Fedora on HP Pavilion zt3000 laptop (was "No Subject")

[Tony Dietrich]

On Wednesday 29 Dec 2004 09:29, R. Kirk McPike wrote:
> Being something of an idiot, and it being late at night, I forgot to
> include a subject line. And people say I'm bright...
>
> Kirk
> ---
> Full text of original message included for those who tossed my "No
> Subject" version. Sorry!
>
> On Dec 29, 2004, at 3:15 AM, R. Kirk McPike wrote:
> > I'm attempting to set up Fedora Core 3 on my hp pavilion zt3101 (a
> > model in the zt3000 family). It's a Pentium M system with the 802.11b
> > Intel wireless card (full Centrino system) and a 15.2" widescreen
> > display and CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive.
> >
> > I'm fairly inexperienced with Linux (installed it a few times, played
> > with it every now and then but never used it as a primary operating
> > system), and I'm having a few issues with getting set up. I've
> > searched through the archives, but didn't see precisely what I was
> > looking for, so I thought I'd turn to the kind folks on this list.
> >
> > Everything installed all right. But I'm sure that my ignorance is
> > what's causing me a few problems.
> >
> > My LCD's resolution is 1280 x 800, but that's not an option listed in
> > my Display system settings. I've set my video card to the proper card
> > (ATI Radeon Mobility 9200), and set my display to Generic LCD Display
> > 1280x800, but to no avail. Do I need to figure out precisely what
> > brand of monitor HP has included with my laptop?
> >

AFAIK, the XWindows system doesn't yet have drivers to run an LCD screen at 
that resolution.
Maximum resolution seems to be 1024x768.
To be honest, I personally can't see much diference between the two screens 
when I switch resolutions in WinXP.

> > Also, how do I put the system to sleep so that I can safely close the
> > lid and move it about? I've been able to get a nice little battery
> > monitor to show up in the top corner, but that's about as much as I've
> > been able to do. Double clicking it produces an error that
> > '/usr/bin/apm -s' was unsuccessful. Eh?
> >
Suspend is a function of ACPI.
'/usr/bin/apm -s' calls the relevant routines.
I don't know enough of the software to suggest a solution, but you could try 
googling on ACPI and your_precise_brand_of_laptop

> > I'm very new at Linux, but I'm pretty impressed so far. This is by far
> > the most polished looking and usable Linux I've ever seen -- I never
> > used to feel like I had any ownership over my computer when I tried
> > previous releases, but I do now.
> >
> > Any suggestions for a very newbie-friendly resource to walk me through
> > all this sort of stuff?
> >
google everything.

> > Next I need to see if I can get my wireless card working.
> >
root# lspci

 is your friend, together with google, man and this list.

> > Thanks in advance. I promise to get out of y'alls hair as soon as I
> > get this stuff resolved. Thanks to all the contributors and the
> > community who made this software possible.
> >
> > Kirk
> >

TD