ubuntu on laptop

[Jose A Merced]

I installed Ubuntu on a Compaq laptop and had no problems at all. 

If I just could set up the wireless card, I'll be all set.
> 
> From: Wendy Leigh Vandoolaeghe <wlv21 at cam.ac.uk>
> Date: 2005/02/08 Tue AM 06:50:52 EST
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: ubuntu on laptop
> 
> Hi
> 
> i've had trouble getting Mandrake 10.1 to work on a Solo Gateway laptop. 
> But am now considering wiping harddisk and installing ubuntu. has anyone 
> installed ubuntu on this type of laptop and what are my chances of getting 
> it to work? Or should i rather stick with debian testing?
> 
> cheers
> wendel
> 
> Errors at start-up were related to cpufreq and pcmcia. The pcmcia card 
> works but the system breaks at shutdown during the step of shutting down 
> pcmcia services with the error message Trying to free non-existent resource 
> <000002e8-000002ef>
> 
> 
> [root at emt1000 emt1000]# cardctl ident
> Socket 0:
>   no product info available
> Socket 1:
>   product info: "Xircom", "CreditCard Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56",
> "CEM56", "1.00"
>   manfid: 0x0105, 0x110a
>   function: 2 (serial)
> 
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> e-mail: wlv21 at cam.ac.uk
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> 
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Jose Merced
Pepperell, MA 1985 FJ-60
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