Re: Debian on Compaq Evo N800w
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On Thursday 30 October 2003 02:38 pm, Brant Langer Gurganus wrote:
> I am trying to set up Debian linux on a Compaq Evo N800w (Mobile
> Pentium 4, 1GB RAM, onboard LAN, Video, and Sound, Wireless LAN USB
> Device). The current issues I am having is that ACPI support by the
> kernel is not up-to-date enough to recognize the components of my
> system. My understanding is that I report that to the Kernel mailing
> list or bugzilla. For doing that, does anybody know a way to easily
> save the Kernel bootlog and other pertinent files so I can access
> them from my fully functional Windows partition. Additional issue is
> that the Debian-stable version of XFree86 does not support my video
> hardware, though it appears that 4.3.0 does. Does anybody have a
> Debian package for that?
>
> --
> Brant Langer Gurganus
> Computer Guru
Some ACPI support is in the 2.4.22 kernel, you can dl the source from
Debian Sid and compile your own. I am not sure if the Kernel people
need to know about this as ACPI support (or lack of) is a known issue
for 2.4 kernels. The 2.6 kernel has better ACPI support, some or all?
has been backported to 2.4.22, afaik.
For a newer version of XFree or other packages that aren't in Woody you
need to use 'unofficial backports' of which there are quite a few sites
to choose from. http://www.apt-get.org/ has lists of these sites.
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Greg Madden
Debian GNU/Linux
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