FC4 T2 and Dell M70

[William M. Quarles]

You might want to try the "testers" list rather than this list, since 
you are using FC4 T2.

Peace,
William

Jamie Bohr wrote:

> Has any one had luck installing Fedora (3 or 4) on a Dell M70 laptop?  I 
> just got one and wiped Window out first thing.  I was quite disappointed 
> to learn sound and wireless were not supported out in FC4.  The audio is 
> AC97 and the wireless is a Intel PRO/Wireless 2915 a/b/g.  I have 
> searched the Internet and found where other users were able to get Suse 
> or Ubuntu installled will little trouble.  I have Fedora 4 T2 
> installed.   No sound, I am still searching the Internet to get this 
> addressed.  The wireless is very weird though.  The system does not see 
> the built in wireless card at all.  When I insert my old Xircom wireless 
> card the builtin Intel shows up - what's up with that?  My Xircom is not 
> even listed.  I have down loaded the drivers from Intel and installed as 
> indicated, still not luck.
> 
> My quesion is this, why does the builtin wireless card not show up until 
> I put my old Xircom card?  Also why does the Xircom no work?  I am 
> downloading the Suse live CD to see what happens.  I would rather stick 
> with Fedora if I can get it to work with little effort.  I realize FC4 
> is still in testing so if I need to file a bug report I will.
> 
> Thank you,
>     Jamie Bohr
>