fun, fun, fun!

Got my new laptop, a brand new HP nc6400.

After registering the new machine under the pcitgd24, I noticed that there are some problems! Here's the description:

HP Compaq NC 6400
* Please followup standard installation procedure.
* When system reboots on the Firstboot Display screen run, set monitor to Generic LCD Display -> LCD Panel 1280x800. (this can be also done later with system-config-display).
Update: as we have discovered only after CERN bought this hardware, the graphics chip is not fully supported by the Intel i810 driver. Instead, the vesa driver is being used, which cannot handle the exact display resolution offered by the hardware (1280x960 instead of 1280x800). You will need to apply additional workarounds to get the hardware resolution. We hope that a later driver update will fix this issue.
* After your system reboots, followup installation procedure for Intel Wireless Pro 3945 card driver.
* test results

ok, iĺl check this in a minute... still following the instructions ;)
http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/scientific4/docs/install.shtml


UPDATE:
while having the fun, they suggest to change a lot in the "Monitor section" of /etc/X11/xorg.conf
this seems weird, so here's the old line's which have been removed!

HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0
VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0

UPDATE2: screen resolution is now ok... still, "The above configuration allows to use the monitor's native resolution, but will still not give 3d acceleration or Xvideo overlay capabilities." going for solving the second issue, installation procedure for Intel wireless!