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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspiron 2100 |
8.0 |
Had to edit fstab. supermount didn't work well when floppy
module is not connected. It works great with CD-ROM module, connected
or not. |
4 |
| Inspiron 2500 |
8.0 |
none |
3 |
| same |
8.1 |
Everything Installed automatically except the Winmodem.
X goes to blinking cursor when trying to access HardDrake. Have to switch
instances to reboot. Aside from that major snafoo, it kicks Winblows butt.
Graphics even look better. |
4 |
| same |
8.1 |
Mostly works, X crashed, had to tell X that there
is only 4M video RAM not 16M. PCMCIA does not work at all. |
3 |
| same |
8.1 |
I got linux working well! I haven't gotten HardDrake
working properly yet, the screen goes to the cursor as described above. But
i'm working on it! |
3-4 |
| same |
8.0 |
8.0 works great. Identifies NIC and modem, smooth
install. Sound works well. Because of i815 video, had to go 1024x768 at 15bpp. |
4 |
| Inspiron 3000 |
7.2, 8.0 |
none |
4 |
| Inspiron 3200 |
8.0 |
Can't get sound to work. Haven't had too much time to try...
Otherwise, runs well. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Mandrakes are running on this machine since 7.1. |
4 |
| same |
7.x, 8.0 |
Screen saver doesn't blank screen. System suspend kills
X. Otherwise OK. |
3 |
| Inspiron 3500 |
8.0 |
none |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Problems getting sound to work (badly detected, nm256 does
not work). Using ALSA + cs4231 woks fine. Problems changing network configuration (home: PPP/work: LAN), quite complex solution using Linuxconf (Draknet does not work). |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Sound not working (nm256). |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Works great w/ onboard audio/video via Neomagic integrated
chipset. |
4 |
| same |
8.1 |
Having problems with sound. |
3 |
| Inspiron 3700 |
8.1 |
Works well, including sounds and network card EZPcCard10/SMC |
4 |
| Inspiron 3800 |
8.1b |
Seems to work pretty well. Only problem is getting the
USB mouse to work. I seem to have to run mouseconfig everytime I reboot before
it works. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Replaced the Xircom WinGlobal modem with a 3Com Megahertz 10/100+56k. Works great! |
4 |
| same |
8.0, 8.0fr2 |
Haven't had *any* problems whatsoever with the laptop. Install
was flawless; detected and set up ATi Mobility card without a hitch. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Had problems mostly with the wireless card and compiling
the kernel. some crazy stuff happened to my locale and gurpmi settings,
but I doubt that has anything to do with running on a laptop. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Mandrake 8.0 supports the built-in sound device "out-of-the-box,"
whereas Windows 2000 does not! Way to go Mandrake! I have had no problems with Mandrake on the laptop, although I miss the resolution of a desktop monitor. :) |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Outstanding except the chooser will become hash if left
to boot on it's own. |
4 |
| same |
8.1 |
Install was a snap, some minor problems, but what
can you expect frome a recent "EX"-windows user ,still a lot to learn |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
3 |
| same |
7.2 |
none |
4 |
| Inspiron 4000 |
8.0 |
none |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
No probs with the install. The modem is a winmodem, so
I didn't bother trying to muck with it. I had Caldera 2.4 Desktop on it previously
and I had a real hard time getting XFree86 to figure out what kind of video
card! MANDRAKE ROCKS! |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Works fine with the default install and a wireless SMC
card (except for the winmodem - but who uses modems anymore?). It also has
the integrated ethernet (Intel, I think). |
4 |
| same |
7.2 |
Cannot get sound to work... Using ESS Maestro 3i audio chip... |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Everything works. Sound. Audio. Mouse. Everything. Fantastic. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Works great, I had some problems with the display, but downloading
an XF86Config-4 file from Dell fixed the problems. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Everything works except for this: suspend doesn't work
