howdy tobbe
Torbjorn Pettersson <tobbe@strul.nu> wrote:
> But both the Portege 7020 and the Tecra T9000 had the keyboard
> problem on the console also.
wow. that's ugly.
> Linux for the masses, if one supports that concept, is not going
> to happen until the hardware vendors release drivers or patches
> for their "new and improved" hw for linux as well, or use
> "standard" components so there is no need.
fully ack.
AFAIC it's just that - besides the problem with the keyboard in
console use - *no* laptop model will run out of the debian (woody)
box. so according to what you said the hardware vendors including
ibm and toshiba have to deal with the driver problems.
yours, niels
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