Posts by Lostshootingsta

my backlight inverter took a crap on me today for the second time in less than a year (thanks sager!). so if anyone has one PLEASE let me know. id like to get back up and running asap. the model number on the screen is LP171W01....

Ubuntu on my 4780

another new update...wireless works great. but now ubuntu takes FOREVER to boot up. its keeps hanging at "Loading network interfaces" even if i have my wifi card switched off. any ideas how i can stop this?

problem solved! i had 2 copies of ndiswrapper installed and they were conflicting with each other. all i did was sudo ndiswrapper -i mydriver.inf sudo ndiswrapper -m sudo modprobe ndiswrapper and my wireless card came up....

hi guys. now that iv had a little more free time iv got to play with this a little more. so far i did everything suggested and then some. but i still dont have wireless. i have used ndiswrapper, it says driver present, hardware...

because linux is anti-wireless. or at least that been my impression. go through the linux forum and see how many un-resolved wireless issues there are.

changing the hard drive is actually really easy..i dont know what geek squad was thinking. iv been through 2 hard drives in my 4780 i think it has to do with the heat.

i just installed ubuntu in place of fedora..(went faster than i expected) but the wireless still wont work. it shows a wireless adapter in the device manager under "usb 1.0" but i cant seem to get it to show up as an ethernet...

yah that seems to be the common consensus online..i was directed toward fedora by a few kids at school. im gonna try ubuntu tommorow. will it be just as easy to setup a dual boot on the 4780 with ubuntu as it was with fedora? and would...

I just installed fedora core 4 on my 4780. everything is working from the touchpad to the display drivers, except my wifi card. i cannot get it to do much of anything. has anyone ever had success getting this to work? if so, how?