Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965906AbWKHO7q (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:59:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965907AbWKHO7p (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:59:45 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:43704 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965906AbWKHO7p (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:59:45 -0500 Subject: Re: New laptop - problems with linux From: Arjan van de Ven To: Stephen.Clark@seclark.us Cc: linux-kernel , Dave Jones In-Reply-To: <4551EC86.5010600@seclark.us> References: <4551EC86.5010600@seclark.us> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Intel International BV Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:59:40 +0100 Message-Id: <1162997980.3138.332.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1.1 (2.8.1.1-3.fc6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1331 Lines: 36 On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 09:41 -0500, Stephen Clark wrote: > Hi list, > > I just purchased a VBI-Asus S96F laptop Intel 945GM & ICH7, with a Core > 2 Duo T560,0 2gb pc5400 memory. > From checking around it appeared all the > hardware was well supported by linux - but I am having major problems. > > > 1. neither the wireless lan Intel pro 3945ABG or built in ethernet you can get the driver for this from ipw3945.sf.net > RTL-8169C are detected and configured > 2. the disk which is a 7200rpm Hitachi travelmate transfers data at 1.xx > mb/sec > according to hdparm. This same drive in my old laptop an HP n5430 with a > 850 duron the rate was 12-14 mb/sec. it seems you're using your sata disk in legacy IDE compatibility mode, and not AHCI mode... usually there is a bios setting to switch this (but be careful, if you switch it without adding the ahci driver to your initrd your system won't boot) -- if you want to mail me at work (you don't), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com Test the interaction between Linux and your BIOS via http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/