Re: [Staffslug] Here's one for ya (Possibly Kevan?)

Hmm, intriguing. Have a look on linux for laptops, or what ever that website is called, sometimes there are informative comments on distributions for specific models. On 15/02/07, Dick Turpin <highwayman.turpin(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > On 15/02/07, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > > Most Slackware distributions run on the Amillo D-7830's hardware... > > > > Slackware 9.1 is confirmed, but it is an old kernel. > > I'm a failure at installing slackware :-( > > > Debian fires up on a D6830 but suspend to disk and suspend to ram do > not > > function. > > Now that's interesting. Reboot works shutdown (This morning) failed > that's usually easy to fix normally I'd add "shutdown=poweroff" to > grub etc > > > I will keep looking up information, to see if kubuntu/ ubuntu. As for > > replacing the distribution's files, I do not know. If you get the > chance, > > try and download the alternate installation cdrom, if you haven't > tried > > that yet, because it sometimes fixes a good load of bugs, i do not > know how, > > but when the gui installer didn't work for me i used the alternate > installer > > and it went through fine. > > The strange thing is the Ubuntu live cd ran on it on Tuesday, true I > had to leave it for 3/4 of an hour but now anything I stick in gets as > far as loading the minimal kernel on the disk (Not the proper one but > the one used for installations) and just sits there. > > -- > Dick Turpin > "Stand and deliver!" > > _______________________________________________ > Staffslug mailing list > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > http://www.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > -- Regards, Kris Douglas ----------------------------------------------------------- www.softdel.net Mail: kris(a)softdel.net Linux User: #436770 - www.counter.li.org www.Staffslug.org.uk