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gian2oo1 · 01-11-2005, 02:09 PM

Install was pretty straight foward. Under 2.4 everything seemed to work fine (please note the Intel IPW2200 Wireless LAN driver only works in 2.6 kernels). Once I upgraded to 2.6.9 i couldn't get my TV-output the work correctly, but I might need a quick patch in the kernel or a setting I missed. I didn't persue it because I never really use it often. Under 2.6 Kernels < 2.6.9, the mouse will not work. From what I can recall reading, Linus updated the mouse features and in 2.6.9 the synaptics touchpad driver was added, so under 2.6.9 it seems to work quite alright. Please note the notebook seems to crash when the CPU saving (when battery is enabled) is enabled in the BIOS--so disable it. The screen saving function seems to be fine though.

Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG Driver for Linux
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/

I have not tried the InfraRed & Firewire. I can't get the "special buttons" or the audio DJ front buttons to work either.

-Nw- neX · 08-22-2005, 07:24 PM

just a more current lspci for you.

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS300 Host Bridge (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 9100 IGP AGP Bridge
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc OHCI USB Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc OHCI USB Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc EHCI USB Controller (rev 01)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc ATI SMBus (rev 18)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc ATI Dual Channel Bus Master PCI IDE Controller
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 434c
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4342
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller
00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc IXP AC'97 Modem (rev 01)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS300M AGP [Radeon Mobility 9100IGP]
02:05.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c475 (rev b8)
02:05.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C551 IEEE 1394 Controller
02:06.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
02:07.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)

and a more recent lsmod.

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
radeon                 76481  1
drm                    70101  2 radeon
md5                     4033  1
ipv6                  267841  12
parport_pc             28933  1
lp                     13001  0
parport                40585  2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4                29253  2
sunrpc                167813  1
pcmcia                 29025  2
dm_mod                 58101  0
video                  15941  0
button                  6609  0
battery                 9413  0
asus_acpi              11093  0
ac                      4805  0
ohci1394               41353  0
ieee1394              304441  1 ohci1394
yenta_socket           21449  1
rsrc_nonstatic         12737  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            50909  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
ohci_hcd               26849  0
ehci_hcd               41037  0
shpchp                 94405  0
snd_atiixp_modem       18277  1
snd_atiixp             22433  1
snd_ac97_codec         75961  2 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp
snd_seq_dummy           3653  0
snd_seq_oss            37057  0
snd_seq_midi_event      9153  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                62289  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          8781  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            51185  0
snd_mixer_oss          17857  3 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm               100169  4 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              33605  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    57157  10 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              10913  3 snd
snd_page_alloc          9669  3 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_pcm
ipw2200                75213  0
ieee80211              23109  1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt         7493  1 ieee80211
b44                    27077  0
mii                     5441  1 b44
joydev                  9601  0
ext3                  132681  2
jbd                    86233  1 ext3

i just upgraded to FC4, after an attempted gentoo 2005.1 install. the ipw2200bg works just fine if the firmware from http://freshrpms.net/ is installed. the only problem im having right now is some settings with the ALPS touchpad, it works fine, ive got doubletap, and all three buttons working, but the scroll wheel refuses to work. the driver used under Xorg is the synaptics driver [ALPS support is incorporated into this driver]. im sure its just a matter of time till i get the proper X settings.