nicely with external+(USB) mouse. Too bad. Other than that - fine: modem
(PC Card Xircom Gold), sound, X11 - no problems, worked out of the box. Had
to manually edit XF86Config to make it use both touchpad and external mouse,
but this was not too hard. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Works out of the box. If you're also running Windows, make
sure you shutdown Windows and then startup Mandrake; restarting Windows and
booting Mandrake causes IDE and sound problems. |
4 |
| same |
8.1 |
Floppy drive not working (plugged and inserted). [tom:
Check 8.1 Errata
page] |
|
| same |
8.1b |
none |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
3 |
| same |
8.0, 8.1b |
none |
3-4 |
| same |
7.0, 7.1 |
none |
4 |
| Inspiron 5000 |
8.1b1 |
so far so good |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
everything works except the win-modem. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
PCMCIA eth0 does not resume after suspend - quick&dirty
fix: unplug+replug card |
4 |
| same |
7.2 |
none |
4 |
| same |
7.1, 8.0 |
none |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
3 |
| Inspiron 5000e |
8.0 |
Works very well- some "spotting" when moving windows around; but changing the refresh rate may help a little here. | 4 |
| same |
8.0, 8.1b |
everything works! in 8.1 beta1 the external volume controls
even work!! You can get the built-in winmodem to work by going to www.linmodems.org.
it would be nice if they could install those drivers automatically |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
XFree86Config very difficult to configure.
Still unable to get 1400x1050 resolution even after trying many files from
various support forums. System locks up if I try to change the display settings too much. |
3 |
| same |
7.2, 8.0 |
Upgrades/installs don't make a good XF86Config-4 (manual
editing required); but everything else works fine. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Need better XFree support for 1400x1050 monitors, detection,
and drivers from ATI... so far... |
3 |
| same |
7.2, 8.0 |
The graphics card requires a little tweaking. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Full screen in x leaves a line down one side of the screen,
but for normal use is fine. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
This unit has a memory bug which requires kernel boot para
1 meg below actual installed value. IDE bus doesn't work in UDMA 66 and is
not enabled by the boot parameter idebus= on 5.1g drives. Everything else works great |
4 |
| same |
7.1 |
X Window did not work out of the box, so I had to hunt
down modified XF86Config files over the web to substitute the ones included
in the distribution. |
2 |
| Inspiron 7000 |
6.1, 7.0, 7.2, 8.0 |
Includes a 3Com 3CCFEM556 PCMCIA Card (10/100 + 56K) Works flawlessly. The 6.x releases required the use of the Framebuffer kernel. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
4 |
| same |
8.1 |
During boot I get an error (cardmgr: 444). I suspect this
is why I cannot connect to my LAN.. The install also seems to set up both
eth0 and eth1 (I only have ONE NIC). Otherwise everything seems fine. I the
support for USB (I have a Logitech wheel mouse). |
3-4 |
| same |
8.0 |
ejecting my SCSI pcmcia adapter crashes the laptop (cf.
bug #4038) and so does suspending with the adapter in. Keyboard rate not restored after suspend |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Works fine; has Lucent winmodem but drivers easily available |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
make sure you have the suspend file correct before installing
8.0 ... learned the hard way.. ;( |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Works awesome! ATI Rage Pro LCD video, Xircom RBEM56G-100
CardBus PCMCIA NIC and Modem, still haven't got DVD to play under Linux though. |
4 |
| same |
7.2, 8.0 |
Always had problems with PCMCIA network card (3com 575BT)
that would never do the DHCP requests correctly at boot. Manual 'ifup eth0'
works fine though .. |
3 |
| same |
8.0, 8.1b |
Had trouble with 8 concerning the sporadic loading
of the Maestro ESS 2 drivers. No problems with 8.1b3. |
3 |
| same |
7.1, 8.0 |
none |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Grand! Nay bother! |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
3 |
| same |
7.1 |
none |
1 |
| Inspiron 7500 |
7.2 |
none |
4 |
| same |
7.1, 7.2, 8.0 |
Totally smooth fresh install from 7.1, 7.2 and 8.0 PR1.
