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KePSuX
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 7:33 pm    Post subject: Emachines M6807 Laptop Reply with quote

Yea, the AMD64 one. I might buy one. Anyone have any luck installing on this machine? I know 2.6.1 has amd64 support built in so I'm not worried about that. I'm worried about motherboard chipset and screen resolution (its a 17 inch wide screen) problems. Even with the kernel supporting the 64 bit CPU will any aplications take advantage of it yet? I looked at it last night, its a sweet looking machine for the price.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 3:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welp, I went to Best Buy today and ran a Knoppix CD on the Emachines laptop. It would only boot in failsafe mode, but it booted and everything worked without a hitch. It didnt like to 802.11g network card - but that I can deal with for the time being. I think I will be picking one up when i collect the means.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm in the process of installing Gentoo on my eMachines 6805 (no DVD writer, otherwise identical). I had extreme difficulties with the more recent amd64 LiveCDs--the 2004 LiveCD gets stuck during boot by an infinite number of 'unknown key released' messages. The CD prior never makes it past 'Starting Gentoo ...'. Finally, the 1109 LiveCD booted, with the nofb and noapic (network didn't work without this). I'll let you know how this turns out.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Currently I am unable to get the operating system functional on this laptop. With kernel 2.6.1 (dev-sources) I get the following message repeated infinitely:

atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 0, code 0x41 on isa0060/serio0)

I have no idea how to approach this problem. Thoughts, anyone?

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 8:44 pm    Post subject: kernel .config Reply with quote

Hey guys, if you are interested in building the latest gentoo-dev-sources kernel, i will post my .config from my gentoo64 m6805... (in windows right now... can't exactly read my ext3 partition and i can't use my wireless in linux) granted, the wireless and ati video *do not* work, but everything functions as expected.

There are still a lot of software issues, and frankly it just isn't there yet... i have to run X in VESA mode. the ethernet controller only works with pci=noacpi on boot (yeah, the only working livecd would work only with noapic...).

but damn does it rip through encoding movies/music like none other :)
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 10:50 pm    Post subject: .config Reply with quote

#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#
CONFIG_X86_64=y
CONFIG_64BIT=y
CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_MMU=y
CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y

#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
CONFIG_CLEAN_COMPILE=y
CONFIG_STANDALONE=y
CONFIG_BROKEN_ON_SMP=y

#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_SWAP=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
# CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
# CONFIG_IKCONFIG is not set
# CONFIG_EMBEDDED is not set
CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y
CONFIG_FUTEX=y
CONFIG_EPOLL=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS=y
CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE=y
# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set

#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y
CONFIG_OBSOLETE_MODPARM=y
# CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
CONFIG_KMOD=y

#
# Processor type and features
#
CONFIG_MK8=y
# CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU is not set
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES=64
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=6
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_MSR=y
CONFIG_X86_CPUID=y
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_MTRR=y
# CONFIG_SMP is not set
# CONFIG_PREEMPT is not set
CONFIG_GART_IOMMU=y
CONFIG_X86_MCE=y

#
# Power management options
#
CONFIG_PM=y
CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND=y

#
# ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support
#
CONFIG_ACPI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y
CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_AC=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y
CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y
CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_ASUS is not set
# CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y
CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_RELAXED_AML is not set

#
# CPU Frequency scaling
#
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_PROC_INTF is not set
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE is not set
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE is not set
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE is not set
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_TABLE=y

#
# CPUFreq processor drivers
#
CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8=y

#
# Bus options (PCI etc.)
#
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
# CONFIG_PCI_USE_VECTOR is not set
CONFIG_PCI_LEGACY_PROC=y
# CONFIG_PCI_NAMES is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not set

#
# Executable file formats / Emulations
#
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION=y
CONFIG_IA32_AOUT=y
CONFIG_COMPAT=y
CONFIG_UID16=y

#
# Generic Driver Options
#

#
# Memory Technology Devices (MTD)
#
# CONFIG_MTD is not set

#
# Parallel port support
#
# CONFIG_PARPORT is not set

#
# Block devices
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CRYPTOLOOP is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
CONFIG_LBD=y

#
# ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support
#
CONFIG_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y

