FC 5 on Dell Inspiron 6000

vincebs · 05-16-2006, 05:04 PM

So let me get this straight: the main problems are: 1.) wireless isn't working 2.) resolution/display issues and 3.) DVD playback problems?

Should I stick to Ubuntu 5.10, which is working perfectly, or should I upgrade to FC5?

P.S. Apparently the suspend problem is a well-known hardware problem with the Inspiron 6000 but afaik it hasn't been addressed by Dell. It happens to me in both Linux and Windows so I just disabled the suspending.

jpk · 05-20-2006, 07:54 AM

to vincebs:
1. wireless works fine, just use drivers and firmware from ipw2200 on sourcreforge
2. no probs at all with video in my case. i have ATI X300/1680x1050. But I had to install drivers manually in order to get OpenGL acceleration
3. DVS playback/record is very slow. The reason is that kernel does not support DMA for DVD drive. However, you can find a patch that fixes this problem, but
you'll have to recompile the kernel
4. Suspend works fine

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