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Yup. today it arrived (or technically yesterday, since its 1AM). I unwrapped it, and started installing Fedora Linux 3

Installing Fedora Linux 3 on ECS Green 556 —>

The installation went nicely… No problems with a basic install… but, the wlan card wasnt detected. This was as expected.

So… i went to ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net, and checked if ndiswrapper supported the card (Intel PRO Wireless 2200). And it did. Off we go…

My kernel freezes when I modprobe ndiswrapper. This is a known problem, and is related to Fedora’s 4kb limit on the driver stack. When I try to load a 12kb driver this causes trouble. So… download the modified kernel package that ndiswrapper recommended.

Woha! Kudzu detects my card the next time I booted, and asks me to set it up.

Thats a step in the right direction (I didn’t even need ndiswrapper). But the card still doesnt work .

ipw2200-enhet eth1 ser ikke ut til å være tilstede, venter med initiering.

I gave this up for now… I’ll try another distribution tomorrow

Fact-sheet

Fedora 3 on ECS Green556

Item	tested	works (ootb)	works (ah)
Network kard (wired)	Yes	Yes
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700	Yes	Yes (No OpenGL)
Synaptics touchpad w/scrollbuttons	Yes	Yes
Modem	No
DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, DVD-RW burner	Yes	Yes
Sound card	Yes	Yes

BTW: the speakers has horrible sound quality.

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