#
# Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y
# CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
# CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL is not set
# CONFIG_IDE_TASKFILE_IO is not set

#
# IDE chipset support/bugfixes
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
# CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_FORCED is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_ONLYDISK is not set
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_WIP is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ADMA=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRIFLEX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5520 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SC1200 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SVWKS is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIIMAGE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_DMA_NONPCI is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set

#
# SCSI device support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS is not set

#
# SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR is not set
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y

#
# Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_REPORT_LUNS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set

#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AACRAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX_OLD is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_MEGARAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_CPQFCTS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DMX3191D is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IPS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_1280 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC395x is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG is not set

#
# Multi-device support (RAID and LVM)
#
# CONFIG_MD is not set

#
# Telephony Support
#
# CONFIG_PHONE is not set

#
# Fusion MPT device support
#
CONFIG_FUSION=y
CONFIG_FUSION_BOOT=y
CONFIG_FUSION_MAX_SGE=40
# CONFIG_FUSION_ISENSE is not set
# CONFIG_FUSION_CTL is not set

#
# IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support (EXPERIMENTAL)
#
CONFIG_IEEE1394=y

#
# Subsystem Options
#
# CONFIG_IEEE1394_VERBOSEDEBUG is not set
CONFIG_IEEE1394_OUI_DB=y

#
# Device Drivers
#

#
# Texas Instruments PCILynx requires I2C bit-banging
#
CONFIG_IEEE1394_OHCI1394=y

#
# Protocol Drivers
#
CONFIG_IEEE1394_VIDEO1394=y
CONFIG_IEEE1394_SBP2=y
CONFIG_IEEE1394_SBP2_PHYS_DMA=y
CONFIG_IEEE1394_ETH1394=y
CONFIG_IEEE1394_DV1394=y
CONFIG_IEEE1394_RAWIO=y
# CONFIG_IEEE1394_CMP is not set

#
# Networking support
#
CONFIG_NET=y

#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=y
# CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP is not set
# CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV is not set
CONFIG_UNIX=y
# CONFIG_NET_KEY is not set
CONFIG_INET=y
# CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
# CONFIG_ARPD is not set
# CONFIG_INET_ECN is not set
# CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
# CONFIG_INET_AH is not set
# CONFIG_INET_ESP is not set
# CONFIG_INET_IPCOMP is not set
# CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
# CONFIG_DECNET is not set
# CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
# CONFIG_NETFILTER is not set

#
# SCTP Configuration (EXPERIMENTAL)
#
CONFIG_IPV6_SCTP__=y
# CONFIG_IP_SCTP is not set
# CONFIG_ATM is not set
# CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q is not set
# CONFIG_LLC2 is not set
# CONFIG_IPX is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
# CONFIG_X25 is not set
# CONFIG_LAPB is not set
# CONFIG_NET_DIVERT is not set
# CONFIG_ECONET is not set
# CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set

#
# QoS and/or fair queueing
#
# CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set

#
# Network testing
#
# CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN is not set
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y

#
# ARCnet devices
#
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
# CONFIG_DUMMY is not set
# CONFIG_BONDING is not set
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
# CONFIG_TUN is not set

#
# Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
#
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
CONFIG_MII=y
# CONFIG_HAPPYMEAL is not set
# CONFIG_SUNGEM is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set

#
# Tulip family network device support
#
# CONFIG_NET_TULIP is not set
# CONFIG_HP100 is not set
CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
# CONFIG_PCNET32 is not set
# CONFIG_AMD8111_ETH is not set
# CONFIG_ADAPTEC_STARFIRE is not set
# CONFIG_B44 is not set
# CONFIG_FORCEDETH is not set
# CONFIG_DGRS is not set
# CONFIG_EEPRO100 is not set
# CONFIG_E100 is not set
# CONFIG_FEALNX is not set
# CONFIG_NATSEMI is not set
# CONFIG_NE2K_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_8139CP is not set
# CONFIG_8139TOO is not set
# CONFIG_SIS900 is not set
# CONFIG_EPIC100 is not set
# CONFIG_SUNDANCE is not set
CONFIG_VIA_RHINE=y
# CONFIG_VIA_RHINE_MMIO is not set