Upgrade didn't work well from 7.2 to 8.0 PR1- botched up the display pretty
bad. I did a clean install though, and it worked perfect. Other than that-
each install was totally easy. In fact, my first time installing Linux was installing 7.1 on the laptop. EVERYTHING was detected and worked. Great stuff! You guys rock! |
4,4,4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Unable to use Ethernet portion of Xircom 56K modem / 10-100
card. Modem works great! |
3 |
| same |
7.1, 7.2, 8.0 |
3d accelerated graphics only works with XFree86 3.3.6 (no
working DRI drivers for 4.x). Used to have trouble with APM but OK now |
4 |
| same |
7.2, 8.0 |
7.2 worked fine, after modifications for the X server found
at linux-laptops.net. 8.0 works pretty good too except for printing.
Need to spend some time on that. I've got a wireless lancard working
with Mandrake 8, no problems. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Everything works well, except for the integrated DVD-ROM
/ Floppy drive. Every few minutes the floppy drive will spin up. I think
Dell has linux drivers for the drive. I just haven't tried them, yet. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Everything works, including the modem. Requires the
LT Winmodem driver available on the net. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
X took a little configuring to get completely right but
it now works really well. |
3 |
| same |
6.1, 7.2, 8.0 |
Works very well, except draknet always thinks there are
two network cards, and I have to edit or delete network related files (/etc/modules.conf,
*eth1) to remove the bogus second card entry. |
4 |
| same |
7.2 |
Works great! I have it dual bootable with Win2K.
I also have a Adaptec ULTRA 160 PCMCIA SCSI adaptor connected to a HP CD
cd-writer 9600 series drive. |
3-4 |
| same |
7.1 - 8.0 |
none |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
3 |
| Inspiron 8000 |
8.0 |
Minor problems w/install | 3.5 |
| same |
8.1 |
Everything works well except for using the docking
station. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
With the ATI Rage Mobility video card, there is a persistent 'white out' when logging out. (about 30% of the time) A hard reset is required and much research on mailing lists has not resolved this problem. | 3 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
I love it. The problem I had was to configure X. NVIDIA
GeForce2 Go is not easy to install. But I had the same problem when reinstalling Windows ME too. LM 8.0 configured NIC automatically, and I had to fight a bit to have it working under Windows ME. |
3 |
| same |
8.0, 8.1 |
Works beautifully. No more white screen lockups. Only
thing left is the IR port. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Works, ok...but seems unstable @ times... also, video on
Win2k is much better. (ATI) video card |
2 |
| same |
8.0 |
Everything works, except for the pcmcia services.
I can't hook it to the network. I have a linksys card. |
3 |
| same |
8.1b |
Locks up on transition from Init 5 to just about anything
else. This happens randomly but about 50% of the time. It also happened when
I had 8.0 installed. Other than that, the 8.1 beta has some rough edges in
regards to my USB mouse, but that was easy to fix. The 8.0 install performed
flawlessly and was essentially a hands off affair. |
3 |
| same |
8.0, 8.0fr3, 8.1b1 |
Needed tweaking to have Firewire hot-swappable, video tweaks
for LCD, and to see both nics (one pcmcia, other is minipci). Other than that, am happy with this. This is only the second (and third and fourth ... hehe) time I've installed and used Linux, so wasn't impossible for a green newbie to pull off. |
4,3,? |
| same |
8.0 |
I was able to install it flawlessly. BTW I have a geforce
in my laptop so the modules.conf file had to be changed specifically for the go model of the geforce. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Everything configured and work out of the box with Mandrake
8.0 |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Had to use standard kernel 2.4.3 from Linus, recompiled
pcmcia stuff and Alsa and added entry in XConfig-4 to get resolution of 1400x1050
. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Mandrake works just fine, but when I installed it did something
to my partitions so that my Win 2000 and Win Me won't start. And Dos won't
recognize any other partition than C:? Working on it! |
2 |
| same |
8.0 |
