[luau] Re: Compaq 700 series laptop

[Warren Togami]

Update:
THE Roblimo owns one of these Compaq Presario 700 series laptops.  He says
the following regarding ALSA and Mandrake 8.2 compatibility.

----- Original Message -----
From: "robin" <robin at roblimo.com>
To: <warren at togami.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 4:32 AM
Subject: Compaq 700 series laptop


> I have a 700, and I assure you that the ALSA and kernel that ships with
> Mandrake 8.2 won't work with its sound drivers. Since I have two other
> laptops (both HP) with working sound, I haven't bothered to do the
> kernel recompile it would take to get sound on the Presario.
>
> I also have not had good results with Mandrake 8.2 and power management
> with this baby. IMO Mandrake hit its "laptop friendliest" at 8.0 and has
> regressed since then. Oh, well.
>
> - Robin "Roblimo" Miller