#
# Ethernet (1000 Mbit)
#
# CONFIG_ACENIC is not set
# CONFIG_DL2K is not set
# CONFIG_E1000 is not set
# CONFIG_NS83820 is not set
# CONFIG_HAMACHI is not set
# CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set
# CONFIG_R8169 is not set
# CONFIG_SIS190 is not set
# CONFIG_SK98LIN is not set
# CONFIG_NET_BROADCOM is not set
# CONFIG_TIGON3 is not set

#
# Ethernet (10000 Mbit)
#
# CONFIG_IXGB is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_HIPPI is not set
# CONFIG_PPP is not set
# CONFIG_SLIP is not set

#
# Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)
#
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set

#
# Token Ring devices
#
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FC is not set
# CONFIG_SHAPER is not set

#
# Wan interfaces
#
# CONFIG_WAN is not set

#
# Amateur Radio support
#
# CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set

#
# IrDA (infrared) support
#
# CONFIG_IRDA is not set

#
# Bluetooth support
#
# CONFIG_BT is not set

#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN_BOOL is not set

#
# Input device support
#
CONFIG_INPUT=y

#
# Userland interfaces
#
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1280
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=800
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TSDEV is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y
# CONFIG_INPUT_EVBUG is not set

#
# Input I/O drivers
#
# CONFIG_GAMEPORT is not set
CONFIG_SOUND_GAMEPORT=y
CONFIG_SERIO=y
CONFIG_SERIO_I8042=y
# CONFIG_SERIO_SERPORT is not set
# CONFIG_SERIO_CT82C710 is not set
# CONFIG_SERIO_PCIPS2 is not set

#
# Input Device Drivers
#
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_SUNKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_XTKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_NEWTON is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y
# CONFIG_MOUSE_SERIAL is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_JOYSTICK is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN is not set
# CONFIG_INPUT_MISC is not set

#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set

#
# Serial drivers
#
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250 is not set

#
# Non-8250 serial port support
#
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256

#
# I2C support
#
# CONFIG_I2C is not set

#
# I2C Algorithms
#

#
# I2C Hardware Bus support
#

#
# I2C Hardware Sensors Chip support
#
# CONFIG_I2C_SENSOR is not set

#
# Linux InfraRed Controller
#
# CONFIG_LIRC_SUPPORT is not set

#
# Mice
#
# CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set

#
# IPMI
#
# CONFIG_IPMI_HANDLER is not set

#
# Watchdog Cards
#
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y
# CONFIG_NVRAM is not set
CONFIG_RTC=y
# CONFIG_DTLK is not set
# CONFIG_R3964 is not set
# CONFIG_APPLICOM is not set

#
# Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
#
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
CONFIG_AGP=y
CONFIG_AGP_AMD64=y
# CONFIG_DRM is not set
# CONFIG_MWAVE is not set
CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER=y
CONFIG_MAX_RAW_DEVS=256
CONFIG_HANGCHECK_TIMER=y

#
# Misc devices
#

#
# Multimedia devices
#
# CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set

#
# Digital Video Broadcasting Devices
#
# CONFIG_DVB is not set

#
# File systems
#
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
# CONFIG_EXT2_FS_SECURITY is not set
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY is not set
CONFIG_JBD=y
# CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y
# CONFIG_REISERFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_JFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_JFS_POSIX_ACL is not set
CONFIG_JFS_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_JFS_STATISTICS=y
CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
# CONFIG_XFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
# CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS is not set

#
# CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems
#
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS=y
CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_UDF_FS is not set

#
# DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems
#
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
CONFIG_NTFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_NTFS_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set

#
# Pseudo filesystems
#
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y
# CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
# CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_TMPFS=y
# CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set
# CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set
CONFIG_RAMFS=y
CONFIG_SUPERMOUNT=y
# CONFIG_SUPERMOUNT_DEBUG is not set

#
# Miscellaneous filesystems
#
# CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_BEFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_BFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_CRAMFS is not set
# CONFIG_VXFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set

