Wireless

[selda]

So I tried 'iwconfig' and the output was 'no wireless extensions'

Is it good or bad? :-)

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 01:05:06 -0500, David Zakar <david at zakar.com> wrote:

> Alright:
> 1. Get to the command line. Use 'su -l' to give yourself root. Type
> "iwconfig" and "ifconfig". Examine the output :). If the interface is
> not ethX (ie, you've got wlan0 from the card), it's not going to be able
> to be configured by RedHat's tools, _I THINK_. I had this issue with my
> Atmel USB device - fortunately, the driver let me make the interface
> eth1 instead of wlan0 with a module insert-time flag.
>
> 2. ATI has binary drivers for the Radeon 9000 that you may want to use.
> Go to ATI's website and grab 'em. The maximum resolution problem is
> tricky to resolve - could be a lack of the resolution in the screen
> block, or bad refresh rate settings for your monitor.
>
> 3. No idea about the sound. What does lspci tell you about your sound
> device?
>
> -DMZ
>
> On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 00:52, selda wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am a Linux newbie and I am searching for the right distro for me. 
>> Looks
>> I have found the right one:-)
>>
>> I have installed Fedora Severn about an hour ago and I'm really 
>> impressed.
>> It is the first distro that supports Dell TrueMobile 1180 Wireless USB
>> Adapter!!! But I don't know how to configure it :-(  If anyone knows,
>> please let me know.
>>
>> Another problem I have is the screen resolution. I don't know why but 
>> the
>> maximum resolution I can select is 1024x768. I have ATI Radeon 9000 pro
>> video card.
>>
>> Last problem is with the sound. My sound card was detected but the sound
>> test failed. I have SoundMax Integrated Audio
>>
>> Thanks for your help - selda
>>
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