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linux on toshiba 2515CDS - help!

post #1 of 7
12/30/05 at 8:33am
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well, lets see, i installed red hat linux 7.2 (i think, i know its redhat, but im not sure about issue) with little to no problems. only real issue is how slow the laptop is, due to its date. everything is just peachy, untill i start to get ready to get online... now im using a xircom PCMCIA cardbus card, which linux fully recognizes (at least in the system browsers) yet i still cant get online. I was looking through the PCI in the control center, and it listed that the drivers were only accessable through root... so i logged into root, and it also cannot access the internet...

any ideas?

thanks in advance, you guys really are the best
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post #2 of 7
12/30/05 at 11:20am
all drivers are only accessable by root. you just need to modprobe for it and make sure its loaded. next, you might wanna run iwconfig to make sure it finds teh wireless device, and from there on connect.

furthermore, since you have a tad of a retarded notebook (err..slow) i would suggest a distro other than Red Hat, something quick, that won't bug you down, Vector comes to mind as in its very light weight and fast.

anyway, good luck.
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post #3 of 7
12/30/05 at 11:59am
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appreciated... its not a wireless, btw
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post #4 of 7
12/30/05 at 3:51pm
I'm with abf on this try a newer distro and I bet you will be set. ubunto comes to mind.
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post #5 of 7
1/2/06 at 5:44pm
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ok, sorry bout the delay, but i still have a question, basically want to make it clear... i need to run modprobe in, root?, and make sure my drivers are loaded... then it should automatically recognize the device (not wireless)? how do i run modprobe? just :modprobe ? or do i need a -xyz ?

and as far as another distro, im not worried about it... first things first, i need the net if i want to keep linux on this system, once i get it, i will look into other distros and start that hassle (im VERY new to linux, everything so far is a hassle (its a fun hassle, but still difficult) later, once i am comfortable with classes and have the extra time
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post #6 of 7
1/2/06 at 6:08pm
Typically just modprobe <driver> You can see what drivers you have availiable with modprobe -l (That is an L, and I would strongly reccomend piping this to grep to help narrow down your search if you know how

And yes you need root permissions/abilities to use modprobe as it is in /sbin and modifies how the kernel is acting by loading a module. So either be logged in as root or use sudo.

Seablade
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post #7 of 7
1/9/06 at 11:14pm
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thanks for the tips guys, i requested Ubutno cds (they will ship me the cds, ty seablade) and hopefully that can get me started...

ill be back im sure! hehe
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