Linux stuff. I can at least try to salvage the Linux system data, from here.)
I'm not partial to MS, but there are certain advantages to having the capability to use their stuff.
Yea, I agree, having to worry about Viruses and Worms, and rebooting for every update installed, and needing a butt load of RAM for the GUI and Kernel is a great reason to use XP. ;)
Let us know how the Dell works out, please.
--doug
It should be here in like a week, so when it comes in and I install it, I'll try and do some documentation. I've written installation guides for about 10 OSs, and a tutorial on securing SUSE Linux for antionline.com Looking online, I've seen people who seem to have problems with this laptop, but it seems like all of them were because of that "I'm a newbie and don't understand crap" problem. Like using an SMP Kernel on a laptop for example... *Sigh* Heh. Hopefully I don't have these problems. HT Processing technology seems to bring more burdens than smiles. Thanks to everyone who replied, the help was needed, and I hadn't ever gone to the Mobile Tux web page. Thanks again, -Allen / Gore / SlackWareWolf / The BOFH :)
Take a look at the following, and you will get an idea of how well it works with Linux. http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/dell.html http://tuxmobil.org/dell.html Barry On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 18:26, Allen wrote:
Hi all,
I just ordered my first Laptop machine, and I'm wondering if anyone has used the same model, or knows if it works with SUSE Linux, or at least works with Linux in General, because I really don't plan on leaving XP on it.
Laptop Specs:
Inspiron 5150 Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 3.06GHz, 15-in XGA
RAM 512MB, 333MHz, 2 DIMMs
Video Card 32MB DDR NVIDIA® GeForce™ FX Go5200 AGP 4x Graphic
Hard Drive 30GB Hard Drive
Integrated Network Card
Internal 56K Modem
8X Max Variable DVD-ROM Drive
Primary Battery 96 WHr Lithium-Ion Primary Battery
Dell 720 Color Printer
Does anyone have a laptop like this? I haven't looked into it yet but I'm just wondering if anyone does use one of these and if they work or not. I won't be using the modem, so that doesn't matter.
I have a Cable connection, so the NIC hopefully will work. And Printers... I've never used one in Linux before, so that will be new to me.
I have about 60 OSs, including SUSE Linux 8.1 8.1 and 9.1 Professional, and BSD and Other Linux distros, and I'm wondering if anyone has had any luck with this system.
So what do you guys think? This is my first laptop, and I'm hoping it works out. Are Dell Inspiron Laptos generally good? Good with Linux?
Hey!... I'm installing SuSE 9.1 on this machine as I type: First scary issue was that my keyboard did not function after a reboot. It could have been NVIDIA. But one major thing is you need to configure touchpad in sax "choose synaptics" , also change keyboard type to "Dell laptop" here. Resolution was way to big and you need to change this also to LCD: Fonts looked scratchy until I did the NVIDIA update in yast, you can also update to kde 3.3 with Yast. Sound just came on after a reboot which leads me to belive hardware detection may be a little inconsistent. Thom Nuzum On Monday 30 August 2004 21:26, Allen wrote:
Hi all,
I just ordered my first Laptop machine, and I'm wondering if anyone has used the same model, or knows if it works with SUSE Linux, or at least works with Linux in General, because I really don't plan on leaving XP on it.
Laptop Specs:
Inspiron 5150 Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 3.06GHz, 15-in XGA
RAM 512MB, 333MHz, 2 DIMMs
Video Card 32MB DDR NVIDIA® GeForce™ FX Go5200 AGP 4x Graphic
Hard Drive 30GB Hard Drive
Integrated Network Card
Internal 56K Modem
8X Max Variable DVD-ROM Drive
Primary Battery 96 WHr Lithium-Ion Primary Battery
Dell 720 Color Printer
Does anyone have a laptop like this? I haven't looked into it yet but I'm just wondering if anyone does use one of these and if they work or not. I won't be using the modem, so that doesn't matter.
I have a Cable connection, so the NIC hopefully will work. And Printers... I've never used one in Linux before, so that will be new to me.
I have about 60 OSs, including SUSE Linux 8.1 8.1 and 9.1 Professional, and BSD and Other Linux distros, and I'm wondering if anyone has had any luck with this system.
So what do you guys think? This is my first laptop, and I'm hoping it works out. Are Dell Inspiron Laptos generally good? Good with Linux?
On Monday August 30 2004 11:08 pm, linux@tendata.com wrote:
Hey!... I'm installing SuSE 9.1 on this machine as I type: First scary issue was that my keyboard did not function after a reboot. It could have been NVIDIA. But one major thing is you need to configure touchpad in sax "choose synaptics" , also change keyboard type to "Dell laptop" here. Resolution was way to big and you need to change this also to LCD:
Fonts looked scratchy until I did the NVIDIA update in yast, you can also update to kde 3.3 with Yast.
Sound just came on after a reboot which leads me to belive hardware detection may be a little inconsistent.
Understand that there's more "busted" specs in laptops than any other 'puter!! Dell is just as guilty of playing "games" with chipsets, etc., as any other company. IBM still "rules" IMHO. Fred -- "Running Windows on a Pentium is like getting a Porsche but only being able to drive it in reverse with the handbrake on."
linux@tendata.com wrote:
Hey!... I'm installing SuSE 9.1 on this machine as I type: First scary issue was that my keyboard did not function after a reboot. It could have been NVIDIA. But one major thing is you need to configure touchpad in sax "choose synaptics" , also change keyboard type to "Dell laptop" here. Resolution was way to big and you need to change this also to LCD:
Fonts looked scratchy until I did the NVIDIA update in yast, you can also update to kde 3.3 with Yast.
Sound just came on after a reboot which leads me to belive hardware detection may be a little inconsistent.
Thom Nuzum
I had the same problem on upgrading my 5100 from 9.0 to 9.1. I found that disabling the graphic boot made the problem go away. It's kind of interesting. My 5100 has the ATI Radeon 7500 Mobility video and a 2.8Ghz P4... Other than those two seemingly minor specs, the machines are the same.
It's kind of interesting. My 5100 has the ATI Radeon 7500 Mobility video and a 2.8Ghz P4... Other than those two seemingly minor specs, the machines are the same.
The 5150 machine I used had a Geforce card. Most of the major problems I had were graphical or mouse pad related. I disabled the touchpad and suggested the a friend of the friend that she try using an external mouse for now. I tried synaptics, but the acceleration was either too fast or slow and ran out of time to tinker with it. It was difficult to logout of KDE gui at first as menu kept opening and closing before I could click on the option. Nvidia was installed, I suppose that is the culprit. Also it will not powerdown. I did not have time to build a new kernel. I wish I could have solved this quickly and Boot time was pretty horrible. No offense: but I personally have a hard time with Dell. I don't have a week to configure everything only a couple hours. IBM is still best (if I could afford one) followed by my cheapo HP Pavilion with blue disco lights. (on a side note I must add that Slackware 10 installed easier on my other laptop an HP and even had touchpad working. Only powerdown (which did work with SuSE 9.1) did not work. It also boots twice as fast and was easier to configure: sound and DVD worked out-of-box-)- strange you would think it would be the other way around-(easier to upgrade too with swaret) Slackware 10 had poor hardware detection on my home PC though so I am sticking with SuSE here and for client installs who like to hear the word "Novell" etc)
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