External packages needed: - graphics (Geforce2Go) work with the latest NVidia drivers; - internal linmodem works with ltmodem driver. MDK working things (pluses): sound, infra-red, pcmcia PocketZip drive, internal NIC, basic things (keyboard, mice, HDD etc.) Non-working things (minuses): the two hibernation modes hang the computer badly (don't ever close the lid when the machine is up); globally, esoteric APM support. Untested: S-video, twinview, USB. |
3-4 |
| same |
8.0 |
The installer hangs unless you pass pcmcia=no to the kernel,
or remove any pcmcia cards. You can get PCMCIA working by installing a later
version of pcmcia-cs. Also, I found the DMA is not enabled on hard drives
by default, so enabling this should give you a speed boost. No matter how
hard I tried, the installer refused to install XFree86 4, so I had to do that manually to get the NVIDIA drivers working. After running the default KDE media player, XMMS won't play sound until X is restarted. HardDrake hangs the machine when trying to detect hardware. |
3 |
| same |
8.0, 8.1b |
Simple, straightforward install. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
I cant get X to display right on my screen. |
1 |
| same |
7.2 + k2.4.3 |
Works pretty well with the docking station for monitor,
USB, and RS-232. Ended up keeping the networking connection on the laptop itself for simplicity, even when docked. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Needs nVidia drivers. Haven't verified IR or PCMCIA but
everything else is great. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
No major problems in installing. X required manual config
(for 1400x1050 resolution) and WinModem needed a driver. |
3 |
| same |
8.1 |
Easy install, but finding the appropriate horizsync and
vertrefresh values is annoying. |
3-4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Still haven't got the 1400x1050 LCD monitor working yet.
Only 1024x768. |
3 |
| same |
8.1 |
Relatively straightforward install dual boot win2000
with lilo in MBR -- except pcmcia LAN card -- worked once after installing
pcmcia-cs, but after reinstallation can't get it to work. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
3 |
| Inspiron 8100 |
8.0 |
Lots of problems!!! Kernel doesn't start: CRC error on
2.4.3 and no response on 2.2. mah... |
2 |
| same |
8.1 |
No problems getting the base install up and running. Skip the X configuration during install. Once install is done, get drivers from nVidia for video card and follow their directions. Card works beautifully. |
4 |
| same |
8.1 |
Sound works, video works, DVD works, network works, installed
prefectly, dual boot win me, only problems is with suspend and getting X
to use the whole screen at lower resolutions. |
4 |
| same |
8.1 |
Upgrade works if video adaptor install is aborted. Fresh
install will not allow for non standard vga adaptor as 8.0 did. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Everything works like a charm. The only issue is openGL
support with the GeForce 2Go chip. |
3 |
| same |
8.1 |
Nvidia Drivers needed. Pcmcia(networkcard) in my case,
needs to be configured after install..otherwise the system will hang. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Double boot with w2k(lilo). Works quite fine in my LAN,
sound, printer, USB. Have not yet tested Firewire. I love it! |
1(?) |
| same |
8.1 |
Full installation had taken 45 minutes to write to HDD!
No problems. |
1(?) |
| same |
8.1 |
Floppy DOES NOT work! [tom: Check
8.1 Errata page] It works with Mandrake 8.0 Other problems with 8.1 experienced with "tar" command. |
2 |
| Latitude C600 |
8.0 |
Also has Xircom Ethernet/modem. RH 7.1 failed to install, MDK 8.0 - everything works - X, Sound, etc. |
4 |
| same |
8.0, 8.1 |
Mandrake 8.0 with no problem. For use with docking station
and external monitor, a newer version of the Xwindows driver r128_drv.o will
be necessary, otherwise you have to keep using the hotkey to switch between
external CRT and LCD manually - the driver makes it automatic. 8.1 - installs fine - same problem as above with video - there is a cooker version that fixes it. The new DEVFS creates a conflict with the floppy controller at boot - says resource is in use - will not see a floppy drive in the bay or parallel port attached. This worked fine in release 8.0 - lspnp sees the controller - the devfs loads the fd0 tree - you get an error trying to mount the floppy drive - says /dev/fd0 is not a valid device. [tom: Check 8.1 Errata page.] |
4,3 |
| same |
8.0, 8.1b |
Using 3Com mini-pci module, so no support for winmodem. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
My laptop is a dual-boot ML-v8.0 /Win2000 machine.
