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Stryker:
Anyone know of a good distro to put on a laptop? I need hardware supports from as recent as 2 months ago, and a dvd player (mostly for my enjoyment, but also work presentations). I've tried the deadlinux one, it was pretty good except no sound or network. RedHat works just fine, no DVD. And I can never find any better themes for it. All distros more than 2 months old have no video, no sound, and only network. Getting off track so I'll just stop. Any ideas?

voidmain:
It would certainly help to know the brand/model of laptop you want to install on.  I have run RedHat on most Dell laptops. Here is a good link for you:

http://www.linux-laptop.net/

Stryker:
I'm running a Toshiba Satelite 1805-S204
Here's a link to the hardware specs:
Hardware Specs

Thanks

{EDIT: Fixing link so it fits better}

[ August 22, 2002: Message edited by: Ex Eleven / b0b ]

voidmain:
Hmm, I haven't found anything that would indicate the DVD should be a problem.  Do you have a "/dev/dvd" device file (ls -alp /dev/dvd)?  Do you see more than one block device under the "/proc/ide" directory? i.e. is there an "hda" and another one, possibly "hdc"?  If your hard drive is "hda" and you have another one called "hdc" do this:

dmesg | grep hdc

and let me know if there is any ouput from the command.

Stryker:
Xine just opens, then closes after about 2 seconds. Although I heard it was good for DVDs. My cdrom device is /dev/cdrom, I heard that in order for DVD use you need it to be /dev/dvd, which doesn't exist. I think Xine would work if I had linux drivers for the DVD drive. Which I'm not sure where to find.

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