Hi Julien,
On Sat, 2005-11-26 at 23:19 +0100, julienbreval@free.fr wrote:
download the latest knoppix, the DVD image if you have the bandwidth. then you can install gentoo using tar, or debian using debootstrap, and chroot into it and set up the kernel and modules for your hw..
I was thinking about something similar but I don't have much time currently for doing it
I don't think there's going to be a quick fix. I've just been installing Gentoo on an Acer travelmate, and in addition to the buggy DSDT, there are several kernel options that don't work together like PCMCIA support at boot and ACPI. Unless you are very lucky, I think you will have to either do what Frank says and lose some features via the kernel boot time flags, or compile your own kernel.
Have you checked if anyone has done it before on http://www.linux- laptop.net/?