[TriLUG] Dell Inspiron 7500 and RH9

[dsandif]

Thanks to all who responded to my question. I found a simpler work-around to
this problem. Just install a later generation of Redhat (say 7.3) and then
upgrade to latest versions. However, my next problem is that upon startup, the
nic probe failed  so I was wondering does anyone know how to resolve a pcmcia
card issue?
Again, all the network settings are correct but but the probe of the eth0
comes back "failed". (The card by the way is a Intel EtherExpress PRO/100
Mobile Adapter
10/100, 32 bit bus). Thanks.

D-


Ed Hill wrote:

> On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 13:31, dsandif wrote:
> > Hi again,
> >
> > I'm am in the process of setting up a dual boot laptop using a Dell
> > Inspiron 7500 which will have RH9 and XP on it. The XP install went
> > fine, however, when I went to do the install for the RH9, the install
> > program runs, but then just as it pulls up the "Welcome to RedHat Linux"
> > install
> > screen, the whole screen goes sorta white-blank except for the far left
> > side where I can see a sliver of the RedHat setup screen. Any ideas?
>
> Sounds like an XFree86 driver problem.  You could do a text-only install
> and then tweak XFree86 yourself and/or get someone else to help you
> configure XFree86 for your graphics hardware.
>
> And as always theres the linux-on-laptops page:
>
>   http://linux-laptop.net/
>
> which lists for example:
>
>   http://www.coralys.com/linux/dell7500.shtml
>
> Ed
>
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