Posts by udrongo

Have you checked out the Roadwired APS Compact Sleeve? I use it to carry my 700m with extended battery in my backpack everyday. It's a great sleeve and I feel that my laptop is quite secure in it. Here's the...

You could also try the Dell Outlet. They tend to have pretty good deals on completely new (i.e. cancelled order, or returned but never booted) and refurbished laptops.

I'm a fan of the roadwired aps compact sleeve for my 700m with the extended battery.

I guess what I don't understand is exactly why you want to do a stage 1 as opposed to a stage 2. If there's already a stage 2 setup for your architecture (which I would bet there is considering sager is a mainstream company), then I...

Quote: Originally Posted by drizek OTOH, im pretty sure i can boot into a stripped down linux in less than 12 seconds. I'm pretty sure that they're av mode is exactly that--a stripped down version of linux. ...

Hmm, I've never actually tried to use either in Gentoo or Ubuntu. As a matter of fact, I've never used my media slot in Linux or Windows. Good luck.

I use cpudyn for speedstep, though there are other options as well. In the kernel configuration, you need to make sure you have the right governors enabled. All speedstep programs are well documented. As for undervolting, I posted a...

After glanicing through the kernel sources, the following files in /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 (*or your sources*)/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq caught my eye: powernow-k6.c powernow-k7.c powernow-k8.c I'm not all that...

Unfortunately, I didn't really look into Turions. There might be a C file in the kernel sources which would have the equivalent information for AMD processors as is in speedstep-centrino.c

I initially posted this in 700musers.com linux forums, but I figured this would probably benefit linux users here as well. Note, that these directions are for P-M laptops. After searching the Gentoo Forums for info about...