Hello Florian, what you said worked perfectly. Thank you so much. Daniele
On 1/22/06, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Daniele, > > daniele rosa wrote: > > Hello, > > I just bought that has a > > - i910 intel video card > > - 1280x800 natural screen resolution > > - pentiun M 740, (centrino technologies) > > You can find a lot of specific info on similar models from HP at these > sites: > > http://tuxmobil.org/hp.html > http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/hp.html > > > I don't really know how to make the X server work!! > > I tried to rebuild the kernel and I downloaded a version 2.6.15 > > I downloaded also a xorg suite but nothing > > If you are using the unstable branch ("Sid") it should be enough to > install the package "linux-image-2.6.15-1-686". This also has a driver > for your wireless network card (see below). > > To get X working, install the package "x-window-system" with apt-get or > aptitude. This will get you all the necessary components of X.org. Also > install "discover", "mdetect", "laptop-detect" and "xresprobe" to help > with the hardware detection. (Some of these packages might be installed > automatically with X.) > > Then run "dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low xserver-xorg" as root. This > will attempt to detect your hardware and should give you a good starting > point for the configuration of your X server. Your graphics card is > supported by the "i810" driver, see "man i810" for more details. > > Then try to run "startx". If this is successful you can think about > installing a fancier desktop environment such as KDE or Gnome. If X > fails to start you should post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and the > output of "egrep '^\((EE|WW)\)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log" so that we can see > what went wrong. > > > Another issue is the wireless. it's an Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless > > 2200BG (rev 05). > > Do you know how to make it work? > > I tried with the ndiswrapper tool, downloading the inf windows' driver > > but the system says it's an invalid driver. > > I'll paste below my lspci -v output. > > There is no need anymore to use ndiswrapper since support for the > IPW2200 is included in the 2.6.15 kernels. All the details can be found > on http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/ > > The short version of the story is: > > 1) Install the package "wireless-tools" > > 2) Download version 2.4 of the firmware from here: > http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=6 > Extract all files from the tarball which you get after agreeing to the > license and put them in the directory /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware > > 3) As root, do "modprobe ipw2200". If the module loads without error > messages you are in business. > > 4) Run "iwconfig" to see which name the wireless card was assigned. "man > iwconfig" will tell you how to set things like the ESSID, the access > point, WEP key etc. > > Regards, > Florian > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
