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*) HP names all Omnibooks XE3, regardless of which components.
*) All Omnibooks with the Intel 830MG Graphic Chip seem to be the "new"
ones, the old ones have Savage Graphic Cards.
*) The Full Specs can be obtained
here:http://www.hewlett-packard.de/mobile/omnibook/obxe3.html?t=1 and you
look to the model with the P3-M with 512KB L2 Cache. My model has NO
autonomous CD Player, no Firewire, no IR but everything else.
*) I bought it at "Saturn" in Vienna
*) Up to now I did not get USB to work, no Suspend (it does not wake up) and
the superbe 830MG must be run with vesa drivers. With RedHat you can never
switch back to Console, all Screen is messed up. Suse can do it. I compiled
Kernel 2.4.17 several times and had no success - but I must admit I am not
very used to build kernels.
The only way to tell that the battery is low is to watch the XE3 to shut
off. The batterystatus does not work. Will well be the same basic reason as
suspend - the XE3-APM is not working under Linux, I guess.

Please let me make clear that this Omnibook XE3 is a fine, affordable
High-End Notebook. It is imho superior to all NBs that I compared it with at
a reasonable price. The sad thing is, that it is not well supported by
actual Linux distributions. So in my opinion I would not recommend it as
Linux Notebook. I would however, recommend it as Windows Notebook, that is
for what it is designed.

And I blame HP only for one thing: They should have named it XE4 - this
would have avoided a lot of confusion.

"Jon Wilson" <jdw100@ecs.soton.ac.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:a3euja$10i$1@paris.btinternet.com...
> I am considering buying an Omnibook and was looking into them, but I have
> read a lot of contradictory reports on their compatibility. It seems that
> there are a number of different models all going under the same name??? Is
> there any way in which you can tell the difference between them? Also can
> you post the full specs of the laptop? When and where did you buy it? Also
> can you please post more detail on what you cannot confirm to work as yet.
> Sorry for all the questions.
> Many thanks for your help.
> Jon
>
> "Walter Haberl" <whaberl@gmx.at> wrote in message
> news:72h18.77831$gX1.627994@news.chello.at...
> > Hi.
> >
> > I have bougth an Omnibook XE3 Silver Edition, brand new model, Tualatin
> > Core, FSB133, nice thing, good price. I will give a short overview what
is
> > needed for basic Linux operation based on SuSE 7.3 professional
> > I limit on Display, Sound and Network. If you have this you can work
with
> > the Notebook. Other things like TV Out, CDRW, etc. are things that I
> haven't
> > yet tested, they can be tested/configured/researched anytime as long as
> one
> > can access the net with the laptop and have a good desktop (and hears
his
> > favourite MP3s ;-).
> >
> > The Notebook installs flawless. But then you have no network, no audio
and
> > 800x600 resolution.
> >
> > For network you go to:
> >
>
http://appsr.intel.com/scripts-df/Detail_Desc.asp?ProductID=407&DwnldID=2896
> > and download the Driver for Intel Pro /100VE. Compile it as module -
> > description is well done in the readme-file.
> >
> > For Resolution you need go to:
> > http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intel830M/tti013.htm because the
new
> > Omnibooks with the strong 1066mhz Tualatin P3 have the new Intel 830MG
> > Graphics-Chip and no Savage Card anymore.
> >
> > For Audio you do not need to install anything, you just need to go to
the
> > control center -> YaST2 modules -> Hardware -> Sound and go through the
> > Soundconfiguration ONCE. For I do not know why you will need a reboot
> before
> > you hear something, at least I do not know how to activate it - who
cares
> > for one more reboot during installation anyhow. If you do not hear
> > something, check the mixer. The Sound is named "ES1988 Allegro" (ESS
> > Allegro).
> >
> > Reading Data from CDRom or DVD-Rom is no problem, btw. I booted and
> > installed SuSE 7.3 (full) from DVD Rom without trouble.
> > Standby works in both ways (i.e. it wakes up again from standby)
> > APM Batterycontrol seems to work.
> >
> > What not (yet) works:
> > My first "Attempt" to access my Win2K-Network failed. Samba is obviously
> not
> > something you configure without any doc reading ...
> > The Hibernation seems to work but does not wake up anymore. You need to
> > "Needle-Reset" the notebook (the small hole on the left side)
> > I can not compile a kernel and do not know why. It seems to make
> everything
> > but then says "error 2" at the end. No new kernel. I do not think this
is
> a
> > hardware related task but as long as I do not find out why this happens,
I
> > can not totally exclude this possibility.
> > The Notebook does not react on the Volume-set by the FN+Cursor-Keys. You
> > need the GUI Mixer or the Player Volume control to do this.
> >
> > Everything not mentioned I simply haven't tried yet. I just have it
since
> > last Saturday and I am totally new to Linux.
> >
> > have fun, Walter.
> >
> >
> >
>
>