Re: Debian on a Gateway Liberty Laptop???
> 1) There doesn't seem to be a package for supporting PCMCIA cards in
> the stable distribution. Is there an alternative?
I just built a kernel with PCMCIA support for the unstable distribution
and passed it to Simon Shaprio, who will release it. The 1.1 beta
test starts on Monday.
> PCMCIA Cirrus Logic PCIC compatible; Generic Ethernet card)
I have no idea if there is a driver for this or not, you'll have to try it.
> 2) There is no real power switch on the Gateway Liberty (only some deep-sleep
> button: turning off and on doesn't trigger a reboot).
The kernel I built has APM support and honors the user-suspend feature.
I think you can leave it suspended between sessions.
Bruce
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