Thanks a lot Marc, So it seems that I can now start the installation but could you give me the settings that you used during the first install, namely - the mouse settings (I have a touchpad and a USB mouse) - the video settings (graphic card, monitor, resolution) And was the NIC detected during the installation? And for ACPI? is it enabled by default or do I have to edit the grub.conf file after the firs reboot? And lastly, is your system the same as mine or if not, what are the differences? I asked all these questions as I am rather a linux newbie and I fear above all a frozen system that prevents me to reboot even with XP. :-) > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Marc Schwartz > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 11:28 PM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: XP/ FC1 on inspiron 5150 > > > On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 15:33, Pierre De Boeck wrote: > > Hi again, > > > > I am still in the process of "asking questions" for installing > > FC1 in dual-boot with an already installed XP. > > > > To recap my system: > > - Dell Inspiron 5150 > > - 512MB DDR333 > > - HDD 60GB. XP is installed on a 25 GB partition > > and I plan to install FC1 on the rest. > > - nvidia GEForce FX 5200 > > - broadcom 440x 10/100 NIC > > - miniPici wireless 802.11g > > - ACPI > > - USB mouse > > - CD-RW/DVD > > > > After some reading, it seems that I have to get > > drivers from nvidia, broadcom plus an ACPI patch > > and some kernel recompilation will be needed. > > > > So my questions: > > > > - is the 3 ISO FC1 cds are enough to recompile the kernel > > or I need some extra packages. In other words, do these CDs > > contain the kernel soures plus the gcc and all the related > > stuff. > > Yes > > > - what is the general step-by-step procedure to recompile > > a kernel. > > > Pierre, > > I am still confused by your need to recompile the kernel. I am using the > NIC "out of the box" without problems with a stock FC1 kernel. ACPI is > enabled, the system does not overheat and that is with the 3.2 Ghz P4 HT > (disabled) CPU running the UP kernel. > > I have the internal touchpad working along with an external USB keyboard > and mouse. > > I installed the NTFS read only kernel module from: > > http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/fedora1.html > > I installed the NVidia 5336 drivers from the NVidia site, which require > that the driver be compiled (ie. kernel source is installed, but no > kernel recompile). There are other RPMS out there kindly provided by > folks in this community which would circumvent the need for even that > step. > > I see that you have the CDRW/DVD, but I have the DVD+R/RW working to > both display movies and audio (ie. Ogle/MPlayer/XMMS) and to do DVD > burning for backups (k3b). > > The only things that I don't have working yet are the internal modem, > suspend/resume and the internal WiFi, none of which I need at this > point. There appear to be drivers out there for the WiFi from my reading > of the Dell Linux Boards at: > > http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=linuxport > > however the consistent message is one of frustration with the Broadcom > internal modem in those same forums. Keep in mind that folks on those > forums are running various Linux distros, not just FC. There are also > folks there running 2.6 version kernels, that both solve and create > problems. > > Perhaps I am missing something basic in what you are trying to do, but > to date, I have not had a need to recompile the kernel. > > HTH, > > Marc Schwartz > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
