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Diabase · 01-12-2008, 05:13 PM

I've been working on a lot of other things so haven't had a chance to try again to rebuild XP from scratch again now that I've got drivers to make sure that I have a good overall installation process. While my XP device manager on my gateway t1620 is clear of errors, and all hardware seems to be working correctly, I know there there are some incorrect device driver entries in my registry resulting from experimentation with forced installation of drivers before finding the right ones. Yesterday I had a problem with installing software for a portable voice recorder and I believe, (at least hope,) that it is just due to some of these bogus registry entries. I have also found that the touch pad fails after hibernation requiring me to reboot using keyboard shortcuts to restore functionality, so I will be trying to correct this issue within the new installation process.

When I was first installing drivers the very first driver I looked for was to get Ethernet up and running so that I could use Windows Update. It is my understanding that it is a better practice to first install system drivers so that peripheral driver installers have accurate information about the rest of the system. This is just my uneducated view based upon building workstations on older Windows and DOS systems every few years over the past 15 years. I would appreciate hearing anyone who has a better understanding based on either more frequent experiences with complete installations, or more intimate experience with contemporary device driver installation processes.

While working on this I am also working on finding drivers for Ubuntu (Linux)
I have posted my discoveries of which devices are functional in Ubuntu 7.10 on the Ubuntu laptop support forum. So far it seems that only the Ethernet card and video card have good working drivers available in Ubuntu. The keyboard is functional, but the touch pad fails from time to time. USB works. The sound card doesn't work at all yet in Ubuntu 7.10. Unlike Windows, Ubuntu is developed free of charge by the individuals around the world. I am hoping that by posting my findings on the Ubuntu laptop website that the devices that make up gateway t1620 will be included in the next release of Ubuntu, or others more experienced in this sort of thing will find solutions for the rest of us newer to Linux.

01-12-2008, 05:13 PM	#39 (permalink)
Diabase New Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 15	I've been working on a lot of other things so haven't had a chance to try again to rebuild XP from scratch again now that I've got drivers to make sure that I have a good overall installation process. While my XP device manager on my gateway t1620 is clear of errors, and all hardware seems to be working correctly, I know there there are some incorrect device driver entries in my registry resulting from experimentation with forced installation of drivers before finding the right ones. Yesterday I had a problem with installing software for a portable voice recorder and I believe, (at least hope,) that it is just due to some of these bogus registry entries. I have also found that the touch pad fails after hibernation requiring me to reboot using keyboard shortcuts to restore functionality, so I will be trying to correct this issue within the new installation process. When I was first installing drivers the very first driver I looked for was to get Ethernet up and running so that I could use Windows Update. It is my understanding that it is a better practice to first install system drivers so that peripheral driver installers have accurate information about the rest of the system. This is just my uneducated view based upon building workstations on older Windows and DOS systems every few years over the past 15 years. I would appreciate hearing anyone who has a better understanding based on either more frequent experiences with complete installations, or more intimate experience with contemporary device driver installation processes. While working on this I am also working on finding drivers for Ubuntu (Linux) I have posted my discoveries of which devices are functional in Ubuntu 7.10 on the Ubuntu laptop support forum. So far it seems that only the Ethernet card and video card have good working drivers available in Ubuntu. The keyboard is functional, but the touch pad fails from time to time. USB works. The sound card doesn't work at all yet in Ubuntu 7.10. Unlike Windows, Ubuntu is developed free of charge by the individuals around the world. I am hoping that by posting my findings on the Ubuntu laptop website that the devices that make up gateway t1620 will be included in the next release of Ubuntu, or others more experienced in this sort of thing will find solutions for the rest of us newer to Linux. Last edited by Diabase; 01-12-2008 at 05:33 PM.