Mandrake works perfectly! I like being able to mount my NTFS partition from ML. I'm also using Win4Lin w/Windows98. (I need windows for work....) ML is the best! |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
It works great. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Touchpad is flaky when returning from suspend, just CTRL+alt+backspace. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Works great, except the Xircom network card doesn't show
up in HardDrake. But it works... |
3-4 |
| same |
8.1 |
USB Mouse is not working. Everything else works
like a dream. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
4 |
| same |
8.1b |
none |
3 |
| same |
7.1 |
none |
3 |
| Latitude C800 |
8.0, 8.1b |
Serious XFree problems, applies to both. Installation setup doesn't even provide LCD resolution 1400x1050 in list of available resolutions. XFree86 4.1.0 is not working, computer freezes. Red Hat 7.1 installation with XFree 4.0.3 is working OK. Tried to use Red Hat's XF86Config-4, but didn't work. |
1 |
| same |
8.0 |
Works great! |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Only problems w/ video driver but found on Dell site |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Has problem when using kernel22 - it hangs after pcmcia
services start, no problems with kernel2.4.x |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
On initial install, the screen was split. I had to install
COL 3.1 Server to auto detect video and properly create XF86Config-4.
I saved it, then installed Mandrake 8.0, then overwrote XF86Config-4.
Now it works great. http://www.marlowes.com/dell/c800/ was a good place to start. |
4 |
| same |
7.2, 8.0 |
Yahoo Groups' "Linux on Dell Laptops" is essential.
I wrote documentation on how to get 8 going and posted it there. Can
send it to you too if you like. Without this info you have command line only. Docs were already there for 7.1. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
No audio, display will not work at 1400x1050, and network
does not work for Netgear FA-410 PCMCIA card (same card works for ML 8.0
in a different laptop; suspect PCMCIA system support is not working and it's
not a NIC issue). |
2 |
| same |
8.1 |
none |
4 |
| Latitude CP |
7.2, 8.0 |
I haven't had much trouble running Mandrake on my laptop...
a 366MHz Pentium II with Neomagic video and sound... Also a 3ccfem556b combo card. Everything works, besides the sound driver being a little flaky sometimes. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
No sound (Crystal chip) despite many reports to contrary
on web. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Got the pcmcia working (took extra tinkering) but crystal
sound card (cs4237B) is not working. (On old Mandrake 7.0 it worked.) I'm thinking about going back if I can't get this damn sound card working. So sad. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
It recognizes my 3COM 3c575 PC-Card twice. It also does
not recognize my sound card (Crystal 4237B). I'm also having trouble
with my docking station. Apart from that it runs great. |
3 |
| Latitude CP 233 |
8.0 |
Install was a breeze. Works just fine. Recognizes the Neomagic
video card. |
3 |
| Latitude CP M233ST |
7.2 |
7.2 works great but I can't get 8.0 to install because
of trouble configuring the video card |
4 |
| Latitude CP M233XT |
7.2 |
Easy to Install, video card is working properly, autodetect
during instalation and don't to need to reconfigure, but hard to instal crystal
audio except using a commercial software Open Sound System (OSS) from 4front. |
3 |
| Latitude CPi |
8.0 |
problems with removable CD ROM/floppy slot |
3 |
| same |
7.1 |
none |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
Had to find the graphics chipset by hand but otherwise
no problems. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Function keys (purple Fn shifted) don't work. Can't
seem to access C/DockII docking station. Otherwise pretty wonderful. |
4 |
| same |
7.2 |
none |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Works fine. Some troubles sometimes with pcmcia drivers
