So I'm working on this laptop that came with XP installed. I'm trying different distros, and trying to get the wifi to connect. (Under the Windows Device Manager, it only says the wifi is a "Broadcom 802.11g", nothing else.) Every distro works, but the only ones that see the wifi and configure it immediately are Ubuntu and Crunchbang (Ubuntu with a smaller memory footprint). Even Fedora didn't see it, and it usually is pretty good about that. Puppy had no clue it was there at all, multiple scans turned up nothing.
So, if I wipe XP, it looks like Ubuntu or Crunchbang will go on the machine. But before I do, how can I tell if they are using Linux native drivers or a wrapper? If it's a wrapper, I can't delete XP from the machine because then it won't work. How can I tell what's going on under the hood? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
