Must be the newer model? I have an nc600, (Compaq) and all but the LT Winmodem worked 'out of the box' using Slack 9. Might be worth a shot? -mj Here's what Jeff Nelson babbled earlier : > I need help installing Linux on a notebook computer. Is there going to be an > installfest soon? > > Background > ========== > I have a new laptop from hp, the nc6000. None of the distributions I've tried > (Debian, Mandrake, Knoppix) work perfectly; each has flaws. > > Debian 3.0r1 installs but doesn't find any network adaptors (there are two: a > Broadcom 10/100/1000 NIC and a wireless 802.11a/b/g adaptor). > > Mandrake 9.2 installs and finds the Broadcom NIC, but not the wireless. Other > problems: sound is muted and the "troubleshooting" instructions don't seem to work > (aumix is not available); wireless is not configured; power management is broken > (says battery is at zero on fully-charged batter). XFree86 doesn't come up > correctly unless the display is set to "vesa"; none of the Radeon display settings > work but they should. > > Mandrake 10.0 (cooker 20031231) fixes the power messages, but power management > isn't turned on in the kernel. Sound is still broken, wireless adaptor is still > not found. Radeon (fbdev) doesn't work, but plain Radeon does. Internal modem not > configured either (probably broken in 9.2 as well as other distributions, but have > not confirmed). > > Knoppix 3.3 (booted from CD) doesn't find any network devices, but the sound > works. Power doesn't. > > Specific Needs > ============== > Here is a numbered list of items where I need help. > > 1. I am not tied to a particular distribution and am willing to try another. > Recommendations accepted. > > Otherwise I plan to stick with Mandrake 10.0 and get it to work. The devices I > need to get configured are: > > 2. sound. ALSA snd-intel8x0 is the default module and it is loaded. The PCI ID is > 8086:24c5:103c:0890, description is "ICH4 845G/GL Chipset AC'97 Audio Controller". > The external light indicating MUTE is turned on, but pressing buttons to > raise/lower volume or unmute have no effect. I have run a character-based mixer > program (the usual troubleshooting advice say to run aumix but that is not > installed!) and verified that volumes are up and nothing is muted except the > microphone. What next? > > 3. Wireless network configuration. I really need this to work and am not sure what > I need to do. The PCI ID is 168c:0013:0e11:00e5. > > 4. Need to enable power management options in Kernel and rebuild. > > Any advice is greatly appreciated. > > -Jeff -- --------------------- Jentges.NET, Inc. Voice: 763.783.3702 Cell: 763.370.1201 --------------------- _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list