Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:12:48 -0500 | From | Stephen Clark <> | Subject | Re: New laptop - problems with linux |
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Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 09:41 -0500, Stephen Clark wrote: > > >>Hi list, >> >>I just purchased a VBI-Asus S96F laptop Intel 945GM & ICH7, with a Core >>2 Duo T560,0 2gb pc5400 memory. >> From checking around it appeared all the >>hardware was well supported by linux - but I am having major problems. >> >> >>1. neither the wireless lan Intel pro 3945ABG or built in ethernet >> >> > >you can get the driver for this from ipw3945.sf.net > > > >>RTL-8169C are detected and configured >> >> Could you propose any reason why it is not be configured? Can I force load a module to make it work. It is a real pain without a enet conniection, since I have to ferry stuff on thumbdrive
>>2. the disk which is a 7200rpm Hitachi travelmate transfers data at 1.xx >>mb/sec >> according to hdparm. This same drive in my old laptop an HP n5430 with a >> 850 duron the rate was 12-14 mb/sec. >> >> > >it seems you're using your sata disk in legacy IDE compatibility mode, >and not AHCI mode... usually there is a bios setting to switch this >(but be careful, if you switch it without adding the ahci driver to your >initrd your system won't boot) > > > > > > Actually this is a pata drive. This laptop provides a pata interface even though it has sata in the ICH7 chipset.
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