Re: install and wireless issues on Dell D600

2011-08-08 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:34:03 -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote: (...) > I have installed all the files that I feel are necessary from the > usb-stick (IE, all the relevant firmware files). There's a site that > lists various required drivers for this laptop at > http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/DELL/D600 I

Re: install and wireless issues on Dell D600

2011-08-07 Thread Mark Grieveson
Well, I solved this. I decided to leave the laptop alone for a while. After doing this, I had another go at installing Debian, and it found both network devices (the Broadcom and the wireless), and the Debian Installer obtained the non-free driver for the wireless that I provided on my usb-stick.

install and wireless issues on Dell D600

2011-08-05 Thread Mark Grieveson
Hello. I recently bought a Dell D600 laptop, and installed lxde on it initially. I was unable to get wicd going, so I then reinstalled debian on it with gnome, and this worked. During both installs the debian-installer indicated that some non-free files (specifically ipw2100-1.3.fw) were require