Kahae Han wrote:
Hi!
Sorry I am a newbie on trying to install linux.
I installed SL4.7 on a sony vaio i purchased recently but it will not
recognize either the
wireless (Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100) or ethernet (Marvell Yukon
88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller)
I really would like SL4.7 to be the linux on this laptop as the all
the softwares I use need compilers version 3.4 and i know that SL5XX
has a way of switching back to the older compilers but still even the
latest SL5.2 seems to come with kernel which doesn't have the intel
wireless at any rate.
Is there any way I can get the wireless and the ethernet LAN to work
on the SL4.7?
thank you!
kahae
Hello,
To answer your last question first
Is there any way I can get the wireless and the ethernet LAN to work on the
SL4.7?
Wireless - No
I'm sorry, but SL 4 has never even has support for Intel wireless 4965, let
along 5100. It just doesn't have the infrastructure in the kernel or out of
the kernel to support it.
Wired - I don't know.
If it currently isn't recognized, then the odds are against you. I don't know
about that particular ethernet card. It's possible that it will be supported
in SL 4.8, but that is still at least 4 months away, probrubly 6.
Are those network adapters supported in SL 5.2?
Wireless - Currently no
It will be supported in SL 5.3.
Wired - Again, I don't know. But I thought it was.
Troy
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