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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.