Hi folks, just finished getting Slackware up and running on my gf's laptop
(model as above). Just wondering if anyone would be interested in a summary
and details posted here - I'm gonna post them at some point to linux-laptop,
and possibly on the web, but I'll also post details here if anyone is
interested.

Brief Summary

Just about everything is working, right down to getting infrared working and
synchronising with her nokia phone. All supported by kernel, except for
infrared which may be partially supported. I used a patch for the NSC
chipset which I believe was derived from what will eventually be 2.6.12.

Only thing I've not tested is the modem - apparently it's supported, I
downloaded a pctel driver from manufacturer, as well as another driver-
allegedly both work, though I haven't tested either of them.

Additionally, she has a D-Link network card which is also working nicely
(supported as 8139too in kernel)

Not working:
There's 5 Play/Pause, stop, forward, rewind and what looks like a mute
button above keyboard, as well as an email button below mouse. They don't
work right now, though apparently they can be monitored via events. Not had
time to have a look at this yet. I've got a couple programs for the purpose
too. If anyone knows how to do this, please do let me know

Now I just have to figure out what's wrong with battery and find the problem
with power lead and all will be lovely

martin


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Fri, 6 May 2005 06:01:55 +0100 - "Martin J. Green" <martin.green@NOSPAM.firstinternetservices.com> :

> Not working: There's 5 Play/Pause, stop, forward, rewind and what
> looks like a mute button above keyboard, as well as an email button
> below mouse. They don't work right now, though apparently they can
> be monitored via events. Not had time to have a look at this yet.
> I've got a couple programs for the purpose too. If anyone knows how
> to do this, please do let me know

I have such multimedia keys on my keyboard. I have used ~/.Xmodmap to
configure them and it looks like that :

keycode 161 = XF86Calculator
keycode 178 = XF86Start
keycode 223 = XF86ScreenSaver
keycode 235 = XF86Documents

keycode 232 = XF86Close
keycode 233 = XF86Forward
keycode 234 = XF86Back

You can get proper, numeric keycodes (keycode XXX) by running the
/usr/X11R6/bin/xev program. For symbolic key names, you should look in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB ( search for "^XF86" with you favorite
editor).

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LiNuCe

Fri, 6 May 2005 07:45:22 +0200 - LiNuCe <linuce@localhost> :

> > Not working: There's 5 Play/Pause, stop, forward, rewind and what
> > looks like a mute button above keyboard, as well as an email button
> > below mouse. They don't work right now, though apparently they can
> > be monitored via events. Not had time to have a look at this yet.
> > I've got a couple programs for the purpose too. If anyone knows how
> > to do this, please do let me know
>
> I have such multimedia keys on my keyboard. I have used ~/.Xmodmap to
> configure them and it looks like that :
>
> keycode 161 = XF86Calculator
> keycode 178 = XF86Start
> keycode 223 = XF86ScreenSaver
> keycode 235 = XF86Documents
>
> keycode 232 = XF86Close
> keycode 233 = XF86Forward
> keycode 234 = XF86Back
>
> You can get proper, numeric keycodes (keycode XXX) by running the
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xev program. For symbolic key names, you should look in
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB ( search for "^XF86" with you favorite
> editor).

You need to restart X when your ~/.Xmodmap is ready. Or you also can
test your bindings step by step by running the following command :

$ xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap

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LiNuCe

"LiNuCe" <linuce@localhost> wrote in message
news:20050506074522.50473735.linuce@localhost...

> I have such multimedia keys on my keyboard. I have used ~/.Xmodmap to
> configure them and it looks like that :
>
> keycode 161 = XF86Calculator
> keycode 178 = XF86Start
> keycode 223 = XF86ScreenSaver
> keycode 235 = XF86Documents
>
> keycode 232 = XF86Close
> keycode 233 = XF86Forward
> keycode 234 = XF86Back

Are these actual keys on the keyboard itself or seperate buttons, seperate
from the kb on the case of the laptop?

Fri, 6 May 2005 15:10:30 +0100 - "Martin J. Green" <martin.green@NOSPAM.firstinternetservices.com> :
>
> > I have such multimedia keys on my keyboard. I have used ~/.Xmodmap
> > to configure them and it looks like that :
> >
> > keycode 161 = XF86Calculator
> > keycode 178 = XF86Start
> > keycode 223 = XF86ScreenSaver
> > keycode 235 = XF86Documents
> >
> > keycode 232 = XF86Close
> > keycode 233 = XF86Forward
> > keycode 234 = XF86Back
>
> Are these actual keys on the keyboard itself or seperate buttons,
> seperate from the kb on the case of the laptop?

A picture is better than a thousand words :

http://tinyurl.com/bgnn7

The buttons I'm talking about are the round, gray ones.

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LiNuCe

"LiNuCe" <linuce@localhost> wrote in message
news:20050506163739.350555fc.linuce@localhost...

> A picture is better than a thousand words :
>
> http://tinyurl.com/bgnn7
>
> The buttons I'm talking about are the round, gray ones.

Worth a try. I'll have a look at it thanks

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Martin J. Green wrote:

> Worth a try. I'll have a look at it thanks

Make my laptop work! :P
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