Install on Dell Inspiron 8600 - Pb with Touchpad, HAL

[Stuart Bishop]

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Eric SCHAEFFER wrote:

| I've installed Ubuntu on my new laptop: Dell Inspiron 8600.
|
| Hardware:
| - CPU Pentium M 735 1,7GHz
| - RAM 1Go
| - network adapter (internal) Broadcom 4400
| - wireless adapter (internal) Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG
| - nVidia GeForce FX Go5200 64Mo
|
| Use sounder 9 cd.
|
| The installation succeeded very well, except that it didn't handle
| correctly the screen resolution.
| The Inspiron 8600 has a "16/10" aspect ratio (my resolution is
| 1920x1200), and I had to search for the mode lines on the net and add
| them to X configuration file.

Screen resolution worked fine here with the 128MB Radeon 9600 card so it
looks like an issue with the GeForce. I haven't tried the other things
you mention so I can't comment on trackpad etc.

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Stuart Bishop <stuart.bishop at canonical.com>   http://www.canonical.com/
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