Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965916AbWKHPMw (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:12:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965904AbWKHPMw (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:12:52 -0500 Received: from smtpout08-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net ([64.202.165.12]:31903 "HELO smtpout08-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S965916AbWKHPMv (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:12:51 -0500 Message-ID: <4551F3F0.5020405@seclark.us> Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:12:48 -0500 From: Stephen Clark Reply-To: Stephen.Clark@seclark.us User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.2.16-22smp i686; en-US; m18) Gecko/20010110 Netscape6/6.5 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Arjan van de Ven CC: linux-kernel , Dave Jones Subject: Re: New laptop - problems with linux References: <4551EC86.5010600@seclark.us> <1162997980.3138.332.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> In-Reply-To: <1162997980.3138.332.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1787 Lines: 66 Arjan van de Ven wrote: >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 >> >> Could you propose any reason why it is not be configured? Can I force load a module to make it work. It is a real pain without a enet conniection, since I have to ferry stuff on thumbdrive >>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) > > > > > > Actually this is a pata drive. This laptop provides a pata interface even though it has sata in the ICH7 chipset. -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin) "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." (Thomas Jefferson) - 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/