Re: Linux on Compaq Presario Laptop...

2007-01-19 Thread Michael ODonnell
> Broadcom 802.11 b/g WLAN My HP zd7000 has a wireless chip that until recently had no Linux supported, no thanks to the super-geniuses at BroadCom. However, I just upgraded the Debian distro on that machine and was pleasantly surprised to see that there is now a native driver, so I guess the re

Re: Linux on Compaq Presario Laptop...

2007-01-19 Thread Michael ODonnell
Here are some drivers that have at least a shot at recognizing that card: 8139cp 8139too r8169 ...so it might be interesting to see the results of this: modprobe thatDriver ...for each one. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail

Re: Linux on Compaq Presario Laptop...

2007-01-18 Thread mike miller
rom: "mike shlitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:25 PM Subject: Linux on Compaq Presario Laptop... Hi All, I recently inherited a fairly new Compaq Presario V2000 Laptop (V2606CU). It came to me with MSW Home on it and I'd like to switch i

Re: Linux on Compaq Presario Laptop...

2007-01-18 Thread Michael Nolin
40 GB HDD > Matsushita UJDA 770 DVD/CDRW drive > RealTek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC > Broadcom 802.11 b/g WLAN Broadcom 802.11 b/g WLAN My Dell has this part, had to install an NDIS driver as there are not Linux drivers for it. Unless one has been released in the last two years. Mik

Linux on Compaq Presario Laptop...

2007-01-18 Thread mike shlitz
Hi All, I recently inherited a fairly new Compaq Presario V2000 Laptop (V2606CU). It came to me with MSW Home on it and I'd like to switch it over to FC, CentOS, or Ubuntu. (Any suggestions or caveats welcome). CPU is a Mobile AMD Sempron Processor 3000+ (787 MHz) Current RAM = 256 MB (I know