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From: "lousyhacker" igothacked on 26 Mar 2007 16:47 the laptop is an HP Pavillian DV5000 i was wondering if the internal wifi will work on this ?? before i install it, and also, will there be any comatibility issues with this laptop? it is a 2.2 ghz machine with 2 gigs of ram, and a 120gb hd. uses the ati 128mb video card. and is using the amd turion 64 processor it also has a dvd writer anyone familuar with this laptop and any issues with linux? before i install it on the laptop.
From: Doug Holtz on 28 Mar 2007 09:23 "lousyhacker" <igothacked(a)mye-mail addi.com> wrote in message news:GjWNh.11690$Um6.10055(a)newssvr12.news.prodigy.net... > the laptop is an HP Pavillian DV5000 > > i was wondering if the internal wifi will work on this ?? before i install > it, and also, will there be any comatibility issues with this laptop? > > it is a 2.2 ghz machine with 2 gigs of ram, and a 120gb hd. uses the ati > 128mb video card. and is using the amd turion 64 processor it also has a > dvd writer > > anyone familuar with this laptop and any issues with linux? before i > install it on the laptop. > > You might try Ubuntu 6.10 first. It's the first distro I've used that got my wi fi working on a SMC PC Card. (Has atheros wireless support, not sure of Broadcom in HP.) CentOS 4.4 may also be a good substitute for FC 2. Doug
From: dold on 28 Mar 2007 14:43 Doug Holtz <dholtz(a)wi.rr.com> wrote: > You might try Ubuntu 6.10 first. It's the first distro I've used that got > my wi fi working on a SMC PC Card. (Has atheros wireless support, not sure > of Broadcom in HP.) CentOS 4.4 may also be a good substitute for FC 2. FC 6 would be a good substitute for FC2 ;-) A coworker has a Dell with an Intel internal Wifi adapter that didn't work with FC2, and he couldn't get downloaded drivers to work. It is supported natively (if I recall correctly) under FC6. Atheros chipsets are supported pretty well at http://MADwifi.org There are binary downloads available for some Linux distros. I have a DLink DWL-G630 running on Redhat AS3. The DWL-G630 has several different chipsets, depending on the version, so it's more important to know the chipset than the label on the outside. -- --- Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5
From: Unruh on 28 Mar 2007 15:26 "Doug Holtz" <dholtz(a)wi.rr.com> writes: >"lousyhacker" <igothacked(a)mye-mail addi.com> wrote in message >news:GjWNh.11690$Um6.10055(a)newssvr12.news.prodigy.net... >> the laptop is an HP Pavillian DV5000 >> >> i was wondering if the internal wifi will work on this ?? before i install >> it, and also, will there be any comatibility issues with this laptop? The newer the distribution the greater the likelihood of it working. Why are you using Fedora 2? >> >> it is a 2.2 ghz machine with 2 gigs of ram, and a 120gb hd. uses the ati >> 128mb video card. and is using the amd turion 64 processor it also has a >> dvd writer You ask about the wireless but do not tell us which wireless card it uses. >> >> anyone familuar with this laptop and any issues with linux? before i >> install it on the laptop. >> >> >You might try Ubuntu 6.10 first. It's the first distro I've used that got >my wi fi working on a SMC PC Card. (Has atheros wireless support, not sure >of Broadcom in HP.) CentOS 4.4 may also be a good substitute for FC 2. >Doug
From: "lousyhacker" igothacked on 28 Mar 2007 16:26
it is built in. looking at the properties, it is a broadcom 802.11 a/b/g WLAN the driver date is 7/21/2005 version is 3.140.16.0 is this enough info on the card for you? my network lan card is a RealTek RTL8139/810x Family this laptop also includes bluetooth option from widcom inc driver version 4.01.2601 is this enough info on the specs. the person who replied with stating i had a broadcom card was right on the money. sorry for the lack of information on that. hope this helps you out in determining my issues. "Unruh" <unruh-spam(a)physics.ubc.ca> wrote in message news:hjzOh.19242$6z3.11794(a)edtnps82... > "Doug Holtz" <dholtz(a)wi.rr.com> writes: > > >>"lousyhacker" <igothacked(a)mye-mail addi.com> wrote in message >>news:GjWNh.11690$Um6.10055(a)newssvr12.news.prodigy.net... >>> the laptop is an HP Pavillian DV5000 >>> >>> i was wondering if the internal wifi will work on this ?? before i >>> install >>> it, and also, will there be any comatibility issues with this laptop? > > The newer the distribution the greater the likelihood of it working. Why > are you using Fedora 2? > >>> >>> it is a 2.2 ghz machine with 2 gigs of ram, and a 120gb hd. uses the ati >>> 128mb video card. and is using the amd turion 64 processor it also has a >>> dvd writer > > You ask about the wireless but do not tell us which wireless card it uses. > > >>> >>> anyone familuar with this laptop and any issues with linux? before i >>> install it on the laptop. >>> >>> > >>You might try Ubuntu 6.10 first. It's the first distro I've used that got >>my wi fi working on a SMC PC Card. (Has atheros wireless support, not >>sure >>of Broadcom in HP.) CentOS 4.4 may also be a good substitute for FC 2. >>Doug > > |