Mandrake 8.1 on a Dell Latitude C610

So, first of all, I have installed Linux-Mandrake 8.2 on a Dell Latitude C610 with the following Hardware :

PIII 1 GHz CPU
512 Mb RAM (SDRAM)
40 Gb harddisk
CD-RW/DVD
3,5'' Floppy
14' TFT-Display
graphic card : ATI radeon
mouse : touchpad and external USB mouse.
Sound
ethernet card 3com (3c905c)
modem
PCMCIA
IrDA
USB
misc

Installation

There were no problem during installation.
I like the Mandrake distro and his spirit.
Thanks to Mandrake for their great work !

Xfree86

I use Xfree4.2.0

Graphic card

During Mandrake installation process, I select the ATI radeon graphic card.
The screen resolution was chosen to 1024x768 with 24 bits.

Mouse

The touchpad works. But I have some problems to switch between touchpad and external USB mouse.
If I disconnect and reconnect the USB mouse, it does not work anymore.
If you have a solution send me a e-mail .

Sound

It works, but not very good.

Ethernet card

It is a integrated 3com 10/100 Ethernet card (3Com 3c905C).
Automatically detected under Mandrake.
No problem.

Modem

It is a winmodem. Not detected under Mandrake.
Is there a driver for Linux ?
Any input would be appreciated.

PCMCIA

Not tried.

IRDA

Not tried.

USB

It works (I have tried a mouse), but harddrake cannot detect this device.

Miscellenious

Suspend to disk works without problem with Linux.

Comments ? Questions ? Suggestions ? parrenin [at] ujf-grenoble [dot] fr .

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