[wplug] Hello: New to the list - suse 9 on sony pcg frv26

Jason Sopko jason at sopko.net
Thu May 13 14:16:47 EDT 2004


begin  Dileep Vangasseri wrote:
> I am trying to make my linux functional in my laptop, sony pcg frv 26. I 
> tried redhat 9 first. Though I could make it work, I was not quite happy 
> with its performance. So recently I shifted to Suse 9. The installation 
> was cool. Suse detected most of the hardware without any problems. I am 
> quite happy about it. However, I am not getting 3D acceleration for my 
> AGP card (ATI radeon IGP 345 M 64 MB). Has anyone succeeded in getting 
> the 3D acceleration for this card?
>  
> Ethernet is working perfect in my machine. However, when I try to dial 
> up from my home (through university pitt id using KPPP) I get a message 
> that "modem is busy". Can anyone help me to figure out what is happening?

A great resource for running Linux on a laptop is:

http://www.linux-laptop.net

Chances are that someone's already tried getting Linux to run on your 
exact or similar model, I'd check that site.

///Jason





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