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I have a Dell CPX J650GT that has been running XP Pro for about a year now. I decide since my Compaq Deskpro PIII 500mhz has been running slackware for also a year, I would just make the final leap and have all my machines run nix. The only problem I have right now is getting my wifi card and dial-up modem to work. The Modem is a Xircom Realport2 56K Win-GlobalACCESS model# R2BM56WGA. The wifi card is a D-Link G650 with an atheros chipset. I'm hoping the dial-up modem will work. I know the wifi card shouls since i have used knoppix on the laptop and it saw it. I think I just need to load/install some drivers. Still a newb to linux. Thanks for any help.

Supposedly your card works, and if you got it working in Knoppix; then you should be able to get it working under slackware, although you may need to do a few steps.

What version is the card? Version A takes a different driver than versions B & C: http://tinyurl.com/z2lh

As for the Modem, I could not find anything definitive on that exact chipset. I've not played around with modems for a good many years. Maybe someone else has some advice.

Thanks Dann. I forgot it was MADWIFI that I needed. I figured the modem was going to be tougher to get to work with nix if at all. I think I will just buy a cheap modem that I know works off of ebay. I can't believe how freakin sweet slackware looks on this laptop. Now I just need to get a bigger hard rive and it will be even better. Thanks again Dann.

MagnumIP wrote:I have a Dell CPX J650GT... The only problem I have right now is getting my wifi card and dial-up modem to work. The Modem is a Xircom Realport2 56K Win-GlobalACCESS model# R2BM56WGA.... I'm hoping the dial-up modem will work....

;what's your lspci output for the modem? it looks like you just need pcmcia-cs:

http://www.urbanmyth.org/linux/dell.html

;also, there's a very thorough description of configuring a dell latitude cpx j series on redhat. the hardware seems very similar, so you can very likely glean the necessary config info from there.

http://aemes.mae.ufl.edu/~vql/linux/laptopio.html

;let us know how you fare.

;treehead

02:00.0 Serial controller: Xircom: Unknown device 0104 (rev 03)

Thats what i'm getting for lspci for the modem. I already have pcmcia-cs installed. Maybe I should just bite the bullet and buy a modem on enay that is known to work.

MagnumIP wrote:02:00.0 Serial controller: Xircom: Unknown device 0104 (rev 03)

Thats what i'm getting for lspci for the modem. I already have pcmcia-cs installed. Maybe I should just bite the bullet and buy a modem on enay that is known to work.

;just to clarify: are the modem and the nic integrated into the same cardbus adapter, or like this?



;treehead

No. It only has 1 plug for the phone line. The spot in your photo where the other plug is just has the xircom name on it.

Well it looks like nothing will be running on this laptop now. The screen is shot. I took the laptop apart and found that the connector for the scren is fried. I don't feel like spending money on getting a new screen when I can get a new laptop. At least I have an excuse now to get a new laptop. Now if only i can find a good deal on a ibm. Thanks for all the help.

MagnumIP wrote:Well it looks like nothing will be running on this laptop now. The screen is shot. I took the laptop apart and found that the connector for the scren is fried. I don't feel like spending money on getting a new screen when I can get a new laptop. At least I have an excuse now to get a new laptop. Now if only i can find a good deal on a ibm. Thanks for all the help.

;good luck. looks like they're called lenovo now...

http://www.ibm.com/ibm/us/en/pcannounce ... books.html

;treehead

check ebay for a screen replacement, you may be able to get one pretty cheap.

Well it seems i can get a used screen that has a warrenty from ebay for 79.00. Looks like I am going to go shopping today. For some reason, I thought they would be more expensive for the LCD screens. I can't wait till i get this laptop up and running with slack. Although Kubuntu is looking good too.