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Linux - Laptop and Netbook Having 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).

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Old 12-06-2008, 04:32 PM   #1
rich345
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wireless network or wired


hey there

i have solar s96fm laptop and i have slackware 12.1 running kde, and everytime i try and get the network open it says cannot parse xml data from the back end, what does this mean, do i need like a driver to make it work ?
 
Old 12-07-2008, 08:59 AM   #2
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Your title says "wireless or wired". Which one are you trying to get working?

What are the network devices? (You can find them using lspci or dmesg)

What networking tools are you using? (eg something in the GUI, or terminal commands)
 
  


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