Re: linux on a vaio (John S. Andersen)

On 21 Jul 2003 at 8:45, Jack Coates wrote:

> On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 07:50, Tom Pendergast wrote:
> > Hey Folks,
> > I was thinking about picking up a vaio sometime this month.
Although
> > the deciding factor is whether or not linux will run ok on it. I
> > would probably be putting suse 8.2 pro on it, but I would also
> > consider having a dual boot with XP. Can anyone advise as to
whether
> > this is a good idea or not.. Thanks for your time.
> >
> > -t-
>
> Linux generally works well on new Vaios, with the exception of
> suspension. For some people it works okay, for some it works with
> occasional major filesystem corruption, for others (like me) it
> doesn't work at all.
>
> Everything else works fine once you get ACPI enabled.
> --
> Jack Coates

I disagree...though I haven't tried suspension, I have found getting sound to work on a sony vaio laptop is a major, MAJOR pain.  I have tried SuSE 8.0, 8.1, and Mandrake 9.1 and all lock my systems when I try to use the alsa sound system with the via686 soundcard in the vaio.  I recently tried 4front tech. drivers to no avail either.

Jay Freyensee


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