Debian 5.0 Lenny 64 bit install guide for Dell Precision M6400

[theZoid]

Zoid, have you tried sidux? It is Debian but based on Sid.

It should work for you. The kernel is at 2.6.28 so there is a good chance your wireless should work. They use the ceni wireless tool which works pretty well. Their web page is very informative, too. There is a page that describes their wireless support.

They also use KDE 3.5 so far but KDE 4 will be officially used when it enters sid, I believe.

Check it out?

I've checked out the livecd, but couldn't get online for some reason....but sure I could....I'm liking Slackware pretty well...I'm doing a VirtualBox install now

[reksveks]

Hi,

I am trying to do this on VMware Worksation on my M4400; with a Quadro FX770. However after i export the Gcc-4.1, it trys to build a kernel but ends in error.

Is this cause i'm in workstation or cause i have chosen the wrong driver for my card?

Now i have change the driver i get a new error which says the following
Unable to load the kernel "nvidia.ko"

[joeelmex]

TheZoid, I had to rebuild the kernel to a newer one to get my 5100 working. It was still somewhat unstable, and I decided to try my adventure again with Arch Linux.

[theZoid]

Hi,

I am trying to do this on VMware Worksation on my M4400; with a Quadro FX770. However after i export the Gcc-4.1, it trys to build a kernel but ends in error.

Is this cause i'm in workstation or cause i have chosen the wrong driver for my card?

Now i have change the driver i get a new error which says the following
Unable to load the kernel "nvidia.ko"

I gave up on Lenny because of the oldish kernel it uses...I would need to swap kernels, and if I going to do that, Slackware becomes the choice with equal time invested to set up.

The m4400 is finicky with linux distros and I haven't been able to put my finger on it yet....but I get kernel panics with many distros (if I can even get into X after reconfiguring it)....I can tell you with my m4400....the only two reliable distro's are Ubuntu and Slackware. I haven't put Arch on this machine yet due to wireless problems with the Arch install so I can't comment on Arch.

EDIT: Sidux works OK on the m4400....but Sidux gives me the 'sweats'...those are brave souls over there!

[joeelmex]

yeah so far, my most stable and reliable distro has been Ubuntu also. I will keep trying other distro's but cant get the others to work yet LoL. I am still trying. LoL

[reksveks]

Ok; thanks my uni uses Debian, but i probably will just use Ubuntu, its seems to be the easiest to set up and go