vprMatrix 220A5
I currently own a vprMatrix 220A5 notebook computer. Per the advice of some in this group I decided to go with Slackware Linux 9.1 and thus far I am very pleased. All of my hardware was auto detected and somewhat configured. I have a couple problems though:
-ACPI is not currently in the Kernel (2.4.22). I have the .diff.bz2 file that contains the patch to enable ACPI in the Kernel, however I'm rather new to recompiling Kernels. Is there a way to find out exactly what my system is using now, so that when I do the "make menuconfig" in my /usr/src/linux directory, I can choose only what I need and not have an incompatible, or worse, bloated Kernel?
-Although X w/ Gnome 2.4.0 is working, its running at 1024x768. My laptop runs at 1280x854 (its a 15.4" widescreen). Furthermore, the video card detected is a "vesa." I installed the nVidia drivers and changed the driver in my XF86Config file to "nvidia" and added:
Modeline "1280x854" 85.26 1280 1296 1552 1792 854 854 861 892
to my Monitor section. Now X starts just fine. But when I log out back to console the screen hangs, the system is still taking keyboard input though as I can shut it down, etc.
I realize this is a very hardware-specific issue, but if anyone has dealt with these issues before, it would be greatly appreciated if you could offer some insight.
-ACPI is not currently in the Kernel (2.4.22). I have the .diff.bz2 file that contains the patch to enable ACPI in the Kernel, however I'm rather new to recompiling Kernels. Is there a way to find out exactly what my system is using now, so that when I do the "make menuconfig" in my /usr/src/linux directory, I can choose only what I need and not have an incompatible, or worse, bloated Kernel?
-Although X w/ Gnome 2.4.0 is working, its running at 1024x768. My laptop runs at 1280x854 (its a 15.4" widescreen). Furthermore, the video card detected is a "vesa." I installed the nVidia drivers and changed the driver in my XF86Config file to "nvidia" and added:
Modeline "1280x854" 85.26 1280 1296 1552 1792 854 854 861 892
to my Monitor section. Now X starts just fine. But when I log out back to console the screen hangs, the system is still taking keyboard input though as I can shut it down, etc.
I realize this is a very hardware-specific issue, but if anyone has dealt with these issues before, it would be greatly appreciated if you could offer some insight.