for XIRCOM XBEM-56. |
3 |
| Latitude CPi366 |
8.0fr3 |
Sound Chip does not work. It did not work with 8.0 either. |
3 |
| Latitude CPi A366 |
8.1b |
Works well, except for the idle calls. Downloaded a kernel.src.rpm
from cooker and did a recompile without apm idle calls. After that it worked
well. |
4 |
| same |
7.2, 8.1 |
Installs and runs fine. NeoMagic sound chip had to be manually
installed. Also, APM has a tendency to cause hard lockups. Disabling APMD
takes care of this. |
3 |
| Latitude CPi A400XT |
7.0 |
I even run Ingres II on it! |
4 |
| Latitude CPi D233 |
7.2 |
My laptop is currently running Windows2000 and Mandrake
7.2. I've tried to make it a dual boot but haven't been able to do this yet.
Copying bootsect.lnx to the Windows partition and editing the boot.ini file
to get the dual boot feature hasn't worked. But I still boot up to the Linux
OS via floppy and have been busy learning about Mandrake Linux. |
3 |
| Latitude CPi D266XT |
8.1b |
Crystal CS4237b is hard to install. | 3 |
| same |
8.0 |
great on its own but can't get it to work when its plugged
into a docking station |
3 |
| Latitude CPi D300XT |
8.0 |
none |
3 |
| same |
6.5, 7.1, 8.0 |
6.5 runs perfectly, even sound after manual config, Xfree86
works best in older 3.x versions for all releases. |
4,4,3 |
| same |
7.1, 8.0 |
Both: Click at start of audio streams. 8.0: odd clock bugs (always set back 4 hours), some library errors, some incorrect settings. |
3 |
| same |
8.0, 8.1b |
For 8: man neomagic and enter the Options it suggests.
You will need to use sndconfig to get sound working. 8.1: Pixel has added
these options from a little feedback, but you still need to use sndconfig |
4,4 |
| Latitude CPt |
8.0 |
Everything worked flawlessly from install, including
video card, sound, and PCMCIA cards. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
4 |
| Latitude CPt S600GT |
7.2, 8.0 |
Dual boot with Windows 2000. |
4 |
| same |
8.0, 8.1 |
floppy drive doesn't always work (I haven't found
a pattern when it works and when it doesn't) under 8.1. |
4 |
| Latitude CPx |
8.0 |
works awesomely! |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
The generic 8.0 kernel (2.4.2?) didn't detect my Xircom
card (RBEM56G-100) which 7.2 and kernel 2.2.19 do. But upgrading to at least
2.4.6 solved the problem. No probs with other hardware (X was fine, didn't test USB and IrDA). 8.0 was the first that detected my sound card (Maestro-3) out of the box (worked before with manually compiling and adding the maestro3 driver). |
2 |
| same |
8.0 |
Perfect system for Mandrake...installed w/o a hitch..only
negative, does not run Win4Lin 3.0 full screen. |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
4 |
| same |
7.2 |
1.) Some problems with 3-com 3CXM756 PcMICA Modem
card causes problems unmounting file systems at shutdown. 2.) Problems going between XFree 4 and XFree 3. 3.) No Sound card Support Otherwise works great, even with Dock C/Port II |
3 |
| same |
8.1b |
Keep up the good work guys...this this rocks totally with
beta3. Everything came up and works just fine. |
4 |
| same |
8.1 |
No problems with 8.1 yet. Sound, monitor, XIRCOM network
and modem card detected correctly. Didn't test USB and IrDA yet. |
1(?) |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
4 |
| same |
7.2 |
none |
4 |
| Latitude CPx450 |
6.1 |
Initial install of adapted XFree 3.x based on notes on
the Linux Notebook HQ. XFree86 4.x worked "out of the box". Only problem: the cooling system that doesn't always turn on in time, and causes the system to freeze through overheating :~ This is not OS-related. |
4 |
| Latitude CPx J |
8.0 |
none |
3 |
| Latitude CPx J650 |
8.0 |
Works like a charm. :-) |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
KDE is the only Desktop manager which contains a good battery
power control. |
4 |
| same |
7.2 |
Had to compile OSS drivers for maestro3 sound card but
I believe they are included in kernel 2.4.x (mdk 8.0) Suspend is a bit dodgy.
