Install on Dell Inspiron 8600 - Pb with Touchpad, HAL

Eric SCHAEFFER eschaeffer at emahoo.com
Mon Oct 4 21:47:01 UTC 2004


Le mardi 05 octobre 2004 à 03:49 +1000, Stuart Bishop a écrit :
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> Eric SCHAEFFER wrote:
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> | 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.

It seems to be the same for other distro (according to web pages I
found), so effectively, it sounds like a problem between X and the
nvidia driver.

Eric





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