Quote Originally Posted by bertocci
Harry, you are my hero. The laptop is also an HP (ze5170), and it seems to have either the same card or one from the same line. Running "mii-tool -r" fix worked like a charm. Thanks a ton.
You're welcome. The irony of this is that your roommate very likely could have run Knoppix fine on this laptop without jumping through any hoops, like I did, before installing the Microsoft "Security Updates". What I'm having trouble understanding is why I seem to be one of the few people upset by this apparent attack on Linux.