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All the gateway machines have the NeoMagic chipset I think. And that isn't
supported by Xfree86

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Mark Eaton
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Chris Bitmead wrote in message <34EE4F7B.6948D582@ThePla.net>...
>How well does sound work on the GATEWAY 9100 LAPTOP ?
>
>Does Doom sound work ok for example?
>
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>Chris Bitmead
>http://www.thepla.net/~chrisb

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> >How well does sound work on the GATEWAY 9100 LAPTOP ?
> >Does Doom sound work ok for example?
> 
> Check the HOWTO Index at
> http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX-3.html .  From there,
> link to the Hardware Compatibility HOWTO.  Then link to Laptops, and
> from that page to the Linux Laptops Homepage.  Finally, scroll down a
> couple screens to the Gateway 2000 Solo 9100.  Click.
> 
> It even mentions sound as of 2/9/98. :)
> 
> I trimmed followups to comp.os.linux.hardware.

Yeah, yeah, I read that. What I'm after is something a bit more specific
than "it sorta works". I know it says slightly more than that, but I'm
trolling for more user experiences and specifics.

How does doom sound, just as an example? Should I avoid the Gateway in
favour of something else based on sound? These are the questions I'm
wanting answers for.

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Chris Bitmead
http://www.thepla.net/~chrisb

On Sat, 21 Feb 1998 14:52:27 +1100, Chris Bitmead <ChrisB@ThePla.net>
wrote:

>How well does sound work on the GATEWAY 9100 LAPTOP ?
>Does Doom sound work ok for example?

Check the HOWTO Index at
http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX-3.html .  From there,
link to the Hardware Compatibility HOWTO.  Then link to Laptops, and
from that page to the Linux Laptops Homepage.  Finally, scroll down a
couple screens to the Gateway 2000 Solo 9100.  Click.

It even mentions sound as of 2/9/98. :)

I trimmed followups to comp.os.linux.hardware.

Cheers,

Troy Davis
Black Cat Communications
http://www.blackcat.net
Seattle, WA USA

I've seen the "Best LAPTOP to buy for Linux?" thread, which provokes me
to ask the tangentially related question, what's the SMALLEST easily
available laptop to by for Linux. 

I'm aware of the Libretto models, and the PC110, and others in the
very-very-small-notebook or borderline-palmtop category.  But
appropriate models of those aren't totally satsifying to my
overcritical eye, so I'm wondering about alternatives. 

I saw a Windoze CE palmtop advertised with possible 16Mb memory, and
J.Random Accessories, but I presume a linux port to one of those would
be unlikely (since many of them use exotic CPUs). 

So.  What have people accomplished in the "small, small linux world"
arena?  Anybody got linux running on a sub-kilobuck palmtop (even if
without X), with an IP-networking solution (ppp, ethernet, whatever) for
"docking"? If not, what comes close?

Especially interesting is the "IP docking" question.  Any experience
with PC110 or Libretto used remotely as a highly portable plug-in
computing brick from an X terminal would be of interest to me. 

(Or is this an old and boring question, for which there is a FAQ I missed?)
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Wayne Throop   throopw@sheol.org   http://sheol.org/throopw

ivy@ale.columbus.oh.us (Mike Iverson) writes:

> In article <34ED4233.3507994D@ThePla.net>, Chris Bitmead wrote:
> >I'm thinking of buying a laptop (fairly high end), on which I  want to
> >run, amoungst other things, Linux.
> >
> >Which brand has the best hardware support by Linux?
> 
> While it's tough to point out a specific brand, there are a few
> things to avoid.
> >
> >I guess that means the video display, 
> 
> The most significant problem is the NeoMagic Chipset which is common in the
> most recent batch of laptops. NeoMagic refuses to make information necessary
> to write a driver for Xfree available.
> 
> One of the commercial X servers does support the NeoMagic. 
> I think it costs about $100.

You are thinking of the Desktop X server. For laptops you must shell
out $199 to Xi Graphics.

But just don't buy laptops with NeoMagic chips until they release
programming info. Supporting NeoMagic is sort of like getting a Linux
distribution sold by MicroSoft. 

I would suggest looking for a laptop with a Chips&Tech 65554. It fully
supported in X *and* SVGAlib.

-Brett.