FC4 T2 and Dell M70

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Has any one had luck installing Fedora (3 or 4) on a Dell M70 laptop?  I just got one and wiped out Windows first thing.  I was quite disappointed to learn sound and wireless were not supported in FC4.  The audio is AC97 and the wireless is a Intel PRO/Wireless 2915 a/b/g.  I have searched the Internet and found where other users were able to get Suse or Ubuntu installled will little trouble.  I am a Fedora fan though.  I was surprised to find no sound and no wireless after installing FC 4 T2.

I am still searching the Internet to get the sound working.  The wireless is very weird though.  The system does not see the built in wireless card at all.  When I insert my old Xircom wireless card the builtin Intel (Pro/Wireless 2915) shows up - what's up with that?  My Xircom is not even listed.  I down loaded the drivers from Intel and installed as indicated, still not luck.

My quesion is this, why does the builtin wireless card not show up until I put in my old Xircom card?  Also why does the Xircom not work?  I tired the Suse live CD, no sound but the wireless card is seen.  I was told if I installed the full workstation version of Suse the sound would work as well.   I would rather stick with Fedora if I can get it to work.  I realize FC4 is still in testing so if I need to file a bug report I will.

I got all the updates with up2date before I posted this message.

Thank you,
    Jamie Bohr


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