#
# Network File Systems
#
CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
# CONFIG_NFS_V4 is not set
# CONFIG_NFS_DIRECTIO is not set
CONFIG_NFSD=y
CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y
# CONFIG_NFSD_V4 is not set
CONFIG_NFSD_TCP=y
CONFIG_LOCKD=y
CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y
CONFIG_EXPORTFS=y
CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
# CONFIG_SUNRPC_GSS is not set
CONFIG_SMB_FS=y
CONFIG_SMB_NLS_DEFAULT=y
CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE="cp437"
CONFIG_CIFS=y
# CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
# CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
# CONFIG_INTERMEZZO_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFS_FS is not set

#
# Partition Types
#
# CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED is not set
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y

#
# Native Language Support
#
CONFIG_NLS=y
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1"
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1250 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1251 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_13 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_U is not set
CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=y

#
# Graphics support
#
CONFIG_FB=y
# CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_IMSTT is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
# CONFIG_FB_HGA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_RIVA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_MATROX is not set
CONFIG_FB_RADEON=y
# CONFIG_FB_ATY128 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set
# CONFIG_FB_SIS is not set
# CONFIG_FB_NEOMAGIC is not set
# CONFIG_FB_3DFX is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set

#
# Console display driver support
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_PCI_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_FONTS is not set
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y

#
# Logo configuration
#
CONFIG_LOGO=y
# CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_MONO is not set
# CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16 is not set
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224=y

#
# Bootsplash configuration
#
CONFIG_BOOTSPLASH=y

#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=y

#
# Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
#
CONFIG_SND=y
CONFIG_SND_BIT32_EMUL=y
# CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER is not set
CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y
CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_RTCTIMER=y
# CONFIG_SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK is not set
# CONFIG_SND_DEBUG is not set

#
# Generic devices
#
# CONFIG_SND_DUMMY is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MTPAV is not set
# CONFIG_SND_SERIAL_U16550 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MPU401 is not set

#
# PCI devices
#
# CONFIG_SND_ALI5451 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_AZT3328 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CS46XX is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CS4281 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_KORG1212 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_NM256 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_RME32 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_RME96 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_RME9652 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_HDSP is not set
# CONFIG_SND_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_SND_YMFPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ALS4000 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_CMIPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ENS1370 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ENS1371 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ES1938 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ES1968 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_MAESTRO3 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_FM801 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ICE1712 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_ICE1724 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0 is not set
# CONFIG_SND_SONICVIBES is not set
CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX=y
# CONFIG_SND_VX222 is not set

#
# ALSA USB devices
#
# CONFIG_SND_USB_AUDIO is not set

#
# Open Sound System
#
CONFIG_SOUND_PRIME=y
# CONFIG_SOUND_BT878 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_EMU10K1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_FUSION is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CS4281 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ESSSOLO1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO3 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ICH is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SONICVIBES is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDCLAS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDPIN is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_VIA82CXXX is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_OSS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ALI5455 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_FORTE is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_RME96XX is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_AD1980 is not set

#
# USB support
#
CONFIG_USB=y
# CONFIG_USB_DEBUG is not set

#
# Miscellaneous USB options
#
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
# CONFIG_USB_BANDWIDTH is not set
# CONFIG_USB_DYNAMIC_MINORS is not set

#
# USB Host Controller Drivers
#
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y
# CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD is not set
CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=y

#
# USB Device Class drivers
#
# CONFIG_USB_AUDIO is not set
# CONFIG_USB_BLUETOOTH_TTY is not set
# CONFIG_USB_MIDI is not set
# CONFIG_USB_ACM is not set
CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DATAFAB=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_FREECOM=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ISD200=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DPCM=y
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_HP8200e is not set
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR09=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR55=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_JUMPSHOT=y

#
# USB Human Interface Devices (HID)
#
CONFIG_USB_HID=y
CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y
# CONFIG_HID_FF is not set
CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=y
# CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK is not set
CONFIG_USB_WACOM=y
# CONFIG_USB_KBTAB is not set
# CONFIG_USB_POWERMATE is not set
# CONFIG_USB_XPAD is not set

#
# USB Imaging devices
#
# CONFIG_USB_MDC800 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SCANNER is not set
# CONFIG_USB_MICROTEK is not set
# CONFIG_USB_HPUSBSCSI is not set

