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Old 7th June 2007, 02:14 AM
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Fedora 7 on a Dell Inspiron 9400
It seems that alot of people is having trouble with F7
however everything seems to function perfectly on my labby
everything worked out of the box, 1280x1024 res, wireless, sound, everything
however i seem to have one *MINOR* problem with my bluetooth keyboard (logitech DiNovo)
it works when i power on until somepoint in the boot sequence (stops right after the audit service, i dont see a connection though) it stops working
and i have to take out the bluetooth dongle and re-connect it, then it works perfectly..
anybody experienced anything similar?

hardware profile:
Model: Dell inspiron 9400
Motherboard: uhm
GFX: Nvidia 7900 Gs
Proc: Intel Duo 2x 1.83 ghz
Ram: 1024 mb DDR2-SD
Wireless: Intel Pro Wireless 3945
OS: FC7 (duh)
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Old 7th June 2007, 05:26 PM
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I wish I had just minor problems...
I can boot only with acpi=off on my Dell 9400 (Gefore 7900 Go GS, Core Duo 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM).
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Old 8th June 2007, 12:54 AM
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found something from the SYSLOG
Code:
Jun  7 01:37:43 localhost kernel: usb 5-5.1.1: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Jun  7 01:37:43 localhost kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.8 Jun  7 01:37:43 localhost kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized Jun  7 01:37:43 localhost kernel: Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized Jun  7 01:37:43 localhost kernel: Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized Jun  7 01:37:43 localhost kernel: Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8 Jun  7 01:37:43 localhost kernel: usb 5-5.1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Jun  7 01:37:43 localhost kernel: Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.2 Jun  7 01:37:43 localhost input[2392]: Rejected connection from unknown device 00:07:61:3C:2B:E3 Jun  7 01:37:57 localhost last message repeated 10 times Jun  7 01:38:03 localhost dhcdbd: Started up.
for some reason the device isnt recognized at boot time but works fine if i jack it back in when it gets thrown off..
Code:
Jun  7 01:52:42 localhost kernel: usb 5-5.1: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 15 Jun  7 01:52:42 localhost kernel: usb 5-5.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Jun  7 01:52:42 localhost kernel: hub 5-5.1:1.0: USB hub found Jun  7 01:52:42 localhost kernel: hub 5-5.1:1.0: 3 ports detected Jun  7 01:52:43 localhost kernel: usb 5-5.1.2: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 16 Jun  7 01:52:43 localhost kernel: usb 5-5.1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Jun  7 01:52:43 localhost kernel: input: Logitech Logitech BT Mini-Receiver as /class/input/input15 Jun  7 01:52:43 localhost kernel: input: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Logitech Logitech BT Mini-Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1d.7-5.1.2 Jun  7 01:52:43 localhost kernel: usb 5-5.1.3: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 17 Jun  7 01:52:43 localhost kernel: usb 5-5.1.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Jun  7 01:52:43 localhost kernel: input: Logitech Logitech BT Mini-Receiver as /class/input/input16 Jun  7 01:52:43 localhost kernel: input,hiddev97: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech Logitech BT Mini-Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1d.7-5.1.3
this is starting to annoy me, atleast now i know where it goes wrong.. its just a matter of time before i find the problem, ill post the progress (if any) here
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Old 8th June 2007, 01:10 AM
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I wish I had just minor problems...
I can boot only with acpi=off on my Dell 9400 (Gefore 7900 Go GS, Core Duo 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM).
Try clocksource=acpi_pm instead...this has worked for many Dell Laptops. http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...ora+live+hangs
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Old 8th June 2007, 07:10 AM
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Dammm see this kind of scares me ... Since I just bought a Dell E1405... I wanted to load FC7 but I notice a lot of members are having trouble... I should wait other 2 weeks or something ...

Unless they fix the boot problem quick...

Would any of you switch to Kubuntu if FC7 does turn out to work for most dell laptops?
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Old 8th June 2007, 06:02 PM
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i tried nubuntu sometime ago, and hated it.
i just cant live without redhat.
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Old 9th June 2007, 02:22 AM
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I'm running Kubuntu on my e1405 now with few problems. I'm trying to switch to Fedora, though, for a number of reasons.
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Old 9th June 2007, 03:47 AM
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Well good to hear from spiffytech..... I'm about to reload my fedora.6 hopefully this time around I won't make any mistakes on the wifi card...I will let you know.
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Old 19th June 2007, 05:37 PM
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I have an Inspiron E1505, and I had to do these things to get into X in Fedora 7, but it is working. Now I'm on to trying to get the 3945ABG WLAN working.

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...d.php?t=157986

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...d.php?t=156961

Thought I'd share...
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Old 20th June 2007, 12:04 AM
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I have an Inspiron E1505, and I had to do these things to get into X in Fedora 7, but it is working. Now I'm on to trying to get the 3945ABG WLAN working.

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...d.php?t=157986

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...d.php?t=156961

Thought I'd share...

Really why it would not come up ... I have the E1405 loaded with FC7... I had to add this to the kernel to make it come up .

acpi=off The problem with this is that you're only using one cpu since I have dual core...

Other thing let me know if you get your ipw3945 working... share link that you tried... I'm so fricken pissed I can't get it to work right... Right now I just finished reloading everything plus runing the yum update on it.
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Old 20th June 2007, 04:59 PM
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Yeah the 3945 is frustrating, I haven't even started dealing with that yet.

I had to have the clocksource=acpi_pm added to the grub line, but once I upgraded the kernel via yum-updatesd, I removed the clocksource=acpi_pm and it boots just fine.

Also, I wish I had known about all the ATI Radeon problems. One of my friends just got a similar laptop as mine and he's staunchly opposed to buying anything ATI (would you be surprised to learn that he had no problems getting F7 to load, whereas I spent a long time?)
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Old 20th June 2007, 05:51 PM
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Yes I know what you mean about the ATI... I had to wait to buy my laptop... I hear it's the worse card to have on a linux box... Really frustrating on how to configure it... Good luck on configuring the ati. I think if you need help you could just post it on here and they are many linux users that might help you...

the ipw3945 is other thing... there are so many different ways users are trying that some of us are getting confuse with one works...

Hopefully when the new kernel comes out or something they will fix this problem or something...
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Old 21st June 2007, 06:36 PM
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Well currently i am up and running just fine with my ATI Radeon x1400 and my 3945. Can't say it was "easy," but at least it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be before I started!
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Old 22nd June 2007, 04:05 AM
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Well for me the hardest thing is this fricken ipw3945... can't figure it out.
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