Re: Which laptop?
Regarding sound, although I know nothing about ubuntu, you can try:
ls -l /dev/mixer*
Usually the group associated to audio devices is "audio", so all you
would need to do is adding the non root member to the audio group...
Javier.
On 6/26/05, Willie McKemie <mckemie@austinfarm.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 08:35:07AM -0500, Willie McKemie wrote:
> > I've been messing with Compaq Armadas (73xx, 78xx, 7400, 7800) quite
> > some time and haven't been able to get everything to work at one time.
> > USB is broken under kernels 2.6.x. PCMCIA tends to not work under
> > 2.4.x and in certain cases (new Ubuntu at least) a Debian 2.4.x kernel
> > package fails to run X.
> >
> > So, I'm shopping for slightly more modern, but still modestly priced,
> > laptop. Who can comment on Debian on Dell Latitude C600 or similar?
> > Compaq EVOs? These are generally available "off lease", sans microsoft
> > tax, for ~$350.
>
> So, I got this C600 thanks to a bit of encouragement here. Very nice,
> 1400x1000 display. The new Ubuntu installed with no trouble.
> Everything seems to work, even sound. It finally dawned on me that,
> with Ubuntu, sound does not work for the root user, but does for a
> "normal" user. Anyone know why that is? And how to fix it?
>
> The combination "eraser head" AND "touch pad" pointer is driving me
> crazy; I am always inadvertently touching the touch pad and having the
> pointer doing unexpected things. The bios has some pointer options,
> but none seem to disable the touch pad while allowing the eraser head.
> Anyone else have that problem? And a solution?
>
> Several times the X pointer has locked up. Pointer can not be moved
> and buttons have no effect. Restarting X does not fix it. Rebooting
> does. Anyone else have that problem? And a solution?
>
> Has the spam situation here improved? Or have my spam filters just
> improved?
>
> The "low resource" discussion has been of much interest to me. Thanks
> to the posters!
>
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