#
# USB Multimedia devices
#
# CONFIG_USB_DABUSB is not set

#
# Video4Linux support is needed for USB Multimedia device support
#

#
# USB Network adaptors
#
# CONFIG_USB_CATC is not set
# CONFIG_USB_KAWETH is not set
# CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS is not set
# CONFIG_USB_RTL8150 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_USBNET is not set

#
# USB port drivers
#

#
# USB Serial Converter support
#
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL is not set

#
# USB Miscellaneous drivers
#
CONFIG_USB_TIGL=y
# CONFIG_USB_AUERSWALD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_RIO500 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_LEGOTOWER is not set
# CONFIG_USB_BRLVGER is not set
# CONFIG_USB_LCD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_TEST is not set
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET is not set

#
# Profiling support
#
# CONFIG_PROFILING is not set

#
# Kernel hacking
#
# CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL is not set
# CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ is not set
# CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER is not set

#
# Security options
#
# CONFIG_SECURITY is not set

#
# Cryptographic options
#
# CONFIG_CRYPTO is not set

#
# Library routines
#
CONFIG_CRC32=y
CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My M6805 is in the mail and will be here tommorow(ish). I'll be sure to post the results of my gentoo exploits here if I get it working.

For those who have one, is there any hope of ati-drivers working when in 32bit mode, or do these only support desktop 9600 as ATI says? I have a feeling ATI will never release decent 64-bit drivers this year as none of their emails even attempt to address my questions.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 2:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Elotemuygrande wrote:


For those who have one, is there any hope of ati-drivers working when in 32bit mode, or do these only support desktop 9600 as ATI says? I have a feeling ATI will never release decent 64-bit drivers this year as none of their emails even attempt to address my questions.


Wait a second...by 64-bit mode do you mean the 64-bit CPU or something graphics related? I was unaware that the drivers for devices had to be written specifically for a 64bit machine as well as the OS and software - I though the drivers were cross architecture compatible. I, by the way don't know much about 64 bit processing so if someone has a better explanation that would be awesome.

By the way..please post your results. This is very helpful, as I will be getting one of these laptops within a month (crosses fingers).
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 4:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Defcon, I'm going to try out your config file. Hopefully I can get past the keyboard problem, and tackle others such as X display driver, wireless networking, and if I'm lucky the CF card reader. I am really enjoying this notebook, but it'd be nice if I could get a real OS installed on it!

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 3:00 pm    Post subject: drivers Reply with quote

when i say 64 bit mode i really mean the kernel is in 64 bit mode. userland is in 64 bit mode; some programs will work in a 32 bit compatibility mode... so you can try and emerge ati-drivers in 64 bit... but the little wrapper that they compile will fail and you are left with no driver :P

yeahyeah, i'm a computer science major so i should be able to hack that apart... but dammit ati...

BTW, need to get a CF card and try it out in the reader... i still haven't even tried it in linux yet

before you buy one of these things... two words of wisdom: OS X.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hmm...I am not to glad to see this post. I have been looking around here reading up on the amd64 in preparation for the arrival of my M6805. It will be waiting at my house when I get home today. Hopefully I have better results than some have reported. I like difficult installs as long as I know it is possible, but from reading this thread there really isn't a light at the end of the tunnel...

Anyway, has anyone tried a 32 bit install?? I mean setting the cflags to athlon-xp and compliling everything that way? I plan on doing both installs on this machine.

Any more success/failures please post..

TIA
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 10:30 pm    Post subject: Help??!! Reply with quote

Ok, I got my M6805 today and I put in the live cd released on 01-24-2004 and booted up. I got the boot prompt and it doesn't matter if I enter
Code:
gentoo
gentoo noacpi
gentoo nofb
gentoo nofb noacpi

I get the same problem. The splash screen comes up and shows the progress bar, but the progress bar never moves and it just sits there doing nothing until I force a power off.

Any suggestions??

TIA
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 11:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ajv, regarding the splash screen problem...you'll need to omit 'gentoo' from your boot options (ie, just enter nofb noapic). Despite what it says, it's loading the fb enabled kernel, and that's the problem. One of the LiveCDs works with gentoo_nofb (or something like that), but I couldn't get it to boot. Hope this helps.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 12:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, I just downloaded the newest live cd and booted with
Code:
gentoo-nofb
gentoo-nofb noacpi
and I could then see the boot messages go by. It turns out I am getting the same unknown key release message as stated above.

