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2.6 does as well as 2.4 on this OpenBook 1547 laptop...2.6 does as well as 2.4 on this OpenBook 1547 laptop...Posted Dec 18, 2003 14:01 UTC (Thu) by leonbrooks (guest, #1494)Parent article: Re: Linux 2.6.0 ...except that the driver module for the (RT2400-based) wireless LAN card I plugged into it won't compile. Time to break out the LWN module-conversion HOWTO, I guess. The (i845-based) laptop is much more reliable than either of my nForce2-based desktop systems. I run Mandrake on them all 'coz I'm too lazy to run Debian. PS, if anyone knows how to make the built-in memory-stick reader on this work (or even get it to show up in a list somewhere) under any kernel I would be most grateful for the pointer. The USB and USB-2 are flawless, the video just sings, FireWire seems happy (although I have no devices to use with it regularly) and the battery lasted for the entire flight from Adelaide to Perth (mostly typing into OOo but some idle TuxRacering too) without complaint. The only time I've ever panicked it is when messing around with ACPI. One day I'll even get around to mapping the extra keys to something useful, but the (Winbond-based?) memory-stick reader seems invisible, and of course AOpen don't respond to email, at least not to email in English. Still, not bad for the second-cheapest lappie I could buy at the time. (-:
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2.6 does as well as 2.4 on this OpenBook 1547 laptop... Posted Dec 25, 2003 0:49 UTC (Thu) by hazelsct (subscriber, #3659) [Link] I don't know about that model, but on a Vaio Z505S I bought 4.5 years ago, the MemoryStick port had to be enabled in the BIOS. Then it mounted trivially on /dev/hdc.
Ain't none on this beastie Posted Feb 15, 2004 1:21 UTC (Sun) by leonbrooks (guest, #1494) [Link] The only IO devices which appear are the invisible second serial port (can be configured to run IR) and the parallel port. Not a breath or a whisper about memory stick readers. It's some obscure WinBond device.
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