[NTLUG:Discuss] FC4 and Dell Inspiron 8600

Chris Cox cjcox at acm.org
Fri Sep 16 14:24:09 CDT 2005


Kevin Hulse wrote:
> Quoting ". Daniel" <xdesign at hotmail.com>:
> 
>>Do we have any users on this list using this combination?  If not, how
>>about Dell Inspiron + Linux of any flavor?
> 
>     Ubuntu works like a champ on my Inspiron 9300.
> 
>     Although I don't do S3 or S4 so I can't comment on that.
> 
> 
>>I'd like to discuss about success, failure and roadblocks in getting Linux
>>running well on the Inspiron 8600.  I've got mine set up in a way that's
>>"satisfactory" but not as perfect as I would like it to be.  That is to
>>say, all hardware is working but suspend doesn't come back from S3 or S4
>>(suspend to ram or suspend to disk).

A friend of mine has the 8600, can't remember which geforce though...
wasn't the most powerful one on that model if I remember correctly.
He installed SUSE 9.2 without problem.

HOWEVER, susepend is probably a problem.. very few laptops do
this well with Linux.  I've had great success with suspend
to disk using the powersave modules and (I think) swsusp on
SUSE 9.3 with my Dell M70.  I could really care less about
suspend to ram when suspend to disk works so well.




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