LaptopTestingTeam notes and updates

Charles Yao yaocharlesc at gmail.com
Tue Aug 30 02:34:57 UTC 2005


On 8/30/05, John DeCarlo <johndecarlo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Corey,
> 
> On 8/24/05, Corey Burger <corey.burger at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Thanks for the excellent response to the team. We currently have ~40
> > community supplied machines on the list.
> > 
> > Just some notes about various things:
> > 
> > 1. We are testing Out of the Box support. This means that if it 
> > doesn't Just Work and needs to hack, it should be marked as No and the
> > hack documented.
> > 2. We are also testing fresh installs.
> > 
> 
> I would like to add my machine to the list. I have downloaded the template 
> and plan to use it on the wiki eventually. 
> 
> But I have a couple of questions.
> 
> 1. I have Hoary working and want to install Breezy for testing. Is there a 
> preferred method? I could download Colony 3, burn a CD, and do an Install. 
> Or, I could edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change everything from hoary to 
> breezy and simply do an apt-get dist-upgrade. Presumably each one could have 
> different results. What is recommended? 
> 
> 2. Dell can be a bit strange with models. One Latitude D800 could have a 
> different video card, different NIC, different wireless from another D800. 
> What should I do to see if my hardware is sufficiently like the other D800 
> in the wiki to have our results combined? 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
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> 

I agree, Dell is very inconsistent. We have an inspiron 2650 and everything 
works out of the box. However my inspiron 700m needa a lof of work like 
resolution etc. Ive had better luck with HP when it come to Linux.

Charles
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