I'm attempting to set up Fedora Core 3 on my hp pavilion zt3101 (a model in the zt3000 family). It's a Pentium M system with the 802.11b Intel wireless card (full Centrino system) and a 15.2" widescreen display and CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive.
I'm fairly inexperienced with Linux (installed it a few times, played with it every now and then but never used it as a primary operating system), and I'm having a few issues with getting set up. I've searched through the archives, but didn't see precisely what I was looking for, so I thought I'd turn to the kind folks on this list.
Everything installed all right. But I'm sure that my ignorance is what's causing me a few problems.
My LCD's resolution is 1280 x 800, but that's not an option listed in my Display system settings. I've set my video card to the proper card (ATI Radeon Mobility 9200), and set my display to Generic LCD Display 1280x800, but to no avail. Do I need to figure out precisely what brand of monitor HP has included with my laptop?
Also, how do I put the system to sleep so that I can safely close the lid and move it about? I've been able to get a nice little battery monitor to show up in the top corner, but that's about as much as I've been able to do. Double clicking it produces an error that '/usr/bin/apm -s' was unsuccessful. Eh?
I'm very new at Linux, but I'm pretty impressed so far. This is by far the most polished looking and usable Linux I've ever seen -- I never used to feel like I had any ownership over my computer when I tried previous releases, but I do now.
Any suggestions for a very newbie-friendly resource to walk me through all this sort of stuff?
Next I need to see if I can get my wireless card working.
Thanks in advance.
Some issues with Fedora Core 3
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Some issues with Fedora Core 3
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Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:17 am
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Zarathud: The sad thing is that Barak Obama is a very intelligent and articulate person, even when you disagree with his views it's clear that he's very thoughtful. I would have loved to see Obama in a real debate.
Me: Wait 12 years, when he runs for president. :-)
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Wireless can be a gigantic pain in the ass, but it's supposed to be easiest to work with on Fedora Core 3. I've gotten my USB adapter to work on SuSE 9.2 Pro, but couldn't get my PCI adapter working. It all depends on the chipset used to do the wireless, and the availability of drivers for that chipset.
Start here to figure out what you might need to do to get it to work.
I don't know the answer to the laptop display question. My laptop display isn't widescreen, and it just worked.
Edit: I assume this is true for Fedora as well, but when I had issues with SuSE, I went to the SuSE support forum, and the people there were all kinds of helpful (and most importantly, knowledgable).
Start here to figure out what you might need to do to get it to work.
I don't know the answer to the laptop display question. My laptop display isn't widescreen, and it just worked.
Edit: I assume this is true for Fedora as well, but when I had issues with SuSE, I went to the SuSE support forum, and the people there were all kinds of helpful (and most importantly, knowledgable).
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Thanks, RM9.
Fedora's not commercially supported, but I'll look around for "official" support forums.
Fedora's not commercially supported, but I'll look around for "official" support forums.
Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:17 am
Zarathud: The sad thing is that Barak Obama is a very intelligent and articulate person, even when you disagree with his views it's clear that he's very thoughtful. I would have loved to see Obama in a real debate.
Me: Wait 12 years, when he runs for president. :-)
Zarathud: The sad thing is that Barak Obama is a very intelligent and articulate person, even when you disagree with his views it's clear that he's very thoughtful. I would have loved to see Obama in a real debate.
Me: Wait 12 years, when he runs for president. :-)
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