From msandow@ifm.uni-kiel.de Wed May 24 19:05:26 2000 Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 10:55:07 +0200 (MET DST) From: marcel sandow To: sitta@mfn.unipmn.it Subject: SUSE Linux on Acet Extensa 501T Hi Mario! Here are just a few comments about the installation of SUSE 6.3 on ACER Extansa 501T. After all it is not so difficult. You just have to use the older YAST1 tool. Not the automatic installation procedure, because then you have to do a lot of corrections manually. For the X Configuration I used the SAX tool. The mouse is set to PS/2 from the server list I choosed generic and in the extended listing I choosed the Neo Magic Server. For the display I choosed an external ACER TFT display. And I run the server with 800x600 and high color. The PCMCIA support works fine. I run a COMPEX Combo Network card which was recognized when beeing inserted without any problems. And the modem runs too. It took a while but it works. I had to configure it with isapnp.conf, setserial and I used the driver from linmodems.org which works fine. It just display an error message because of the kernel version but that doesn't matter. There are a few more comments of the installation procedure of the modem when someone screens the postings at deja.com/usenet Hope to send you some additional information. You created a very useful site. I used it for my buying decissions and for the installation. Thanks Bye Marcel ----------------------------------------------------------- Marcel Sandow Institute of Marine Research at the University of Kiel Department of Marine Botany Duesternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany phone: +49-431-597-3833 fax: +49-431-565876 e-mail: msandow@ifm.uni-kiel.de homepage: http://www.ifm.uni-kiel.de -----------------------------------------------------------