I realised in the night that I hadn't mentioned the version:

10.3 KDE.

All I want this laptop for is surfing, emailing, and creating the odd text doc during the night when I can't get to my PC because of 'guests' in my lounge <_< Hopefully it will be networked to my PC's data drives, as it is now with XP (which I still have on a 6gb HDD, I can swap the drives around but it's a nuisance). I intend to remove unnecessary stuff once I get Linux running - nothing can be done about the RAM/CPU but I've just bought a used 30gb HDD, it should arrive this week, but just in case it's a dud, and because I can't leave this alone and it's practice, I'm proceeding... and if it's not a dud I could have XP and KDE running side by side on it, couldn't I?

Confusions:

When I see pics of typing in Terminal, there's no indication of <- at the end to enter the command and proceed to the next line.

Where is YaST on my setup?

Quote:

Originally posted by KeyserSuSe .you have the driver...the easiest way to get the file needed if you still have a win machine around is to install it go to directory and get the file needed....

What "file needed"? The driver I downloaded is "zd1211-firmware-1.4.tar.bz2".

Are you saying that I must remove a driver included in Suse and/or prevent it from being reloaded ("blacklist"?) and then install the driver I've downloaded?

Is this all a waste of time because only USB 1.0 is inbuilt in the Compaq? I think my dongle is connected via a USB 2.0 adapter.

I've printed the pages you linked, KS (I'm a great fan of Usual Suspects!), and am taking them to my bedroom to read quietly with laptop for company.

clemenzina