So right now I am downloading the 1.4 athlon-xp live cd and I am going to try using it and just do a 32-bit install for now.

If anyone has an idea on how to get rid of this 'unknown key release' mesage I would appreciate the help.

TIA
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 1:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i've seen the key released error message alot from people who are using non standard keyboards. (elsewhere on the gentoo forums)

Maybe this computer needs a keyboard map redrawn specifically for it (or maybe it matches another map)
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 2:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just got mine yesterday. The latest amd64 livecd image does fail with the atkbd.c error no matter what I do, but the circa august image seems to work fine with the noapic option. I didn't get far however because the via-rhine driver doesn't seem to work properly. I can enable it and cause an IP conflict with another machine, but I cannot make it ping anyone, resolve dns names, or respond to dhcp. 32-bit Mandrake 9.2 will install perfectly but has the same problem with the network interface, while no knoppix cd will boot at all. I was shocked when the bloated default Mandrake kernel compiled in about 200 seconds :-) . The modules took a while longer though. Oh, and in the above post I was refering to 64-bit cpu mode, not graphics mode. I remember someone above saying you could possibly use the ati-drivers modules with a little hacking on the install program and utilities, but AFAIK since they are 32-bit binary modules they cannot be inserted into a 64-bit kernel, at least that's what I remember reading in the gentoo amd64 tech-notes.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Elotemuygrande wrote:
while no knoppix cd will boot at all.


I got a knopixx CD to boot in failsafe mode at a floor model in my local Best Buy.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:08 pm    Post subject: Getting somewhere Reply with quote

I am in the process of doing an install on my M6805 using the athlon-xp live cd right now, and so far everything is working properly. It kinda sucks that I can't use the 64-bit processor but using it like a 32-bit athlon-xp is working fine.

btw...here is the output from the bootstrapping and emerge system commands
Code:
time scripts/bootstrap.sh
local 126m34.282s
user 68m7.790s
sys 52m28.100s

time emerge system
real 42m40.002s
user 28m55.960s
sys 9m10.740s


8O :D :D
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Getting somewhere Reply with quote

ajv wrote:

Code:
time scripts/bootstrap.sh
local 126m34.282s
user 68m7.790s
sys 52m28.100s

time emerge system
real 42m40.002s
user 28m55.960s
sys 9m10.740s


8O :D :D


Oh my.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 7:58 am    Post subject: well Reply with quote

hey, did you guys know that the older amd64 livecd does work for the m6805/7?

m6805 amd64 livecd

boot command (for livecd):
Code:
nofb noapic

alternatively:
Code:
gentoo noapic


when you build the kernel (finalized system), make sure you use
Code:
pci=noacpi

in your kernel boot command or your via-rhine will never work (at least mine did not)
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2004 3:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, I finished building my system using 32-bit mode as an athlon-xp. Everything seemed to work fine, but now I get lockups in openbox. I think I am going to try a different kernel ( right now I'm using mm-sources ), maybe gentoo-dev-sources. I also think it could be a problem with the video drivers. I emerge ati-drivers, but I'm not sure how I am supposed to go about using them but hopefully I can find some time this afternoon to mess with it.

>>DefconAlpha - I was unaware that that livecd worked. I am downloading it now and will try it out tonight. Thanks for the tip!

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:24 pm    Post subject: Re: well Reply with quote

DefconAlpha wrote:
hey, did you guys know that the older amd64 livecd does work for the m6805/7?

boot command (for livecd):
Code:
nofb noapic

alternatively:
Code:
gentoo noapic


when you build the kernel (finalized system), make sure you use
Code:
pci=noacpi

in your kernel boot command or your via-rhine will never work (at least mine did not)


Hi all... I managed to get a install going by booting from the above livecd, and then running a bootstrap install from the stage1-20040201 tarballs on the gentoo mirrors. After many trials and tribulations, I've finally managed to get a working kenrnel that will boot without hanging or locking up the system, etc.

