Re: [PLUG] Dell Inspiron 8100 Notebook

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

This is a question that I've had in the back of my melon for a while:  How can I
ensure that, when I recompile a kernel, it will have the same configuration as
the factory kernel plus the minor changes that I want to make?

Roughly how big are the files from nVidia?  I'm asking because my Internet
connection maxes out at 5.6k.

I wonder why Red Hat 7.2 just loaded right up on my brother-in-law's
Athlon/GeForce2 PC.  And I wonder if the expensive 64MB ATI Radeon card option
would have worked more smoothly.


> I have an i8100 as well with the GeForce2Go video. Getting X to work is the
> only tricky thing and it's not that tricky. IIRC you'll need to download an
> nVidia kernel patch and X driver (nVidia's stuff is binary only -- no
> source). Check out the FAQ and various files at this Yahoo Group:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/
>
> I've found that an invaluable resource to getting my Inspiron up and running
> w/ linux (I used Mandrake 8.1 on it BTW). After doing a regular install it
> took me a matter of minutes to make the required changed to X and the kernel
> and I was up and running. No worries.


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