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Average Rating
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100% of reviewers
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$450.00
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10.0
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Description:
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I was able to install Gentoo on this laptop with zero problems. I was able to foresee the ati drivers being an issue and emerged them during initial install. The Intel Chipset is certainly supported and works just fine, I've tossed a Netgear WAG511 in the PCMCIA port, and it was detected and was very easy to setup as well (specific info posted in other HCL entry for WAG511), pcmcia-cs was installed and configured for the correct hardware in this laptop. The dimming/brighting Function key works great, however, I have yet to attempt to configure the 'hot' keys at the top. The DVD/CDRW combo drive works great, it was picked up as /dev/hdc, indicating it's secondary master (meaning I can upgrade if I ever desire to crack the case to do so ;) ); and works just fine buring CD's with cdrecord and ide-scsi passed during boot (currently /dev/scd0). In order to get the ATI drivers working correctly in x.org I did edit the videocard section by hand rather than use xorgconfig. Really this laptop worked great "out of the box" even though I was prepared for the worst.
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Keywords:
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Laptop Pentium4 Intel 82865G USB2.0 ATI radeon Touchpad realtek 8169 Gigabit
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/sbin/lspci output:
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0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Inter
face (rev 02)
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Capabilities: [e4] #09 [2106]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 3.0
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02)
(prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 96
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
Memory behind bridge: e8100000-e81fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0000000-f7ffffff
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Contro
ller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 1cc0 [size=32]
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Contro
ller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at 1ce0 [size=32]
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #3 (re
v 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at 2000 [size=32]
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Contro
ller #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 2020 [size=32]
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Contr
oller (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] #0a [20a0]
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2) (prog-if 00 [Norm
al decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff
Memory behind bridge: e8200000-e82fffff
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridg
e (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (
rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at 2060 [size=16]
Memory at 40000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02
)
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 2040 [size=32]
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC
'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0800
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 1400 [size=256]
I/O ports at 1c80 [size=64]
Memory at e8000c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
Memory at e8000800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Modem Controller (
rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0800
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 1800 [size=256]
I/O ports at 1c00 [size=128]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Rad
eon 9600 M10] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500
Flags: bus master, fast Back2Back, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ
23
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
Memory at e8100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [58] AGP version 3.0
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
0000:03:00.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16
Memory at 40001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=03, secondary=04, subordinate=07, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 40400000-407ff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 40800000-40bff000
I/O window 0: 00004400-000044ff
I/O window 1: 00004800-000048ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
0000:03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 C
ontroller (PHY/Link) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21
Memory at e8204000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Memory at e8200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
0000:03:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigab
it Ethernet (rev 10)
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0500
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 22
I/O ports at 4000 [size=256]
Memory at e8204800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
0000:04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg
NIC (rev 01)
Subsystem: Netgear: Unknown device 4610
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16
Memory at 40800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
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12-15-2004, 09:12 AM
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Registered: Mar 2002
Distribution: Gentoo ; LFS ; Kubuntu
Posts: 12,557
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $450.00 | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.4.23_pre8-gss-r2
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Distribution:
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Gentoo
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Excellent compatibility. Worked just fine out of the box with a default Gentoo install (including pcmcia-cs). I wasn't able to check out the optional built in G card, as this wasn't in the model I purchased (used from a kid at the University). This laptop seems to have quite the hardware inside:
Pentium 4 2.8Ghz with HyperThreading technology
1GB RAM
80GB HD
DVD/CDRW
USB 2.0 all around
Firewire (IEEE1394)
S/PDIF port
S-Video Out
VGA Out
However, this box does only include a single PCMCIA port. This might be considered a point to look down upon if you have a need for more (though the machine does come with a lot of devices integrated...).
The touchpad can be fully customized within the xorg.conf file:
http://web.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/
I have found that with hotplug running, when I remove my PCMCIA Ethernet Card (Netgear WAG511) the system will occasionally lockup. I have to hold down the power button for 4 seconds to cycle power, and it starts up no problem. I've dropped this thing a lot too, and nothing has happened (yet :) ).
All in all, I am extremely pleased at the ease of getting this thing up and running in linux.
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