Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 18:12:24 -0400 From: Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com> To: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Inspiron 15 (aka 1545) Message-ID: <54db43990905191512u6d69fb7dn7ff91252cc1aacc6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4A0F96A4.1000602@eskk.nu> References: <54db43990905161710m1879bb2bqaf1b059335d695a9@mail.gmail.com> <4A0F96A4.1000602@eskk.nu>
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On 5/17/09, Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> wrote: > > > Bob Johnson skrev: [...] >> I need a cheap, simple, reasonably light laptop, but not a tiny >> display, and I'm looking at the Best Buy pre-configured Inspiron 15 >> (i.e. Inspiron 1545). Anyone have direct experience with FreeBSD amd64 >> on one of these? Is there anything that isn't going to work? [...] >> > Hello Bob > > I'm running FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE amd64 on a Latitude E6500. I ordered it > with a Dell wireless but was unable to make it work. I then upgraded to > an Intel wireless card but it was to new, chip number 5200, so freebsd > has no support for that card either. I'm now using a Linksys USB > wireless stick that works. But it's inconvienient because I forget to > attach it and then I need to restart to get it to work. Have you tried (and failed) to build an NDIS driver for the wireless card using ndisgen? Thanks, -- Bob Johnson
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