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Re: [PLUG] linux on HP OmniBook
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Lars-Eric Adam wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I'm fairly new to Linux and I just tried to install redhat 6.2 on an HP
> Omnibook without success. Unfortunately the error messages disappear so
> quickly that they are hard to read, but it looks like "... cannnot
> connect to X11socket ...".
> I tried several runs of installation program, but most often the
> installation dies when I want to create a boot disk. If I skip this part
> and reboot, lilo dies after prompting "li" on the screen. I also did not
> manage to configure and run a succesful test of the X configuration.
> Since I'm running redhat 6.2 on a dell notebook and the installation
> there was quick and easy, is this maybe an HP specific problem?
> At this point I'm relatively helpless and appreciate any help, e.g. if
> this is a known problem, you can maybe point me to some documentation.
> Thanks,
>
> Lars
>
You might try taking a look at:
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
I brought a Sony Vaio up very easily by following one of the write-ups
there.
--
Kevin Brosius
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