Give a visit to www.linux-on-laptops.com and www.tuxmobil.org. Maybe you'll locate some informations for your specific model there.
HTH Lars On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 02:19, Tony Godshall wrote: > According to Jorge Castro, > > Hi, > > > > I have recently installed Debian/Linux version 3.0.23 on my Dell Inspirion > > 5150 > > laptop (along with WindowsXP). > > > > So far I have had limited success: the kernel and utilities run, but I > > believe a lot of hardware was not detected: can't use modem, graphics card, > > usb floppy, and just about > > everything on the PCI bus. > > (the CDROM (and HD) drive was detected and seems fine) > > > I am not sure what is the best next step from here to solve this problem? > > You might install discover- it detected all of my pci hardware > (Sony Vaio GRX-560) and loaded the right modules for it. > > You might also look for model-specific info at tuxtops.org > and Dell-specific lists. > > > Meanwhile, I am trying to sort out the modem (I need it to ... > > Can't help you there. -- LarsWeissflog [EMAIL PROTECTED] dot DE
