I have been seeing a lot of Linux folks talking about SM, so I am quite willing to give it a shot as well ... if you dring a CD along <g>
MikeD Eric Fanning wrote: > I know there's all kinds of talk about Ubuntu going on here to solve > your problem. There is nothing wrong at all with Ubuntu, it's a very > good and stable distro. But if I may through in another suggestion, I > use SimplyMepis 6.5 (Currently RC1), and have converted a few people > over to Mepis who have had wireless issues with FC5, PCLinuxOS, etc and > every last one of them have gotten the wireless to work with just the > live CD. > > It started out Debian based years ago, but it now uses the Ubuntu repos. > Mepis 6.5 is the most stable and best version of this distro that I've > seen yet. Just my two cents. > > Eric > > FWP mail wrote: >> ChasJTurner wrote: >> >>> Mike, >>> What is the chipset/manufacturer of your wifi, and for that matter >>> what make and model is the computer? >>> >> >> It is an HP pavillion ZD7000 laptop. According to the drivers, it has a >> broadcon 802.11b/g chipset, if that helps. >> >> For further reference, I set up ndis wrappers and get no errors when it >> loads. It just doesn't want to work. It seems like it won't power up >> the chipset as near as I can tell. >> >> MikeD >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fwlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org > > _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org
