Linux on 700m?

I'm considering VMware too. It's only $190 but I'd like to have it run under Linux and have Windows be the guest. I got Suse 9.2 today. Cross your fingers.

-Mike

I've got Suse 9.2 installed on my 700m. Went well. My issues so far

* It is in 800x600 mode. This guy has the trick to get it into 1280x800

http://www.celifornia.com/documents/dell700m.html
I'll try it over the weekend.

* He also mentions something about the trackpad. I use an external mouse so not an issue.

* It only suspends to the hard drive, and not to RAM. The above link mentions a fix too.

* When I suspend to disk, the USB mouse isn't recognized upon start up.

* I can switch to an external monitor with VGA out at boot time with fn-f8 but not after I have booted. I think KDE is stealing the keys.

I haven't tried VMware. Not sure if I'm going to buy it. No need for Windows at this time.

Haven't tried to burn a CD or DVD yet. Guess I should play one to see if it is ok. I did install from DVD.

-Mike

I have run 9.2 Pro and am currently running 9.3 Pro. It took me a day or 2 to figure out how to switch it to 1200x800, but since you have a link (provided above by someone else) it shouldn't be a problem. Other than that I had no problem with 9.2. 9.3 on the other hand gave me a slight problem when I installed a patch for nvidia cards by mistake. If you install 9.3 DO NOT install the NVIDIA patch. I still have to work on getting my palm to sync in 9.3 although 9.2 is used to sync.

Hope this helps.

Here is my Monitor, Mode and Screen sections from my XF86Config. The name changes to xorg.conf in Suse 9.3. The trick is to run the 855resolution the hit Ctrl-ALT-backspace to restart the X server. Put the resolution command in a script the make it start at boot time using YaST. The screen looks great at 1280x800.

/usr/local/bin/855resolution 5c 1280 800

# ------------------
Section "Monitor"
DisplaySize 320 240
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
HorizSync 30-90
VertRefresh 50-160
Option "DPMS"
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
Modeline "1280x800_60.00" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -HSync +Vsync
# Modeline "800x600" 36.88 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 621
# Modeline "800x600" 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +HSync +VSync
EndSection

Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection

I have just got Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary) running on my 500m worked as soon as the installation finished wifi and all at max resolution. Now i am tweaking etc etc. I am a noob to linux and although it is not as easy to install things i am learning very quickly and discovering its power. I always seem to have a problem with file sharing (networking - wirelessly) in XP. Worked the second i booted up. Lovin' it!

Message Edited by Questar on 07-14-2005 11:32 PM