Linux - Laptop and NetbookHaving a problem installing or configuring Linux on your laptop? Need help running Linux on your netbook? This forum is for you. This forum is for any topics relating to Linux and either traditional laptops or netbooks (such as the Asus EEE PC, Everex CloudBook or MSI Wind).
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells! With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here! Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use.
Exclusive for LQ members, get up to 45% off per month. Click here for more info.
Hello. I have a dell 700m currently running mandrake 10.1 community. i have had nohting but problems getting the wireless and video to work. Do you guys think ill have any better luck with suse 9.2 pro?
Not sure of your wireless setup, so hard to answer. SuSE tends to come with more wireless drivers by default, whereas other distros rely more on external drivers and such, but that's not always the case. What wireless card do you have?
Intel Pro\Wireless 2915. i downloaded some drivers but i cant seem to get them to work. says i need some firmware. so i downloaded the firmware but there is not a readme or anything to tell me where to put the blasted thing.
Have you tried using ndiswrapper? I have Fedora Core 3 on my 700m. While I use a Dell 1300 MPCI card, I have seen many posts where people have gotten Centrino wireless to work. It really should not be a distro problem, more of getting the proper drivers into your kernel.
I just installed Suse 9.2 on my 700m (got it yesterday) and it automatically recognized my wireless card (Intel 2915) and as I haven't finished configuring it yet, I'm pretty sure that it auto recognized everything else as well...
yeah. i got the drivers from the sourceforge project but i cant seem to get them installed....something bout firmware again. still cant figure out where to put the files. zhuangshi, did you have to do anything special or did the card just come on when you boot up suse?
it'll come up automatically for both ethernet and wireless, it'll auto config your ethernet card...you have to delte that config and config your ethernet card...not hard at all. and if you would like to communicate with a windows network you have to enable samba and disable your firewall...
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.
