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Installing Fedora 7 on a Toshiba Laptop (part 5) – Intel 3945abg wireless card working

I was able to get my wireless card to work by installing the Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver for Linux Everything is running smoothly now.

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Installing Fedora 7 on a Toshiba Laptop (part 4) – Intel 82801G solution for working sound

A little bit of reading and some testing lead me to the fix for my Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller: modprobe snd-hda-intel model=3stack All good. Restart and it works.

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Installing Fedora 7 on a Toshiba Laptop (part 3) – wifi issues

All is going well. I’m writing this from firefox on linux on my laptop. The install went great. The setup is fine other than my wifi card not working out of the box. Its an Intel 3945ABG. I know exactly … Continue reading

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Installing Fedora 7 on a Toshiba Laptop (part 2)

Right now the packages are installing on my laptop and I’m writing this from another machine. So far the install has had no trouble. Wireless mouse working, usb hdd recognized etc etc. No problems so far.

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Installing Fedora 7 on a Toshiba Laptop (part 1) – aka I miss linux so I’m Installing Fedora Today…

Somehow over the last couple of years my linux usage has become a server only thing. Linux used to be my main desktop os unless I was doing graphics stuff, but over time I got used to windows with the … Continue reading

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