[WaltH]

I voted no on the Gnome 3.5 release. I have it installed on a Dell Inspiron 8200. A lot does work, but I cannot get wireless to work. I have a problematic card (a Hawking card), but it is one I have had working with ndiswrapper in the past.

I installed the Windows .inf file (tnet1130.inf) and I get a message saying that the hardware is present, but I am unable to configure the network (I get an error message saying no network configuration tools were found). When I go to the CLI and try to configure with the iwconfig command, I get an error saying that device wlan0 was not found.

I am glad for any suggestions for getting this card working in Dreamlinux (as I'm not quite in a position at the moment to buy another card and because the target is always shifting I never seem to have good luck finding a compatible card). For what it is worth (maybe nothing), I did have this card working in Linux Mint and Ubuntu 8.04 but both seemed a little too heavy for my tastes. Thanks.

Walt

[richs-lxh]

Hi Walt, post all the info you can in our Networking section and we'll see what we can do. Usually, if a piece of hardware works with one distro, it can be made to work with another.

The drivers and firmware are just open source versions of the proprietary drivers, so the distro is irrelevant.

Hopefully we can get you up and running.

rich

[WaltH]

What information would be most relevant? Tips for finding that information are also appreciated. Thanks.

Walt

[rx_shorty]

Gnome worked on serval systems...
But it had some problems with vista boot loader, solved this by deleting all other partitions except the vista one.
Also had some grub problems, but that was a Windows Bitlocker issue.

[SgDreamer]

What information would be most relevant? Tips for finding that information are also appreciated. Thanks.

Walt

@Walt: Do this in Terminal and post your problem with this result in the Network Cards and Wireless in the Hardware Support section, please.

Code:

lspci |grep Wireless

[feddds]

xfce...yes!
on several machines...took this info from HardInfo/Harware Setup on DCP

1. dad's old DELL optiplex
-Computer-
Processor      : Pentium III (Coppermine)
Memory      : 253MB (179MB used)
Operating System      : Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
User Name      : feddds (feddds)
Date/Time      : lun 13 abr 2009 17:27:58 ART
-Display-
Resolution      : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer      : Mesa GLX Indirect
X11 Vendor      : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter      : ICH - Intel 82801AA-ICH
-Input Devices-
 Macintosh mouse button emulation
 AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
 ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse
 Power Button (FF)
-Printers (CUPS)-
Deskjet_D1400_series      : (Default)
-IDE Disks-
WDC WD100BB-75CLB0
SAMSUNG CD-ROM SN-124
-SCSI Disks-
PD1 Pocket Memory

2. my asus 701 eeepc at home
will complete soon

3. my personal laptop at work
will complete soon

4. on my mom's low end bangho (argentine assembled) laptop.
will complete soon

Feddds.

[feddds]

XFCE version working great on

2. asus eeepc 701

Computer
Summary
Computer
Processor   Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 900MHz
Memory   505MB (192MB used)
Operating System   Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
User Name   feddds (Dreamlinux User)
Date/Time   lun 13 abr 2009 22:34:06 ART
Display
Resolution   800x480 pixels
OpenGL Renderer   Mesa DRI Intel(R) 915GM 20061017 x86/MMX/SSE2
X11 Vendor   The X.Org Foundation
Multimedia
Audio Adapter   HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
Input Devices
Macintosh mouse button emulation   
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard   
Power Button (FF)   
Lid Switch   
Sleep Button (CM)   
Power Button (CM)   
Asus EeePC extra buttons   
UVC Camera (eb1a:2761)   
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad   
Video Bus   
Printers
No printers found   
IDE Disks
SCSI Disks
ATA SILICONMOTION SM   
USB2.0 CardReader SD0   
Operating System
Version
Kernel   Linux 2.6.28.5-1-i686-dream (i686)
Compiled   #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Feb 13 20:42:53 EET 2009
C Library   GNU C Library version 2.7 (stable)
Distribution   Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
Current Session
Computer Name   feddds
User Name   feddds (Dreamlinux User)
Home Directory   /home/feddds
Desktop Environment   XFCE 4

[el-nico]

Yes!

Dreamlinux 3.5 works great for me!

Me happy!

