James, did this laptop come with Ubuntu preinstalled on it? :) (Just curious . . . )<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/8/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">James White</b> <<a href="mailto:jwhite1202@gmail.com">jwhite1202@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Thanks for the help guys I appreciate it. The <span class="st" id="st" name="st">wireless</span> card I have in my laptop is the <span><span class="st" id="st" name="st">Dell</span> <span class="st" id="st" name="st">Wireless</span> <span class="st" id="st" name="st">1490</span> 802.11a/g Mini-Card. You all are suggesting I get an Intel <span class="st" id="st" 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 class="st" id="st" name="st">wireless</span> card (other than Intel's) that you all would suggest to get my <span class="st" id="st" 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>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 8, 2008 8:15 AM, Jason Crow <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:cjac76@comcast.net" target="_blank">cjac76@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<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.
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<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>
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<blockquote type="CITE"><font color="#000000">On Feb 7, 2008 8:37 PM, James White <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" 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>
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