installing my laptop with internet

azgaroth · n00b Joined: 06 Jul 2003 Posts: 31

hello

this my be very shamefull for me but, i'll never know if i don't ask. :oops:

i dont have any experience with linux laptops. but i know of windows that the usb ports dont always work, is this so with linux laptops?

have to know because i have a usb modem.

greetz

azgaroth

Lord_Orion · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 12:59 pm Post subject:

Usb ports should work, the only question is to know which type you have. To look that a solution really easy.

Use the last version of gentoo livecd I think it will try to install them), or a knoppix cd (I'm sure it works), let your computer boot on it.

type dmesg, and look which type of usb you have (UHCI, OHCI, EHCI, ...)

so you will know if they are detected and and which module you need to add in your kernel... etc..

Good luck

WarpFlyght · n00b Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 38 Location: Atlanta, GA

I recently finished installing (well, is any good OS installation ever truly finished?

) Gentoo on a Dell Latitude, and my USB port worked perfectly well in all of the tests I performed on it.

I'm sure you can get your USB port(s) working. The modem itself might be a different story... That will depend on whether someone has written a driver that will allow it to function.
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