Ahhh, stress! OK, I've researched so much my head hurts. I want to buy a notebook for a DAW using Linux, so far I've come to: IBM ThinkPad R50 (1.6 Centrino, 1Gb RAM) RME Hammerfall Multiface w/ Cardbus I want to be using Ardour and Jack with low latency, no xruns, etc. Can anyone see any problems with this setup? PS: I've also looked at: - Edirol UA-1000 - Problems: USB, Not tested with Linux - Echo Layla24 Cardbus - Problems: Linux Driver for Cardbus not working Thanks, Dan

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:59:22 +1000 Dan Harper <tech(a)danharper.org> wrote: I've had the opportunity to use an R50 for the last couple of weeks, and I've used a 600X for a few years now. I don't use them for music, but do run RedHat9 on them both and I have a few observations: o I have yet to make the built-in wireless work on the R50. I have to plug one of my Lucent Orinoco cards in to go wireless. o I have not been able yet to configure the middle mouse button on the keyboard to act as a middle mouse button - this worked out of the box on the 600X. This sounds like a small hting but it's driving me nuts. o I don't think I have X configured right for the LCD screen. Performance is sluggish, and I occasionally have artifacts on the screen from closing or moving windows. o The big screen is definitely nice :) o I have had problems waking it up from sleep mode once or twice. The screen is blank, and I can't ctl-alt-F2 to a console window, nor can I Fn-F7 to toggle between an external monitor and the LCD screen, though sometimes that's just what's required to get going again. Other than those quibbles, though, I really like this machine and wish I were able to keep it! It should be a really powerful platform for recording with the rught audio card. -- ====================================================================== Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh(a)brainiac.com Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa

D R Holsbeck wrote on Wed, 28-Apr-2004: On my A31, I am using the hostap_pci for wireless and it is very solid, much more so than when I tried the other ones. I highly recommend switching over to it (for A31 users at least). http://hostap.epitest.fi/ jlc

I have never had an issue with my A31. And I use the RME cardbus interface, and a 2.4.20 LL kernel. Havent had time to try the 2.6s yet. On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 11:44, Greg Reddin wrote: -- drh(a)niptron.com "It says he made us all to be just like him. So if we're dumb, then god is dumb, and maybe even a little ugly on the side." -- Frank Zappa