I'm still having no luck getting my ethernet card to work, however. Does anyone have any advice on this one? The only kernel that worked for me was linux-2.6.1-gentoo-r1 (=gentoo-dev-sources of a day or so ago). The kernel does seem do recognize that the ethernet card exists when it boots:

Code:
eth0: VIA VT6102 Rhine-II at 0x1800, 00:03:25:0d:98:67, IRQ 16


...and it is correctly reporting the card's MAC address, but it just hangs when I try to get a dhcp response from it. I'm fairly sure the network is OK, as I have full connectivity (and I get a DHCP response) in windows XP.

Anybody have advice on this?

Also, has anybody got the wireless card or modem working? And what kernels have you had success with?

TIA
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 12:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey, I too was able to install using the older livecd and then installed from stage1-amd64-20040201 however, on boot I get the errror
Code:
atkbd.c key release error ( or something like this )
and I cannot boot into the new kernel. I am using the latest gentoo-dev-sources ( same as you ). Did you enable the atkbd in the input section of the kernel config?? Otherwise, what is your boot options.

About the network card, I got it to work in my 32-bit install by appending
Code:
acpi=off noapic
to my kernel boot command. However I haven't gotten to try this in the 64-bit installation because of the keyboard error.

Hope that helps you, and hope you can help me!
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 5:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi after days of tweaking I have finally installed amd64 gentoo on my M6805 laptop, so I thought I might share my experience with everyone. This is my first time using gentoo so comments are welcomed.

LiveCD

  1. As many have mentioned, only the 20030822 version works, and
    Code:
    nofb noapic

    must be entered at the boot prompt otherwise the ethernet card would not work. The exact problem seems to be that the bios is buggy and the card is assigned the wrong IRQ when acpi is enabled.
  2. Even with the above parameters there is 50/50 chance that some usb modules would segfault and the booting process cannot finish.


kernel

  1. DefconAlpha's .config works fine, but you can modularize most of the hardware support except usb support, which must be compiled into the kernel, otherwise the atkbd.c error would come up.
  2. Include support for the VIA IDE chipset:
    Code:
    CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y

  3. In menuconfig I set the default cpufreq governor to be userspace so that I can manually change the cpufreq through /proc/sys/cpu/0/speed.
  4. Patch the kernel with patches found at http://www.muru.com/linux/amd64/ so that cpufreq and pcmcia work.
  5. You may also use the .config found on that website.
  6. Boot the kernel with the parameter pci=noacpi otherwise the ethernet card won't work.


hardware

  1. the acpi event interface doesn't seem to catch any relevant events at all, so acpid is useless.
  2. Pressing Fn+F3 (toggling external monitor) hangs the machine. The wireless card won't start with Fn+F2. Fn+F3 does nothing. Fn+F7 and Fn+F8 (brightness) work, but can hang the machine if pressed too rapidly.
  3. ndiswrapper won't compile, because it includes one line of 32bit inline assembly.
  4. xfree86-drm and ati-drivers don't work, and with xfree-4.3.0 the radeon driver doesn't work either and you must use vesa.
  5. radeon and 1280x800 works with xfree-4.3.99.902 though. You can emerge xfree-4.3.99.902 by commenting the corresponding entry out in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask and type in
    Code:
    ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" emerge xfree-4.3.99.902

  6. ATI hasn't released binary drivers for the AMD64 architecture yet, so direct rendering is disabled.


applications

  1. openmotif compiles without problems now, so you can use that with emacs.
  2. evolution won't compile with pda support, so set -pda in the USE flag.
  3. emacs, synergy (~x86), openoffice-bin (~amd64), mplayer, xmms, mozilla, galeon and gnome compile fine, but gnome-font-properties segfaults upon start.
  4. If you use mplayer put
    Code:
    monitoraspect=1.6
    in /etc/mplayer.conf
  5. acroread segfaults upon start even if all the relevant 32-bit libraries are installed. No luck with the emerge version or the binaries from the adobe website.


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PostPosted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So what do you guys think over all about this bad boy?

Seems like alot of bang for the buck.



What its performance like in 32-bit, comparatively?


I'm going to be buying a laptop in the next few weeks, specifically with the intent to run Gentoo, and am looking at this one right now.
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