ichi
11-17-2004, 07:29 PM
I'm a newbie to Knoppix. I installed it to HD a couple of weeks ago, and I find it a lot nicer than windows. But I have a few problems with it. I have a Toshiba Tecra S1, the 1.3 ghz one, with 256MB of RAM.
First, I have a Belkin wireless notebook network card F5D7010xx (that's what it says on it). If I put it into the PCMCIA slot, when I boot to Knoppix, it doesn't do anything. The activity lights don't come on either. How can I fix this? Sorry if there's some sort of command I have to use, but as I say, I'm a newbie. In the meantime I've been using the built-in wireless. But my PCMCIA card is slower than the built in.
Secondly, when I use my built in wireless, I can't pick up my server. It doesn't have a built in wireless card; it has a Belkin wireless desktop network card F5D7000uk. Which is 802.11g. The wireless in my laptop is 802.11b. I don't think it's because of compatibilty with the different standards, number 1, the wireless desktop card is backwards compatible. And number 2, when I use the built-in wireless with the server, it works fine, it connects at 11MBPS. I think it might be because my server is running on Windows XP Service Pack 2, which is incredibly mega picky about security. The only way to conect to my server is to have the server connect to my access point (again Belkin, a wireless network access point F5D6130u). That's 802.11b.
I have quite a few problems. My next one is that I can't get my microsoft optical notebook mouse (this was bought when I hadn't yet discovered Knoppix) to work. It gets power; the LED on the bottom is working. But the cursor doesn't move and I can't scroll using the scrol wheel. I tried the modprobe command with various different arguments, with no avail.
In the control center thing for power controls, first of all, it completely ignores my settings for standby after a certain amount of time etc. And on the 'laptop battery' sub-bit, it complains about my computer having a partial ACPI configuration, and that I need to rebuild my kernel. *worries*. I looked into rebuilding Llinux kernels, it looks scary. Is there any easy way to fix this?
Thanks in advance.
First, I have a Belkin wireless notebook network card F5D7010xx (that's what it says on it). If I put it into the PCMCIA slot, when I boot to Knoppix, it doesn't do anything. The activity lights don't come on either. How can I fix this? Sorry if there's some sort of command I have to use, but as I say, I'm a newbie. In the meantime I've been using the built-in wireless. But my PCMCIA card is slower than the built in.
Secondly, when I use my built in wireless, I can't pick up my server. It doesn't have a built in wireless card; it has a Belkin wireless desktop network card F5D7000uk. Which is 802.11g. The wireless in my laptop is 802.11b. I don't think it's because of compatibilty with the different standards, number 1, the wireless desktop card is backwards compatible. And number 2, when I use the built-in wireless with the server, it works fine, it connects at 11MBPS. I think it might be because my server is running on Windows XP Service Pack 2, which is incredibly mega picky about security. The only way to conect to my server is to have the server connect to my access point (again Belkin, a wireless network access point F5D6130u). That's 802.11b.
I have quite a few problems. My next one is that I can't get my microsoft optical notebook mouse (this was bought when I hadn't yet discovered Knoppix) to work. It gets power; the LED on the bottom is working. But the cursor doesn't move and I can't scroll using the scrol wheel. I tried the modprobe command with various different arguments, with no avail.
In the control center thing for power controls, first of all, it completely ignores my settings for standby after a certain amount of time etc. And on the 'laptop battery' sub-bit, it complains about my computer having a partial ACPI configuration, and that I need to rebuild my kernel. *worries*. I looked into rebuilding Llinux kernels, it looks scary. Is there any easy way to fix this?
Thanks in advance.