Re: [PLUG] Fedora Linux

[Paul <emailme@dpagin.net>]

W. Chris Shank wrote:

> I've been testing Fedora Linux (Severn 0.94 Beta 2) for a few weeks now
> and I am thoroughly impressed. What has been most shocking is the
> interface responsiveness. If anyone ever tells you that the Linux
> interface is slow compared to Windows, take them for a test drive of
> Fedora. 
>  

I'm less than impressed with Fedora Core.  I had a freeze problem 
related to my wireless PCI card.  Also, some applications didn't 
function as expected.  Synaptic bombs out.  Add/Remove Apps can never 
detect the CD-ROMs.  The Web browser will not alllow me to connect to my 
bank's Web site.  I expect test 3 to be better, and the final release to 
be impressive.

> ACPI is supported, thought turned off (acpi=on in grob.conf). On my
> centrino laptop, turning on ACPI get the sound and PCMCIA slots working,
> but the fan kicks into high gear and brings the system to a crawl. I've
> been researching how to fix this - looks like a new DSDT should cure it.
>  

What is DSDT?

Maybe the CPU clock is slowed, along with the fans coming on, because 
the laptop /thinks/ it needs to flush out excessive heat.  Red Hat has 
the fan problem under certain conditions.  (Mandrake doesn't.)  If my 
Dell Inspiron 8100 is running Red Hat and using nVIDIA's video driver, 
after coming back from a suspend, the video might have a problem and the 
fans might come on at top rotational speed.  Actually, I think  the fan 
problem is independent of the video driver.  I think the fan problem 
started after upgrading the BIOS.  Dell is doing less work on supporting 
APM and more work to support ACPI while Red Hat has better support for 
the exact opposite.

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