[Herefordshire] Linux on Laptops

[Dunstan Lawrence]

I have mandrake running on my compaq n610c laptop very happily


Except for......

You guessed it .. Wireless!

I have not got either of my cards to work yet

belkin 6020 pcmcia
Belkin 7050 usb

I can "nearly" get them to work

Ie. I can see the ssid but get no traffic

I am going to try suse 9.3 next to see if that is any better.

BoX
 

-----Original Message-----
From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Phil Taylor
Sent: 28 June 2005 13:24
To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
Subject: [Herefordshire] Linux on Laptops

I thought a new thread would be nice :-)

I have a Compaq N200 (mini laptop) and a Sony Viao (huge laptop with 16" 
TFT!)
On my desktop I fun Fedora3 perfectly (Cant live without it! - no dual boot
here!)

I have never had success with them and linux.  my main issues are PCMCIA
(generally) PCMCIA Wireless (Specifically) Power options (Sony Viao fan runs
at full speed even when laptop cool - this is handled by software on win)

I travel a lot and need a laptop that I can connect to different networks as
needed (both cabled and wireless) so these things are really the areas I
need to get right,

What has been the experience of others on the list with Linux on Laptops??

Phil.

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