View source for Gateway Solo 9550

[[Category: Hardware]]
[[Category: Laptops]]
[[Category: Media Directors]]
[[Image:Gateway9550nv.jpg]]

=LinuxMCE Stuff=
==Tested 0710 Beta 4 and 0704==
* UI2 over VGA out
* Audio
* NIC with PXE boot
* Diskless booting

==Untested==
* Svideo Out
* SPDIF Out

==Unique Use Of Hardware==
::Pulled out hard drive, floppy drive and CD-ROM to make it a diskless PXE station with no noise.  Fan on CPU still spins occasionally.  I plan to completely remove the motherboard from the laptop shell in hopes to keep temp low enough so the fan will not spin at all.  Then I should be able to tuck this behind the TV and viola! fanless, diskless media director.



=Special Config Note=
===To get Nvidia driver working (specific to diskless booting)===
# Connect laptop to external monitor (this will be the default used unless you change it)
# Config diskless booting on Core as needed.
# Startup laptop and go out to eat while it does its' thing.
# Go through AVWizard and answer all questions, select UI2, and perform reboot (and wait again!)
## After reboot it will fail with an OpenGL message
# Drop to terminal via CTRL-ALT-F2 and login with username 'linuxmce' and password 'linuxmce'
# Switch to superuser via 'su' command
# Kill all LinuxMCE processes via 'telinit 1' so you can actually work without being interrupted.
# Download latest Nvidea 96.43.x drivers (legacy)
## CD to /root 'cd /root'
## Download Nvidia drives via 'wget "http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/96.43.05/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.05-pkg1.run"'
# Perform the following updates
## 'sudo apt-get install build-essential'
## 'sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)'
## 'sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-dev'
## 'sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-glx'
# Make a backup copy of xorg.conf
##'cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.backup.conf'
# Install Nvidia drivers and answer all questions
## './NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.05-pkg1.run'
## Just choose yes to everything, kernel download check, update xorg.conf, etc.
# Reboot
## 'reboot now'
# Enjoy


=Laptop Specs=
* Processor: Intel Mobile Pentium III or Celeron 1.13Ghz
* Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce2 GO, 32 MB SGRAM, TV out via RCA, VGA out (use legacy 96.43 Nvidia drivers!)
* Audio: ESS ES1988 - S/PDIF - 5.1 Digital
* Bus speed: 100 MHz front side bus
* Memory: Expandable to 512 MB. Two SO-DIMM slots
* LCD: 15 inch