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Having fought this battle just today I can comment on one item.  The
wireless will require an intel driver (ipw3945 available from
sourceforge).  That's the good news.  The driver, however, needs a
kernel > 2.6.13 which is a couple of patches past RHEL4's 2.6.9.  My
solution was to 1) update the kernel to the current 2.6.17.13 2) turn
off SELINUX at boot (enforcing=0 on the grub kernel line) since changes
in the kernel support for SELINUX in more recent kernels cause a crash
at boot if it is on.

Why not go core 2 duo at this point - they cost the same and performance
is better (plus you get 64 bits if you need it)?

Robert E. Blair, Room E277, Building 362
Argonne National Laboratory (High Energy Physics Division)
9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
Phone: (630)-252-7545  FAX: (630)-252-5782
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[log in to unmask] wrote:
> Hi All,
> I'm a newbie but hope this is in the correct place.
> 
> I am considering the HP laptop:
>    HP Pavilion Intel Centrino Duo T2400 1.83GHz Laptop (DV5250CA)
>      * RAM: 2Gb, HD: 120Gb,
>      * Screen: 15.4" WXGA High-Definition BrightView Display,
>      * Graphics card: Intel GMA 950
>      * DVD: LightScribe Super Multi 8X DVD±R/RW drive
>      * Network Card: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection &
> Bluetooth
> 
> on which to run Scientific Linux -- mostly for work (research) but also
> the entertainment (sound, music & burner).
> 
> My questions are:
> 
> 1) Can I install Scientific Linux on the above machine and get the basic
> functionalities working -- screen, keyboard/mouse, network and multimedia
> (music, sound, DVD burner), battery power save -- without being an expert?
> 
> 2) More generally, how does Scientific Linux fare on laptops, and HP
> laptops in particular? Which are the brands & models mostly used?
> 
> 3) Are there archives/sites where one can find out about these -- under
> scientific linux or elsewhere?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> William.
> 
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