support for ati VGA and broadcom wireless cards

[Thilina Buddhika]

Hi,
I am using a DELL INSPIRON 6400, with ati radeon x1300 graphics card.
I found it difficult to install other linux based OSs due to this VGA.
Will i be able to install fedora 8 in my laptop, without any
difficulty.

Also it has a broadcom wireless card. does fedora 8 supports this ?

thanks and regards,
buddhika

[Mauricio Pretto]

Thilina Buddhika wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using a DELL INSPIRON 6400, with ati radeon x1300 graphics card.
> I found it difficult to install other linux based OSs due to this VGA.
> Will i be able to install fedora 8 in my laptop, without any
> difficulty.
>
> Also it has a broadcom wireless card. does fedora 8 supports this ?
>
> thanks and regards,
> buddhika
>
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The video should work out the box, and you can use the livna drivers for 3d.

The broadcom i'm not sure but i think you will need some extra hacking.

[shmuel siegel]

Thilina Buddhika wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using a DELL INSPIRON 6400, with ati radeon x1300 graphics card.
> I found it difficult to install other linux based OSs due to this VGA.
> Will i be able to install fedora 8 in my laptop, without any
> difficulty.
>
> Also it has a broadcom wireless card. does fedora 8 supports this ?
>
> thanks and regards,
> buddhika

I have a lattitue d620. For fedora 6 and 7 I couldn't get it to work on 
my encrypted wireless but fedora 8 worked. It is not, however 
straightforward since fedora is not allowed to ship the drivers for the 
broadcom wireless. You will have to retrieve the drivers, use fwcutter 
and set it up yourself. It would be nice if fedora supplied a script 
that magically did all of the work after you retrieved the drivers.

Sorry, I can't help with the graphics card.