Re: Dell inspiron 700m with linux

From: NewbieLinux0731 (brandon_sambat_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/14/05 

Date: 13 Aug 2005 22:14:32 -0700

Well, I was able to get sound from Mandriva 10.1, but some of my other
hardware doesn't work. The distro that I liked the best was SUSE 9.3,
it recognized everything except sound. It even found my wireless. The
sound card in my dell is a Sigamatel PCI C-Major audio. Thanks for all
of your help.

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