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08-22-2005
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$800.00
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8.0
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The Averatec 3200 series is an awesome little laptop. It is seriously tiny weighing in at 4lbs, and very thin with a bare minimum number of ports and a 12" screen. But, in terms of the perfect marriage between mobility and power, it's just what the doctor ordered. Specs are: Athlon XP-M 2200+, 512MB ram, 60GB HD, CD burner, built-in 802.11g and ethernet (I think it's got a modem also), USB 2.0, and...um...a pc-card slot for who knows what since I've got wi-fi built-in.
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laptop, notebook, thin & light
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/sbin/lspci output:
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00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [KM400] Chipset Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
00:09.0 Network controller: Ralink RT2500 802.11g
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6912 Cardbus Controller (rev 20)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Intel 537 [AC97 Modem] (rev 80)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [S3 UniChrome] Integrated Video (rev 01)
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12-25-2004, 09:10 PM
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Registered: Sep 2002
Distribution: Linux Mint Gloria, Slackware 12.2
Posts: 165
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $900.00 | Rating: 7
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.10-rc3
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Slackware 10
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Here is a quick list of what works and what doesn't:
* [WORKS] 3D display - S3 Unichrome integrated on the Via KM400 chipset
* [WORKS] Wi-Fi - 802.11g integrated wireless with Ralink rt2500 chipset
* [WORKS] touchpad - SynPS/2 Synaptics touchpad
* [WORKS] ethernet - Via Rhine 10/100
* [PARTIAL] ACPI power management
* [WORKS] PCMCIA cardbus
* [PARTIAL] USB 2.0 (This is probably a kernel issue)
* [UNTESTED] Dual-monitor display
* [WORKS] Sound - Via vt8233 AC'97 audio controller
Please note that the 3D/DRI, wi-fi, and full capabilities of the touchpad DO NOT work out of the box on ANY distro. There is kernel recompiling and driver compiling to do. And many of the drivers are under HEAVY development. This laptop is about 3 or 4 months away from being supported by mainstream distros. IMHO, that is.
Below are links to a few HOWTO's that should get you started. Also, check out the Unofficial Averatec forum. http://www.averatecforums.com/
http://obsequious.net/tech/averatec-3225.php
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/averatec.html
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08-22-2005, 12:37 AM
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Registered: Dec 2004
Distribution: SUSE
Posts: 16
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $700.00 | Rating: 9
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.11.4-21.8-default
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SUSE 9.3
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Great lil' Linux box!
Wlan - Ralink: use RT2500 driver (built into SUSE 9.3)
HID - Synaptics Mousepad w/ enhanced functionality (fully functional in SUSE! you can even use the scroll functions to go 'back' or 'forward' in Firefox! Nifty. Scroll functionalty good, tap sensitivity a little high strung)
Vid - Dual monitor supported, functional. Not so robust as with windows though. Monitor related function keys (Fn+F3, and Fn+F5 through Fn+F7) all work as intended. Use Fn+F5 to select primary monitor or dual monitor. Not tried "extending" my desktop across monitors. Is this possible?
USB - functions well, nodifficulty w/ thumb drives or the like.
Otherwise same as above. SUSE 9.3 really compliments this laptop.
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