Not a fault in ML as far I can see, just the video registers aren't always
reset properly(!) |
4 |
| same |
8.0 |
xircom eth0/modem, ESS maestro 3 sound. Works great. |
4 |
| Latitude CPx J650GT |
8.0 |
Excellent stuff, very few problems except I couldn't fix
the power saving policy(annoying)... especially when closing the laptop cover, I just have to switch off and back on, fsck etc. Something else : when starting X with an external monitor, everything is fine but when I switch from the LCD panel to a monitor, the refresh rate stays at 60Hz.Note : BIOS is latest |
3 |
| Latitude CPx J650GTX |
8.0 |
No problem except for power management : when closing the laptop cover , unable to restore power when opening it back up... |
3 |
| Latitude CPx J750G |
8.0 |
Very poor initial installation, XFree won't run at all.
But with a few tweaks you can make it run. Docking support is difficult but
works. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
Upgrading to XF86 4.1.0 is necessary for the ATI Mobility
to have RENDER capability so that Anti-aliasing works on KDE. |
4 |
| Latitude CS |
8.0 |
I tried 8.0 on this machine but reverted to Red Hat 7.1
because of the poor LCD screen performance. This is ironic since the reverse
was the case for Mandrake 7.1 and RH 7.0. |
2 |
| Latitude CSx |
7.x, 8.0 |
none |
3 |
| same |
8.1 |
I have 2 CSx, 1 had Red Hat 6.2 and the other Mandrake
8.1. There was no comparison. I then installed Red Hat 7.2 which worked
allright. After a month of working side by side, there was no comparison
and now I'm running 2 CSx's side by side running Mandrake 8.1.....
XF86 even recognised the External 21" Sun Monitor+with no problem.
The only issue that I've had so far is getting the sound to work. |
4 |
| Latitude D300 |
7.2 |
none |
4 |
| same |
8.1 |
Installed and runs perfectly, even the wheel mouse. |
4 |
| Latitude L400 |
7.2, 8.0 |
7.2: cdrom/floppy bay unchangeable, winmodem and on-board
mouse not working with a USB mouse 8.0 winmodem not supported, cdrom/floppy bay support better; mouse supported |
3 |
| Latitude LM-100 |
8.0 |
Can not configure X to work with video card (NeoMagic) Console
works |
2 |
| Latitude LM- M166ST |
7.1 |
Figuring out how to install with only one of the floppy
drive OR the CDROM drive in place was tricky. I don't have a port adapter
so I couldn't connect both at the same time. The computer would not
allow booting from the CD. In the end I created a bootdisk for Windows and copied the files onto the root c:\ drive. This way I could get it to boot up with CDROM support, and then access the Mandrake CD to install normally. |
4 |
| Latitude LS |
8.0 |
Everything works apart from sound on vanilla install; to
get this working you need the commercial OSS drivers..(might want to pay
for this as well to be able to use it for more than 20 mins). |
4 |
| same |
8.1 |
CD-Rom and sound card wouldn't load. Unstable while
configuring the network settings. |
3 |
| same |
8.0 |
none |
4 |
| Latitude XPi |
8.0 |
The PCMCIA modem recognition, worked like a charm. |
4 |
| Latitude XPi P166 |
8.0 |
It works fine except for the sound, which is very iffy
- you will need to use sndconfig, but it's not really worth the effort: xmms doesn't really like it :( |
3 |
| same |
7.2 |
I use it as a small router and firewall. Works great
with two Ethernet pcmcia cards. |
4 |
| Latitude XPi P150 |
8.0 |
only sound has been a problem (ess 1888). use windowmaker
-KDE and GNOME both too slow. use X 4.10 - no problems at all. dual-boot machine. |
3 |
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