List of Successful Laptops

**johnsandidge** · 12-03-2003, 12:30 AM

Installed 3.2 on a Toshiba p15-s409......quick, simple install. Everything works, except the integrated 802.11g, and I'm sure my lack of knowledge or lack of time, lately, is adding to that. I've tried the madwifi driver and have looked at the linuxant driver, but I think that it is the wrong chipset. I guess that I will give it time. Otherwise....Knoppix is great.....it is the 4th distribution I put on this laptop.....and the first with which I'm entirely pleased.

**infix26** · 12-30-2003, 06:28 PM

installed knoppix 3.3 (updated with script from http://kano.mipooh.net/kernel/ to include ACPI and taking to kernel 2.4.23), it works in my system: IBM Thinkpad R40e.
but now, the special buttons do not work (it worked properly in the original version of Knoppix 3.3, i.e. kernel 2.4.22 but no ACPI)

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**rafiks** · 01-05-2004, 12:08 PM

I got Knoppix 3.3 11-14-2003 working on a thinkpad 770x. I had to use 1280x1024 to get the exact lcd settings. Alsa sound does not work.I got OSS sound using the CS4232 driver with this settings io=0x530 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0 . I alsa installed it successfully. APM suspend works . I could hibernate using redisafe feature of thinkpads.

**coltrane** · 01-06-2004, 10:30 PM

Just a quick note about my success so far with Knoppix 3.3 on Acer Travelmate 230XC.

After changing the default allocation of memory for the video (in BIOS) from 1MB to 8 MB, it boots cleanly, no cheatcodes necessary, to 1024x768 resolution.

With these two exceptions, everything else works

Realtek 8139 NIC not working (although it seems to know it is there)
i810 sound is detected, but fails to load (similar problems with alsa as well)

**coltrane** · 01-09-2004, 03:39 AM

Originally Posted by coltrane

Just a quick note about my success so far with Knoppix 3.3 on Acer Travelmate 230XC.

After changing the default allocation of memory for the video (in BIOS) from 1MB to 8 MB, it boots cleanly, no cheatcodes necessary, to 1024x768 resolution.

With these two exceptions, everything else works

Realtek 8139 NIC not working (although it seems to know it is there)
i810 sound is detected, but fails to load (similar problems with alsa as well)

Update: realtec 8139 NIC works fine if I add the 'noapic' cheatcode when booting

**antonio fratucello** · 01-09-2004, 06:41 PM

working on a ecs desknote A928 - 15" lcd, p4A 1,6ghz 512kb cache (overclokked)@1712mhz

no problem at all

**Li Gwai Lo** · 01-15-2004, 05:46 PM

I am posting this from an Ace TravelMate 340T with 128MB, using a USB keyboad, currently running Knoppix 3.3 2003-11-03-EN.

On boot, it behaves a little oddly -- I just hit the enter key at the boot prompt, but it tells me that I have entered an invalid video mode and demands that I tell it whether it should boot up 80x25 etc., ignoring that and hitting enter a few more times makes it bring up X11 correctly. Ethernet is working, sound is working, so is USB. (The regular keyboard works fine as much as it ever would, but the spacebar is broken, which is why I'm using a USB keyboard instead.)

It has a built-in winmodem, don't know if it would work or not (I may try it in a few weeks when I have more time).

**Teun** · 01-24-2004, 03:37 AM

I've got Knoppix 3.3 working on a Toshiba Satellite 2710XDVD, PIII-500 with 192MB memory.
The only needed cheat is vsync=60 to get from 800x600 to the full 1024x768 screen.
It recognised the PCMCIA network and memory cards fine.
Still have to test the USB Freecom CD burner