On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Double thanks to Ross for helping me get FC4 up and running on my laptop.
Now that everything is peachy (well, sorta) I am faced with the task of
getting as much working as I can, i.e.- wireless, screen resolution, dual
monitors, etc. I found some stuff from Intel to get my wireless working
but I have now idea how to implement it, (I think the instructions were
written in Greek.) So does anyone know of a good newbie introduction
website that would give me a good reference?
I've been able to get screen resolution and dual monitors working peachily
with my FC4 laptop, but so far wireless has been an unattainable goal. I
would recommend bringing the laptop to a UUG meeting or arrange another
time to have someone assist with the wireless issues. (You could post the
results of "/sbin/lspci" and "/sbin/lspci -n" to give us an idea of what
we're up against.)
Unfortunately, wireless on Linux is not particularly what I'd call a
"newbie" task, so I don't know of any guides or walkthroughs for the
subject. It's not that Linux isn't set up for wireless--modern distros
actually do quite a good job. Rather, most (if not all) wireless cards
don't come with Linux drivers, don't adhere to any known standards, and
don't publish their specs.
~ Ross
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