Dell E1705, some issues

sleetm · #1 4th January 2007, 08:15 PM

Im trying to set up my wireless with ndiswrapper, but after i installed ndiswrapper (i tried from yum and from source) fc always manages to say that the command ndiswrapper cant be found. i followed instructions, do i need to add something in my command path? also, ive been trying to change my screen resolution. the display is set at generic lcd at 1440x900 which is fine, tahts what i want. but i can never change the resolution to that because its not an option in the menu... any help?

sleetm · #2 4th January 2007, 08:17 PM

oh by the way, my wireless card is the Dell wireless 1500 wlan, a bcm43xx. also, my vid card is an ati mobility radeon x1400, no drivers have worked for me yet so none installed

SouthPaw · #3 5th January 2007, 01:03 PM

In FC you often have to supply a path to the application as default paths are not set for /sbin by default. try adding /sbin/ to the front of your ndiswrapper command. If that does not work try locate ndiswrapper and see what it tells you the path is.

Post the contents of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and I will try to help with you video issues.

sleetm · #4 22nd January 2007, 11:21 PM

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1440x900"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
HorizSync 31.5 - 100.0
VertRefresh 59.0 - 75.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

ndiswrapper and fwcutter have failed me, ndiswrapper cannot load module and fwcutter says:

[root@localhost sean]# bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware bcmwl5.sys
Sorry, the input file is either wrong or not supported by bcm43xx-fwcutter.
This file has an unknown MD5sum 48a376e100ba257cb9d761e38577904f.
[root@localhost sean]# bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware bcmwl5.inf
Sorry, the input file is either wrong or not supported by bcm43xx-fwcutter.
This file has an unknown MD5sum 6c8853235717cc1845477852f91a9e91.
[root@localhost sean]# bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware bcmwl5
Cannot open input file bcmwl5

SouthPaw · #5 23rd January 2007, 02:09 PM

There are often two ways to handle troubleshooting a display issue. The first is to supply less information the other is to supply more. Try commenting out the HorizSync and VertRefresh lines and let them autodetecing. Also in the screen section comment out most of your Modes. when troubleshooting I like to have the resolution I am trying to obtain first and then a basic fall back such as 800x600. It reduces some of the problems.

If this does not work (make sure you back up your xorg.conf file, you may not have a gui if this fails) try the following monitor section that has a custom modline that I think will work for your display.

Try Changing / adding the following to the

Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1440x900"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
HorizSync 31.5 - 100.0
VertRefresh 59.0 - 75.0
ModeLine "1440x900" 130 1440 1452 1572 1896 900 901 904 937 +HSync +VSync
#Option "dpms" #coment out this line
EndSection

This is the modline for a D800 laptop, however it should be close enough that we can furthur tweak it.

Im not sure how to help you with your wireless. I dont have any experience with ndiswrapper. The only thing I can say from reviewing your situation is:
Are core duo systems 64 bit? Do you have a 64 bit os? The dell 1500 card in a draftN card. Is there any linux support for this type? I have an ipw3945 which was the standard for your laptop, I have had very few issues with it.

sleetm · #6 23rd March 2007, 07:00 AM

no dice on that... this is getting really annoying. i cnat get anything to work on this laptop

sleetm · #7 23rd March 2007, 07:03 AM

anybody else have any ideas on my resolution issue? this kinda reminds me why i just use xp and ssh, takes 5 months to set up linux

newbee70 · #8 28th March 2007, 02:39 AM

Hey guys, I hope you can get this one up and going. I tried to load 7 rc 2 on mine and ended up with a non functional system. I'm gonna wait for fedora 7 rc 3 on the 29'th and try again.
my failures were network manager failed and xserver failed.

Harvey