Compaq Evo N600C problems

[bazman]

Hi.
I am a newbie (a couple of hours of experience).

I have the following laptop computer:
Compaq N600c
Intel Mobile Pentium III Speedstep (1Ghz)
Intel 830M
ATI Mobility Radeon, 16 MB
Integrerat 10/100, Intel lan on motherboard Mbit/s
Compaq Premier Sound (ESS Allegro in windows)

I have installed Linux slackware 8.1. and have the following problems:
The sound doesn't work
There is some problem with the network configuration (I can surf for a couple of seconds, then it stops working). I use DHCP.

I also have some other questions:
How do I give the kernel arguments (I use lilo), for example I want to write "sb=x,x,x,x" in the "kernel command line"?

(a stupid one):
I installed Java studio one, but the "window" always winds up outside the screen (I cant reach it), I have tried killing the app and restarting linux, but doesn't work.

appreciate the help
/Bassam

[mdwatts]

Does the Compaq have the option in the bios to disable PnP OS? If it does, then do so.

As root

su -
<root password>

does

lsmod (list loaded modules)

show any of the soundcard related modules as being loaded? The ethernet card?

Should be e100 or eepro100 for the Intel nic.

You could try searching Google for Linux ( www.google.com/linux ) for ESS Allegro to see what you can find as to the support in Linux and what drivers/modules it uses.