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This part of Infodrom Oldenburg is used for travelling. It's a notebook.

Hardware

• AcerNote Light 370
• intel Pentium 133MHz
• 32MB RAM
• Graphic: Chips & Technologies ct65550
• Harddisk: HITACHI_DK225A-14, 1374MB
• 10x CD-ROM, UJDCD8730
• 3Com EtherLink III PCMCIA 3C589D Combo
• 2 PCMCIA Slots using the TI 1131 controller and i82365 chipset

Software

• Windows95
• Debian GNU/Linux 1.3.1
• XF86Config
• /etc/pcmcia.conf
• Kernelpatch
• APM patch [not installed]
• suspend 2 disk [not installed]

Services

• Workstation for traveling

APM

Several people have told me that Acer uses a non-standard APM-system. Thus it won't work with Linux. Fortunately I only saw these hints after I compiled my kernel. I noticed that it partially works. At least the information on battery load seems to be correct when the system boots. It doesn't get updated, but I see a chance... BTW The load display from Fn-F4 isn't updated either.

Blanking the monitor is not a problem either as it is turned off without the above kernel patch if you start X.

Touchpad

The touchpad is not a problem for Linux as it is recognized as standard PS/2 mouse. Just specify this for GPM and XFree86