My configuration file for the SVGA server is here . A good resource for those running XFree86 on the Cirrus chips is Gordon Chaffee's cirrus configurations page . This is extremely useful for roaming between ethernet at the office and telephone connections on the road. The sound chip is an ESS 1688, which is Soundblaster compatible. I put this in my rc.modules file.
Parallel Port Works for printing.
The screen sleeps and wakes up, and shutdown truly shuts down. He got IrDA running with the help of the irda-utils package. His explanation is in the Comments section below. If you have any more success stories with IrDA modems, printers, palm pilots, psions,etc. I don't yet have a docking station which could take advantage of the port replicator located on the back of the LTE5200.