On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 2:12 AM, Kevin Kempter kevin@kevinkempterllc.com wrote:
I'm trying to instal CentOS on my new laptop but I've run into a few issues. It's a Dell Precision M6400 - I'm installing CentOS 5 (64bit) running KDE
I have an old Toshiba Tecra 8100 w/P3-600 and CentOS 5.2 32 bit, so there will be extreme variances, but....
I have 3 issues:
- I cannot get the wireless to work
I had trouble with this, too. I have a DLink USB wireless plugin, which may be part of the problem, but I wound up using ndiswrapper and the Window$ driver, and that seems to work as long as I can remember the right sequence of commands to execute to ensure that it is up and running. (Need to script that....)
- I cannot get sound to work
You might want to post some info on what kind of sound processor is in your machine. I can't help you here - my sound works fine.
- I cannot get the full screen resolution
I can go to administration --> display and under the 'Hardwae' tab I can configure the display as a generic or as a Dell 1920x1200 but no matter what I choose the 'Settings' tab only lets me choose a max of 1400x1050
Have you gone to system->preferences->screen resolution and set that as well? I could not get any widescreen modes to work with my (home) desktop system and a new 22"WS monitor until I did that. Then they all worked.
Also, check your xorg.conf file to make sure all the possible modes are there - sometimes you have to edit in the Modes line with all the resolutions your monitor can handle.
I can get the wireless and sound to work in Fedora 10 but I'm not sure how to tell specifically what devices they are.. I thought I could use Fedora 10 to help debug the sound & wireless.
Whole different animal - different kernel and everything else down the line. Probably not going to help much.
HTH
mhr