If I were you, I would try the Laptop / Handheld forum. Go to the Sticky where they give sites ( Tuxmobile and Linux-laptops) that may have success stories about your model / brand laptop.
IMHO, you need to give a little more info about your laptop before someone else will attempt to provide more info.
Kernel , Manufacturer and Model would be a great help to me and others. My HP does hardware accel, but it's a IGP 9200...
running slack-current and 2.6.7 kernel (custom)
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