On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 03:19:13PM +0000, p wrote: > specifically, sony's laptop vaio computers are > built for the usb controller, the bus controller, and > the sound controller to share irq 9. this causes big > problems for sound. (so basically, i have a $2.3k > word processor. but, i haven't given up hope, yet. > sooner or later, i know someone will find a way to get > around the problem, or maybe future kernels will > be able to handle it.) btw, the various vaio models > i've seen at the local comp usa validated my irq- > sharing finding, as well. (i also have non-sony, "clone" > laptops that don't share the irq for sound, and they have > no problems.) Does this mean that usb controller won't work either? So I can pretty much expect all sony vaio to share this problem then? The one I'm thinking about has onboard ethernet as well, but that shouldn't cause any problems eh? Sound is an issue, but it's relatively minor. I'm just having a lot of trouble finding a reasonable laptop, and then finding compatability information for GNU/Linux on the web. I believe that the vaio also has a builtin modem too. Do you know if I'll have any problems configuring that? I really wouldn't mind waiting for sound compatibilty, or even plugging away at it myself (the USB isn't that important either), but I would definitly like to know if I can expect the modem and ethernet to work properly. I've never installed on a laptop before either.. Are there usually any hitches during the installation process that need to be gotten around as well? Thanks -- Ryan Golbeck <rmgolbeck@uwaterloo.ca> Computer Science University Of Waterloo GPG: 1024D/78916B84 1B1B 2A87 3F00 A7FB 40F3 526D 36CF BA44 7891 6B84
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