I've tried several semi-randomly chosen LiveCD's on my laptop as well. It's a Compaq Presario V2000 with a Broadcom onboard wifi; there's a button aboard the keyboard for hot-(dis)abling the wifi, that lights up when the card is active.
Of the LiveCD's I've tried (EasyLinux, Knoppix, Linspire, SuSE, MEPIS, Fedoras 3 and Fedora 7), the only one that came close (i.e. supported and activated the card, albeit still needing configuration, as Robert Wittig noted it probably would) was the MEPIS. In fairness, it should be noted that the EasyLinux and Knoppix distros were contemporary with Fedora 3 -- namely, decidedly older. More recent versions may fare better. I'd be leery of the EasyLinux though, the organization behind it apparently hasn't really gelled, and may not offer much in the way of support. Going back to MEPIS.org, it's ironic that theirs is the one that worked, they have caveats in their faq's about Broadcom cards in particular, that they don't work with the standard bcm43* drivers supplied with the kernel, you have to go ahead and do something with ndiswrapper instead. It's kind of arcane to me yet ex It's academic for me, I'm probably not going to permanently install Linux on a laptop until I get better with the Fedora 7 on my desktop. But I would have asked essentially the same question eventually! --- In [email protected], > > kevinorourkegeordie wrote: > > > > > I have tried all types of linux live distros from > > linux magazines but > > > what really bugs me is i cant get my wireless > > inbuilt card to work, I > > > have a fujitsu siemens amilo pro laptop v2030d and > > would like > > > somebody to suggest a distro that will work and > > isn't too technical, (snip) > --- Robert C Wittig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > It doesn't matter what the laptop is... you have to > > know *exactly* > > which wireless card is built into the laptop. Then > > you have to find a > > Linux distro that supports *that exact* card. (snip) > > You will still probably have to do some configuring, > > even with a > > compatible card, to use the connection, though... > > just Google for > > setup, the card name, and Linux. To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