[granddad]

Hi all,
Firstly, I beg your pardon for my poor english
Live CD tries to start X but my Samsung Syncmaster 632nw plus prints message "no optimal mode" and system returns to console.
By commanding startx, X system starts but fonts are too small and unreadable. Leaving X and editing xorg.conf, I've modified resolution from 1360x768 (monitor's default) to 1024x768.
So, fonts are readable but desktop was like a virtual desktop without scroll and awn wasn't visible.
After install system using that wrong resolution, in my first action have installed nvidia driver. I've must to correct resolution manually on Nvidia Xserver settings utility.
Then, system works fine.

[richs-lxh]

Hi Granddad,

No worries about your English, this is an international forum, and I understood you perfectly. 

Most distros can be a bit funny with some graphics cards and certain network cards, that is down to the manufacturers not providing drivers to the open source community. I am glad you persisted and got it working ok.

rich

[JimC]

I haven't been using it that long yet.  I installed the XFCE version.  But, I've since installed KDE 3.5.10 (as well as LXDE) and use KDE as my primary desktop when running DL 3.5.

The only probs I noticed were due to the installer (and probably my lack of experience using it).  For example, I couldn't figure out what the choice to update an existing GRUB was supposed to do.  So, I tried it (thinking it would probably prompt me for the partition that /grub/boot/menu.lst was already installed in) and I ended up with a non-booting system.    The next time I gave the installer a try, it seemed to get confused when I tried to use the add user button (probably my error again).  After a few tries, I finally got to a working install (but, I ended up not installing GRUB in the MBR using the DL installer, and just added DL 3.5 to an existing GRUB install from MEPIS .

Next time, I guess I should read the instructions (something I rarely need to do with a Linux install).

But, after getting it installed, for some reason, DL didn't identify my last ext3 partition correctly, instead assuming it was NTFS for some odd reason.  Here's the way DL created /etc/fstab (/dev/sda10 is actually ext3, not ntfs)

Code:

# created by Dreamlinux Installer
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sda7 / ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0
/dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2 ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
/dev/sda3 /mnt/sda3 ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
/dev/sda4 /mnt/sda4 boot, noauto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/sda6 /mnt/sda6 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/sda8 /mnt/sda8 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/sda9 /mnt/sda9 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/sda10 /mnt/sda10 ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /mnt/sdc1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0

But, I just edited /etc/fstab and corrected it, and now I can mount sda10 OK, too.

DL 3.5 is running fine so far (I use it as time permits), working just fine with my wireless, graphics, etc.  It will take a bit of work to get KDE tweaked the way I like it though (something I realize you guys don't officially support).

I like the idea of a distro that's easy to use for creating customized remasters, persistant installs on USB flash drives, etc.   Easy Install is also a neat idea (and it's worked fine so far when I've tried it).   

[richs-lxh]

Hi Jim, to be honest with that partitioning scheme, I am pretty pleased that all that the installer did was mistake one Ext3 for an Ntfs 

Considering nelsongs wrote the installer from scratch, that's not bad going.

The add user has been removed from the new installer as people were mistaking it for "applying" themselves as a single user, so that was a bit confusing.

When you get used to an installer, you realise just how good it is. Having everything on one interface without having to keep clicking "next" is a God-send for me (impatient).

As for Kde, I loathed it, but recently I have been using it on Backtrack 3, and it has grown on me, only because BT3 has organised it well.
The standard Kde for me is a mess. I do think that a Dreamlinux Kde edition could be quite appealing though, especially if it was done right. The only other Kde OS I know of which impressed me was PcLinuxOS, they also did a good job of arranging Kde well.

Anyway, glad you have DL up and running now.

rich

[JimC]

Hi Jim, to be honest with that partitioning scheme, I am pretty pleased that all that the installer did was mistake one Ext3 for an Ntfs 

LOL - yes, my drives could probably use some housekeeping.

[eldona]

After voting NO to both XFCE and CNOME versions here is the reason that explains it:

http://dreamlinuxforums.org/index.php/topic,5479.0.html

[ghicks]

Yes, XfCE worked right out of the box. LiveCD and hard drive install. Installer worked great. XfCE required some tweaking to get it set up to my preferences, but it worked. And, it is now set up according to my preferences. The only problem ever, was Xsane not recognizing my HP all-in-one as a scanner. However, a simple acceptable solution (using the built in card reader on the HP all-in-one) is working perfectly. This also seems to be more of an Xsane problem, since the HP Officejet 6310xi was not listed on the Xsane website as a recognozed scanner.
Greg