Hp ze4430us w Mandrake 9.1

lewt · 08-29-2003, 10:56 PM

I've managed to get Mandrake 9.1 on my zehp4430us with the following issues.

ACPI = Power?? Does not start nor APMD = Battery?

It has a broadcom 54g build in 54G wireless, anyone know of drivers.

Also are there KDE utilities that would work the my AMD-M processor in a automatic way XP can to conserve battery life when I'm forced to rely on a battery?

Thanks

dnorseman · 08-30-2003, 09:40 PM

In other threads on this board I have seen that apm and acpi can't run at the same time. See this link. To save battery life I think ACPI is the answer, try to recompile the latest kernel with an ACPI patch and software suspend patch. Look at linux-laptops.net for some good suggestions. I have read good and bad about ACPI and linux support. Red Hat Severn beta worked better than Mandrake 9. 1 on my ze4420us.

azodon · 11-29-2003, 10:00 PM

http://www.linuxant.com worked on my ze4430us I was so happy!

lewt · 11-29-2003, 10:02 PM

Folks

I switched to Fedora.. it works 100% even ACPI after you put ACPI=ON in the kernel option at boot.

I suggest switching if you have a similar laptop..

Lewt

azodon · 11-29-2003, 10:56 PM

does everything work? you have the 4430 right, so did you get 54 g to work? linuxant really works. How about the burner. is fedora any good?

lewt · 11-30-2003, 12:12 AM

We'll I havent tried the Burner yet.. Fedora runs faster than the others and the linuxant driver works also using the tar.gz package they have.

I think I still have to do something in the /dev folder to get the burner to work with the software though.. just havent had time to try yet.. maybe tomorrow.

azodon · 12-01-2003, 09:01 AM

lewt why dont you send me an email and we can work together on makeing a good distro this particilar laptop for others.

cyberdwarf · 05-05-2004, 10:56 PM

I am a newbie, but I do have the laptop in question. I also work part time, so I could devote some time to it. cyberdwarf<at>aimcomm.net
I had good luck with suse 10 before xp trashed my mbr for no good reason. Let me know. p.s. I can't code.

lewt · 05-05-2004, 11:15 PM

I'm sorry I thought I was replying to a older thread.. Allow me to try Suse 9.1 next week before I make a real verdict on it vs Fedora Core. I'm more of a fan of Suse anyways.

cyberdwarf · 05-06-2004, 10:18 PM

Got it confused with mandrake10.