[Novalug] Help Needed

[Tom Rhodes]

On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 22:16:05 -0500
"Kevin Chin" <kevinchin5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here are some ndiswrapper instructions for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10,
> a cousin of openSUSE 10.3 -- but they may still work for you...
> 
> http://opsamericas.com/?p=471
> 
> TTYL.
> --Kc
> 
> 
> On Jan 1, 2008 7:38 PM, Dan Arico <dan_arico at aricosystems.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tuesday 01 January 2008 19:07, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> > > On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 14:05:08 -0500
> > >
> > > Dan Arico <dan_arico at aricosystems.com> wrote:
> > > > I need some help to avert a family crisis.
> > > >
> > > > I got my daughter a Lenovo laptop for Christmas. I executed the copy
> > of
> > > > Vista on it and disposed of the body. Then I installed Open SUSE 10.3.
> > > >
> > > > Everything works perfectly except:
> > > >
> > > > Wireless
> > > > Sound
> > >
> > > That's really strange, FreeBSD picked up the Intel High Definition
> > > Audio and Atheros wireless card.  Have you tried any other Linux
> > > distros?
> >
> > It doesn't have an Atheros wireless card. It's a Broadcomm chipset.
> >
> > Dan

Another thing you can try (I did this for my Intel video on the
new Thinkpad T61) is search around for someone who has a kernel
patch and give it a try.  Sometimes you can have good luck with
that.

-- 
Tom Rhodes