Hi ...

now I have a new Laptop ... my olf HP/Compaq nx8220 was stolen ... I have to think about a new one ... two week of searching, comparing and at the end buying a ASUS F3JP-AS017M ...

Hardware
Core2DUO 2x 1,8 GHz
1GB DDR2-RAM (2x 512MB)
160 GB HITACHI SATA
ATI X1700 mobility (256MB)
UWXGA+ (1440x900 pixel)
Software
MS Windows MCE2005 OEM
Recovery DVD + Driver DVD
Now I'm testing it with openSuSE Linux 10.2 with updated kernel build 2.6.21 (build -134 at the moment from gwdg repository)

Step 1
Standard installation with DVD and standard repos updates works well ... some problems
- graphics card x1700 in first try no 3D only vesa with frambuffers
- no special keys
- problems with acpi
- no cpu throttle, no lcd dim,
- hda sound not working correct ... trying some kernel parameters

Now I try to get update of kernel to 2.6.21 ...

Please give me some time to work ... next news next week ...

Learning

Good luck
Martin