kanenas@hawaii.rr.com wrote:
This is mostly for folx who are looking for linux compatible laptops. A Dell Vostro 1710 with Nvidia video (UXGA) and dell wireless works GREAT! I shrunk the xp (NOT VISTA) partition with the 10.3 install disk, then installed 11.1-64 bit, kde- 3.5, no 4.x joke, will try a higher number when it gets around 5.2. grub is on the mbr. dual boot works, but it is not needed. EVERYTHING works fine, including multimedia. The one complaint is that i had to install ndiswrapper for the wireless,it too works fine now, a little better i think since the last knetworkmanager upgrade. don't have a fingerprint reader and just discovered that the machine came with a webcam, don't know if i want to install anything about it yet. d.
Great choice of laptop to get a nvidia based graphics system. The souls stuck with ATI right now are not doing so well running 11.1. (11.0 and earlier still have good drivers available). For your wireless issue, post the output of: lspci then as root: dmidecode hwinfo --netcard And I bet either I, or someone with experience with your wireless adapter, can help get rid of ndiswrapper and your new box onto a native linux driver. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org