Hi all. I just reloaded my Dell laptop with XP, and I left a 10GB partition for Linux. Since MDK 10 is fairly new, but MDK seems well supported, I thought I would load it and check it out. I had used Fedora in the past, but it seemed like I could never find apps for Fedora, perhaps because it was so new.

Anyway, besides the issues I am having with nvidia (I think I can fix these based on what I have read here though ), I noticed that when I boot with my wireless card in, Mandrake stops and asks me if I want to run the config tool. Then, if I take the card out, it asks again. And if I put it back in, it asks again. Because the card is an add-on card (not internal to the laptop), I take it out when I pack up the PC. So, it may or may not be in there when I boot.

Is this constant asking to configure the network unavoidable? I do not seem to remember having this issue with Fedora when I tried it out a while back.

I am fairly noobish with Linux, so apologies if this is a silly question.

Thanks in advance.

To the mods:

Please forgive the link to a post in another forum, if it violates a guideline please remove it and let me know.

Now, that said.

I wrote an FAQ on getting wireless cards working in Mandrake for another forum. It may help, it may not. It depends on the actual chipset of your wireless card (Most RealTEK and Broadcom cards will need to use ndiswrapper) and you can find that FAQ here. Check it out and see if it helps you.