Re: Laptop recommendations?
My Compaq R3190US works great with pure64. I'm also using the latest rc
version of ndiswrapper in 64bit mode, and the internal Broadcom chip has
worked fine so far. My install report is here:
http://cmb.phys.cwru.edu/kisner/linux/compaq-r3000/
the page is a bit out of date. Specifically:
1. kernels >= 2.6.11 no longer need the Alps touchpad kernel patch (included
with the synaptics driver).
2. the synaptics driver >= 0.13.6 no longer need a patched Makefile for 64bit
compilation.
3. nvidia kernel drivers > 6111 need to have the "NVreg_Mobile=0" module
option specified when loading.
4. the twinview section of my X config no longer work right.
Hopefully I'll update all this soon :-)
-Ted
On Saturday 23 April 2005 10:35, Stephen Gran wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> This is possibly OT for this list, and if so, please forgive me. My old
> laptop is dying aslow death, and I am looking for a new one. I am
> interested in trying the amd64 line, but I have no idea of the level of
> support, or even fully the issues involved (pure 64 vs. 32/64 bit modes,
> etc). IIRC the Debian port provides a pure 64 bit environment, which is
> great, except that perhaps things like ndiswrapper will no longer work
> for unsupported wireless cards, I would think.
>
> Can anyone please (off-list, if people feel it is OT) provide me with
> links or information about the support levels, pros and cons, and perhaps
> a recommendation for well supported laptops? I would very much
> appreciate any information.
>
> Thanks all,
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