Re: Anyone using Debian on notebook?
On 12/10/07, André César de Sá <megatronpt@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been using Debian on my Dell Latitude D520.
>
> Everything is working almost properly.. I'm just having problems with
> - USB mouse(only works if I disable touchpad)
> - Intel Wireless system(simply can't install IPW3945)
>
> Everything else is just perfect!
even the suspend/resume functionality ??
i hold a D600 and maybe the ATI video card is the core of each and
every problem for suspending ...
tell me :)
>
>
> On 10/12/2007, js <ebgssth@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thank you for the pointer.
> >
> > I'll try that list.
> >
> > On Dec 10, 2007 2:44 AM, Michael Marsh <michael.a.marsh@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Dec 9, 2007 1:27 AM, js < ebgssth@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > So I'm thinking that I also switch my notebook's OS to Debian.
> > > > Before starting this switch, I like to hear some comments from
> > > > people who's using Debian on their notebook.
> > > > Is there any annoyance?
> > >
> > > You might want to subscribe to the debian-laptop list, since there
> > > will be a lot of laptop-specific traffic there, and you might get more
> > > prompt responses to questions. That being said, I've been running
> > > Debian sid on my Thinkpad T23 for several years, and I've been very
> > > happy with it. Laptops can be a mixed bag, hardware-wise, so it's
> > > more likely that you'll run into an issue where there's no Free
> > > driver. If you've got all Intel hardware, this shouldn't be a
> > > problem.
> > >
> > > > One thing I worry is battery management
> > > > where Apple's MacBook is very good at.
> > > > OS X's sleep mode is just works. I love it so much.
> > >
> > > Check out acpi, acpid, and acpitools. Also powertop, which will help
> > > you tweak your system to minimize wakeups-from-idle. You can
> > > configure acpid to respond to various events like function keys,
> > > close-lid, and open-lid. See /usr/share/doc/acpid.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael A. Marsh
> > > http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh
> > > http://mamarsh.blogspot.com
> > > http://36pints.blogspot.com
> > >
> > >
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