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Linux - Laptop and Netbook Having a problem installing or configuring Linux on your laptop? Need help running Linux on your netbook? This forum is for you. This forum is for any topics relating to Linux and either traditional laptops or netbooks (such as the Asus EEE PC, Everex CloudBook or MSI Wind).

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Old 10-13-2006, 11:14 AM   #1
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Fedora Core on Toshiba Satellite A110


Well guys, I REALLY need your help to get better with my sexual life!

I met this beautiful girl who has a brand new Toshiba satellite A110, and she asks to me to install linux on it cause she feels sick with virus and software problems... so I went to her home to install FC5 on her laptop and... well, it doesn't work!

I mean that the installation starts, and recognizes some device, the video card (ATI radeon Express 200M series) but doesn't recognize the video. Then it freezes showing a colorful screen, and a big square that moves moving the mouse... vener seen something like this...

I tried with noprobe without success...

Any help? Do you think I have to change distro? I need a simple distro as she's a newbie, I use fedora and I think it is quite good and easy.

Thanks people... it would be very useful to me if you help... I would get closer to her...
 
Old 10-13-2006, 09:20 PM   #2
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Here is a link to a forum discussion for dealing with the video card that is on this laptop (ATI Radeon® Xpress 200M) in Linux


http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...ress-200m.html

If you look at the later postings, it might be enough to get you a bit closer to Linux goodness.

Happy Hunting,
 
Old 10-14-2006, 04:29 AM   #3
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I'll take a better look, but it seems to me that this post won't help. Probably I was not clear: I can't end the installation! During the installation Fedora recognizes the ATI card, then says the video is unknown, then the screen becames colorful... I only succeded the installation in graphical mode, but it is not useful for a laptop to work without a gui...
 
  


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