Yes Ubuntu was pre-installed.  <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 8, 2008 2:16 PM, Jim Campbell <<a href="mailto:jwcampbell@gmail.com">jwcampbell@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> James, did this laptop come with Ubuntu preinstalled on it?  :)  (Just curious . . . )<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/8/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">James White</b> <<a href="mailto:jwhite1202@gmail.com" target="_blank">jwhite1202@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Thanks for the help guys I appreciate it.  The <span name="st">wireless</span> card I have in my laptop is the <span><span name="st">Dell</span> <span name="st">Wireless</span> <span name="st">1490</span> 802.11a/g Mini-Card.  You all are suggesting I get an Intel <span name="st">wireless</span> card which is not a problem.  I assume I could pick one of those up at Best Buy, Circuit City, or someplace like that.  Is there another type of <span name="st">wireless</span> card (other than Intel's)  that you all would suggest to get my <span name="st">wireless</span> connection going?  Again thanks for the feedback, I really do want to get more into Linux and migrate away from Windows.<br> <span><br><br>--James<br></span></span> <div><span><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 8, 2008 8:15 AM, Jason Crow <<a href="mailto:cjac76@comcast.net" target="_blank">cjac76@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div>It has probably been covered before, but make sure the restricted drivers manager is running. If you have a broadcom adapter in the laptop, you need to enable the restricted rivers module. It can be found under System - Administration. <div><br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td><br></td></tr></tbody></table><br>On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 20:57 -0600, Jim Campbell wrote:<br> </div> <div> <div></div> <div> <blockquote type="CITE"><font color="#000000">Hi James,</font><br><br><font color="#000000">Thanks for giving linux a try.  :-)  What version of Ubuntu are you running (7.04, 7.10 . . . typing the command "lsb_release -r" into a command prompt should give you that information), and what type of encryption is being used for the wifi?</font><br> <br><font color="#000000">Thanks,</font><br><br><font color="#000000">Jim  </font><br><br></blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"><font color="#000000">On Feb 7, 2008 8:37 PM, James White <<a href="mailto:jwhite1202@gmail.com" target="_blank">jwhite1202@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</font><br> <blockquote><font color="#000000">Hello,</font><br><br><font color="#000000">I just bought a Dell XPS M1330.  I am brand new to Linux and am having trouble setting up my wireless connection.  I have a 2Wire wireless modem.  The problem is that Ubuntu will not recognize the password key that I am giving it.  I know the key works because I have several other computers using it with no problem.  Please let me know what I need to do to get this to work.</font><br> <br><br><font color="#000000">Thanks,</font><br><br><font color="#888888">James</font><br><br><font color="#000000">--</font><br><font color="#000000">Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list</font><br><font color="#000000"><a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com</a></font><br> <font color="#000000"><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago</a></font><br> <br></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote type="CITE"><br></blockquote></div></div></div><br>--<br>Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago</a><br><br></blockquote> </div><br></span></div></blockquote></div><br> </div></div><br>--<br>Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br>