section index
topThis file contains a list of laptops on which Mandrake Linux has been successfully installed on. All entries have been contributed by Mandrake users.
Ratings ('Marks') range from 1, worst, to 4, best:
| Model |
Rel. |
Comments / Url |
Mark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensa 355 |
7.2, 8.0 |
Only 16bit color video. |
4 |
| same |
7.1 |
configured w/ 48MB RAM, external CD ROM, D-Link DMF560-TX
(ethernet+modem) |
4 |
| Extensa 368T |
7.2, 8.0 |
8.0 Works. First slow with KDE because of 32 MB Ram. Upgraded
to 96 MB, now everything runs fine |
4 |
| Extensa 500T |
7.0 |
none |
4 |
| Extensa 501A |
7.1, 8.0 |
Installed Perfectly. Sound OK. Small snag with Video; select
Generic LCD 800x 600. 96 megs of RAM. 266DX. Dual boot win-98 or Mandrake.
General use for PPP and related coms ( GSM + Inmarsat satcom ) |
4 |
| Extensa 501 DX |
8.0 |
none |
1 |
| Extensa 501T |
8.1b |
Can't get the 3Com card to work. Still searching for drivers.
Everything else is good |
3 |
| Extensa 503T |
7.1, 7.2, 8.0 |
The only difficulty : LT WinModem Solution found on : http://www.linmodems.org |
4 |
| same |
8.1 |
Everything works fine, even the LT Winmodem. The only
problem is the ISAPnP Sound Card (Opl3SAx) which completely freezes the laptop.
So I have no sound. |
3 |
| Travelmate 200DX |
8.0 |
Internal modem doesn't work, sound not operating properly.
Apart from that everything else seems to work (ali sound, soft modem internal). |
2 |
| Travelmate 201TXV |
7.2, 8.0 |
- power ( battery,...) doesn't not work well - sound : strange behavior with hibernation (microphone is switched on after restart). - AMR lucent modem doesn't work - scroll button touchpad of touchpad doesn't work - some extra keys don't work but let says it mainly works and I can be more than productive with it. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Had to de-uglify fonts, Mandrake Control Center buggy (configured
network manually) |
4 |
| Travelmate 202TE |
8.0 |
No winmodem support (Lucent?). Some problems with the audio
mixer (slow execution). Wrong recovery from bios sleep. |
3 |
| Travelmate 340 |
8.0 |
Running Ximian-Gnome |
3 |
| Travelmate 342t |
7.2 |
Works well, but requires custom configuration IE:
For the screen refresh, etc. See Also http://muted.org/acer/ |
4 |
| Travelmate 506DX |
8.0, 8.1b |
winmodem not currently available with 8.0. |
3 |
| Travelmate 508T |
8.0 |
Everything works fine except the Ltmodem AMR. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
It runs fine but I had some problems with my sound card. |
3-4 |
| same |
7.2, 8.0 |
Sound card needs kernel > 2.4.0. Lucent winmodem not
working (AMR slot). PS/2 mouse bug with Mdk 8.0. |
3 |
| Travelmate 510T |
8.0 |
Lucent WinLT modem requires 3rd party packages to work,
and must be recompiled. I haven't got it working yet. Everything else detected very well, including sound, video |
4 |
| Travelmate 512DX |
6.1, 7.0, 7.2, 8.0 |
Since 7.X everything works perfectly. |
4 |
| Travelmate 512T |
7.1 - 8.1b |
Some Problems with the video card up to 7.2 (The color
map seems to be wrong sometimes). On 8.0 some problems with the sound at
the beginning. I've not tested the winmodem again since 7.2. At that test
I was able to ring. Cardbus ethernet works fine. Compact Flash cards and
automount would not work! |
4 |
| Travelmate 513T |
7.2, 8.0 |
Under 7.2 sound worked, under 8.0 not (yet). |
3 |
| Travelmate 515T |
8.0 |
none |
2 |
| Travelmate 517TE |
8.0 |
Not many problems except with the PCMCIA sockets.
I've tried several types of NICs and the same problem has come up each time. When I boot the computer, everything seems fine. Once up into X, though, there is no network connection even though I have a link light on the dongle and ifconfig shows that the DHCP server was found and has assigned me an address. All I do is cardctl eject and cardctl insert and everything comes up fine from there. The sound isn't working either. All I get is an annoying hum on the speakers. I don't care about that, though, since this is for work anyway. |
3 |
| Travelmate 521TE |
7.2, 8.0 |
I've had some problems installing 7.2, mainly with the
sound card; with 8.0 everything went fine. Haven't tested the winmodem yet,
though. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
It's difficult to adjust volume of sound under KDE. |
4 |
| same |
8.1 |
Everything is fine except small sound volume problem. I
haven't tested winmodem, I installed physical modem instead. Needs further
adjustment with Chinese fonts and display. |
4 |
| Travelmate 522TXV |
7.2, 8.0 |
Original modem is a WinModem, ( not usable ) but I use
a PCMCIA card modem now - works fine. Sound wouldn't work with 7.2. |
3 |
| Travelmate 524TEV |
7.2, 8.0 |
none |
3 |
| Travelmate 525TEV |
8.0 |
Everything works fine. Installation and configuration is
easy...only the winmodem doesn't work...maybe it is because I'm too stupid. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Some things are not detected properly: Trackpad, sound
card, PCMCIA controller. On the other hand: I tested Red Hat 7.1, SuSE 7.1
and Best Linux on this machine - and have returned quickly to Mandrake Linux
8.0 ;-) |
3 |
| Travelmate 529TX |
8.0 |
Installing process ok. Everything works good, except
for the internal modem and the touch pad, I use a PS2 external mouse instead.
I'm happy however. |
3 |
| Travelmate 603TER |
7.2 |
none |
4 |
| Travelmate 650 |
8.0 |
Problems with sound; otherwise, everything is fine |
3 |
| Travelmate 722TX |
7.1 |
none |
3 |
| same |
7.2, 8.0 |
Hardware detection perfect. X-Server really slow. Power
management doesn't work properly. Sound functions after manual configuration. |
3, 3-4 |
| Travelmate 730TX |
8.0 |
Small sound problem: microphone volume causes problem:
solved by muting input volume |
3 |
| Travelmate 732TXV |
7.2, 8.0 |
On a clean install with Mandrake 8 the sound doesn't install
correctly, but can be configured manually. An upgrade from 7.2 to 8 works
like a charm. |
4, 3-4 |
| Travelmate |
8.0 |
Runs well. |
3 |
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