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I installed Arch on the new Dell laptop. At first it looked fine. But the display brightness keys don't work, so to change the brightness I have to 'sudo su' and then 'echo [number between 0 and 927] > /sys/class/something/something/backlight.' Also, audio isn't working. Alsamixer shows 2 audio cards. The first audio card, "HDA Intel HDMI" has 3 "S/PDIF" items that are just on/off toggles. The second card, "HDA Intel PCH" has all of the volume controls, but nothing I can't get anything to output to it. Not even mplayer gives anything. I'll either deal with it, or start a new thread...
Wifi works, though!
But that's just another reason for me to never buy a Dell again.
wait...I almost forgot about that Eee I have...I bet it would like to become my primary laptop...
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I just got an EEE for free. I always used to think they sucked when I heard about them. And guess what...they do.
It is slow and unpleasant. And the low res screen drives me nuts
The HDA Intel HDMI is problem only for audio out the HDMI port. The other one is probably the one you want.
As for the backlight, you may be able to alias a key combination to call xbacklight and make it work that way.
That was my biggest issue, some dialog boxes were taller than 600, Adobe for one and a couple KDE ones, poor design that they couldn't be resized but also bad design that every LCD now a days has to be widescreen, I don't think I've ever watched a full movie on a laptop.
The HDA Intel HDMI is problem only for audio out the HDMI port. The other one is probably the one you want.
I figured, but IDK how to do that. But I plan on poking around the wikis before I start another thread.
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As for the backlight, you may be able to alias a key combination to call xbacklight and make it work that way.
I might end up doing that. Thanks for the suggestion!\
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I just got an EEE for free. I always used to think they sucked when I heard about them. And guess what...they do.
It is slow and unpleasant. And the low res screen drives me nuts
Yeah, I have the same problem on mine with dialog boxes. They're just too big. I notice that it's significantly slower than my other laptops, but it's not unbearable.
I figured out the sound. I made a /etc/asound.conf that specified the proper sound card as the default. That might lead to problems if I tried to use HDMI, but I don't use it, so it's not a problem.
I figured, but IDK how to do that. But I plan on poking around the wikis before I start another thread.
I might end up doing that. Thanks for the suggestion!\
Yeah, I have the same problem on mine with dialog boxes. They're just too big. I notice that it's significantly slower than my other laptops, but it's not unbearable.
There used to be an eeepc package, my distro had it by default which handled things like that.
Mine was fast enough except for video. My son wanted me to play minecraft with him and it was too slow for that. Even scrolling though a LibreOffice document was slow, my little android tablet was faster.
There are 12 inch netbooks @ 1280 x 8000 which (IMO) defeat the purpose as by definition their not for Minetest; that said, tablets have come a long way since.
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1920x1080, core i5 2500K 'intel hd 3000' video chip. 53FPS, minimum 30FPS, which is quite playable.
Thats the old intel HD video as well, the newer 'haswell' chips will be faster again. Sure, intel is still awful compared to the 'top end' gamers cards from nVidia or AMD. But its not the nasty joke it was in the past.
Thats the old intel HD video as well, the newer 'haswell' chips will be faster again. Sure, intel is still awful compared to the 'top end' gamers cards from nVidia or AMD. But its not the nasty joke it was in the past.
Intel will not likely want to compete in the "GPU" world. Intel has basic/integrated GPU's as a perk, but Intel's main market has little requirements for integrated GPU's that are hefty in stature. my new home PC is using one of the newer Xeon's w/o gpu, etc. Intel has also left the desktop market for many lines of their products.
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