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Install Evaluation
PORTEGE 2000 Series
DynaBook SS S4/275PNHW(PAS4275PNHW)
Hardware Specification (from Windows Device Manager)
PM
ALi 7101 Power Management Controller
Sound
 ALi Audio Accelerator WDM Driver
Modem
 TOSHIBA Software Modem AMR
HDC
 ALi M5229 PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
HDD
 MK2003GAH
Video
 Trident Video Accelerator CyberBlade XP Ai1
Monitor
Toshiba Internal 1024x768 Panel
IrDA
 ALi Serial Infrared Controller
Mouse
 Alps PointiFailed-device
PCMCIA
 Toshiba ToPIC100 CardBus Controller
LAN
 Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapter (10/100)
WiFi
 Toshiba Wireless LAN Mini PCI Card
(Texas Instruments PCI-1410 CardBus Controller)
Melco AIRCONNECT WLI-PCM-L11
USB
 NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller x2
SDC
 TOSHIBA SD Card Controller Type-A
Y-worked without any modification M-requires modification N-did not work at all L-limited
TurboLinux 7.0 Workstation kernel-2.4.9-6

To use PCMCIA CD-ROM Drive for installation it requires a boot FD (pcmcia.img). Adding ide2 parameter did not help. The USB CD-ROM Drive (PACDD002) works without any problem for installation.
XFree86
(XF86Config)
Y
 XFree86-4.1.0.1/fbdev or vesa
M
 (trident driver will be unknown device)
Sound
Y
 snd-card-ali5451
LAN
Y
 e100
W-LAN
Y
 wvlan_cs (driver was recognized)
Modem
N
 softmodem
PCMCIA
Y
 i82365
PCcard-CD-ROM
Y
 ide_cs (PA2673UJ)
USB
Y
 usb-ohci
USB-CDROM
Y
 /dev/scd0 (PACDD002)
USB-FDD
Y
 /dev/sda (PA2680U)
KB
M
Shutdown
Y
Reboot
Y
Suspend
Y
apm -s
Hibernation
N
RedHat Linux 7.2J kernel-2.4.7-10

Installed with USB CD-ROM Drive (PACDD002)
XFree86
(XF86Config-4)
Y
 XFree86-4.1.0-3/fbdev or vesa
M
 (trident driver will be unknown device)
Sound
Y
 trident
LAN
Y
 eepro100
W-LAN
Y
 wvlan_cs (recognizes the dirver)
Modem
N
 softmodem
PCMCIA
Y
 yenta_socket
PCcard-CD-ROM
Y
 ide_cs (PA2673UJ)
USB
Y
 usb-ohci
USB-CDROM
Y
 /dev/scd0 (PACDD002)
USB-FDD
Y
 /dev/sda (PA2680U)
KB
M
Shutdown
N
it does not shutdown automatically.
Reboot
Y
Suspend
L
apm -s
(?? it worked for the first time but the it failed for the second time.....??)
Hibernation
N
Open Linux 3.1.1J kernel-2.4.13

Installed with USB CD-ROM Drive (PACDD002)
XFree86
(XF86Config-4)
Y
 XFree86-4.1.0.1/fbdev or vesa
M
 (trident driver will be unknown device)
Sound
Y
 trident
LAN
Y
 e100
W-LAN
Y
 orinoco (recognizes the dirver)
Modem
N
 softmodem
PCMCIA
Y
 yenta_socket
PCcard-CD-ROM
Y
 ide_cs (PA2673UJ)
USB
Y
 usb-ohci
USB-CDROM
Y
 /dev/scd0 (PACDD002)
USB-FDD
Y
 /dev/sda (PA2680U)
KB
M
Shutdown
Y
Reboot
Y
Suspend
N
No APM support
Hibernation
N

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Parameter for displaying by frame buffrer (fbdev)

Give the follwing value as the kernel parameter for booting.

vga=318 1024x768x24bpp
vga=317 1024x768x16bpp

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How to implement the trident driver.

Add following lines to the "Device" section of XF86Config(-4)

Driver "trident"
chipset "cyberbladeXPm"
VideoRam 16834

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How to stop chattering problem while running X.

Add following line to the "Input Device" section of XF86Config(-4)

Options "XkbDisable"

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