[GLLUG] xorg problem's laptop HP Pavillion zv6000

[Caleb Cushing]

I'm trying to get X running on gentoo... and if any distro's ran X I want to
know what did. I need to figure out there configuration. gentoo is very
manual like FreeBSD or even but not as much as LFS. if I can figure out what
the file's look like xorg.conf and kernel .config I can replicate it in
gentoo. even if I have to leave portage. oh and I think I've found the alsa
sound module. it's an ati thing but I'm not gonna test it until I have X.

On 1/11/06, Eduardo Cesconetto <eduardo at cesconetto.com> wrote:
>
> I had a really hard ime to find any distro to work correctly in this
> machine, then I gave up and bought an IBM... No distros at all ran
> sound, and very few (including DSL) ran X.
> []'s
> Eduardo
>
> Karl Schuttler wrote:
>
> >I don't understand what it is that you are trying to do...are you
> >trying to get X working on gentoo, or trying to install ubuntu?
> >(although it sounds like you are trying to avoid doing that). X
> >shouldn't be too difficult to configure. If you have the right drivers
> >build into your kernel or loaded with modules you should be able to
> >just do an X -configure to make an Xorg.conf for you.
> >
> >On 1/11/06, Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>some one at the group said they had this laptop and got rid of it
> because
> >>they couldn't get sound to work in ubuntu. my question is did X work? if
> it
> >>did can anyone think of a way I could find out how X and the kernel
> would be
> >>configured without installing Ubuntu? If I have to install ubuntu I only
> >>have 1 open partition. I'm currently trying to configure this laptop in
> >>gentoo. oh and I'm headed for class now. so I won't get responses 'till
> >>about 10 tonight. and I may not answer until tomorrow.
> >>
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Ten Commandments of System Administration (www.newsforge.com)
I. Thou shalt make regular and complete backups
II. Thou shalt establish absolute trust in thy servers
III. Thou shalt be the first to know when something goes down
IV. Thou shalt keep server logs on everything
V. Thou shalt document complete and effective policies and procedures
VI. Thou shalt know what cable goes where
VII. Thou shalt use encryption for insecure services
VIII. Thou shalt not lose system logs when a server dies
IX. Thou shalt know the openings into your servers
X. Thou shalt not waste time doing repetitive and mundane tasks
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