[SATLUG] which laptop to buy?

[Steven Winston]

Hrm...  usb-ohci??  someone more knowledgable than I would have to help
out on that.  I'd assume one good idea is to recompile the kernel without
USB suport, since you don't seem to want to use USB why load a module for
it?  There's been a recent discussion on how to do that, so I wont comment
on that here.  
As for the differences between ext2 and ext3.  IMHO ext3 is better, but 
that depends on your needs.  It's a shame you're not in the previous 
problem (X isn't doing so well) those problems I'm usually quite good at 
solving.  I've just never had a problem with USB under linux (only have 
two usb devices so haven't tested it a whole lot).  What errors are you 
getting with it on startup?  and what kernel are you using?
the "i" thing wont help you because the USB support is a kernel module, 
interactive startup only asks you for premission to start things in your 
scripts. (ie /etc/rc.d/init.d/*)

On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, matt hutchinson wrote:

> Mr. Philip Morales has been helping me using rh's ticket system.  but it 
> takes about a day to get a response and by the time i get it ive already 
> tried what he recommends.
> 
> this time i used ext2 for the install because i read that it doesn't keep the 
> disks active.  but now when i boot it hangs at the usb-ohci thing.  i tried 
> "i" for the interactive startup but that doesnt give me an option to bypass 
> the usb thing.
> 
> during the previous installation i had ext3.  the machine booted ok but then 
> froze when i started x.  x came up but then i went to the console and got all 
> those nasty hd errors.
> 
> if i did get a satelite it would be the 2400.  thats the only one they carry.
> 
> thanks a bunch,
> matt
> 
> On Monday 05 August 2002 19:22, you wrote:
> > Who did you speak to at RedHat?  I want to know who to make fun of in my
> > IRC conversation ;-)...  seriously if you want to talk to their developers
> > go to irc.openprojects.net and join #redhat.  A good number of the poeple
> > on there work for redhat and they should be able to help.
> >
> > Remember we can offer help here to, what exactly isn't working?
> >
> > On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, matt hutchinson wrote:
> > > oh, dear.  i just came back from dinner and found that my request turned
> > > into a sex-and-the-city-type argument (dont tell me what happens if youre
> > > watching-- i missed yesterday's).  everyone wants to be heard and is
> > > entitled to be.  but please dont get upset over my problems!
> > >
> > > as for the mac, it was my first choice.  ive used osx and like the
> > > command prompt.  but the fact remains that they are WAY too expensive. 
> > > also my fat hands wont fit on the ibook's tiny cellular phone-sized
> > > keyboard.  it just wont work for me since i dont have $3500 to spend on
> > > the powerbook g4. :(
> > >
> > > and i _did_ actually get rh to install.  several hours of google
> > > searching yielded the "linux pci=off" option for a completely different
> > > compaq model. i just wish the guy at redhat could have told me.  but
> > > after it loaded i booted from a diskette and the kernel panicked.  then i
> > > booted with "linux nomce."  it booted but then kept spitting out errors
> > > about the / partition. so now im reinstalling after repartitioning the
> > > hd.
> > >
> > > wish me luck!!
> > >
> > > On Monday 05 August 2002 18:19, you wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2002-08-05 at 17:44, Todd wrote:
> > > > > So take your stinking
> > > > > WINTEL machine and go back to the hole you came from!!
> > > >
> > > > Apologies to the list, but I couldn't let this one go.  I took a nice
> > > > little peek at your mail headers and saw this:
> > > >
> > > > User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.0.2006
> > > >
> > > > That's SO cute! :)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > And, to Sondy, re: the i830m chip - are you using Debian on it? 
> > > > Because 24-bit color isn't possible with the standard debs (well, above
> > > > 640x480 ... at least, from my travails).  I've submitted a patch to
> > > > Branden (the X guy) and got my own working debs (if you want them).  I
> > > > had to apply a patch that allowed me to enable all the VRAM on the chip
> > > > (some V_BIOS error/stupidity).  You can see my communications on the
> > > > debian-x mailing list.  But, if you got it working with standard debs
> > > > for any Debian branch, do tell :)
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