Acer Aspire One wireless issue
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From: ABSDoug on 8 Jun 2010 15:00 --- On Tue, 6/8/10, Joe <joe(a)jretrading.com> wrote: > The first question is whether it picks up anybody's router. > Is is a wireless problem, or a compatibility problem? > Actually, the first first question is whether wireless is > even turned on. I once got my Aspire One into a state where > the wireless could not be enabled. After an hour or two, I > turned to other things, and a couple of days later noticed > that the wireless light was back on. I still have no idea > why this happened. Sorry. To be more clear, I get wireless connection in Ubuntu 9.10 & XP, but in Debian, no signal, not mine, not the neighbors. > As I'm sure you know, Ubuntu is based on Debian, so it > shouldn't be hard. Personally, while I run a Sid workstation > and Lenny server, I've gone for Ubuntu Netbook Remix on my > Aspire One, as Debian is a general-purpose OS, and UNR is > targeted specifically at netbooks. Horses for courses: I > wouldn't use Sid on a server, nor, usually, Stable on a > workstation. I just ignore the Ubuntu kiddie stuff, and I've > added openvpn and a bit of iptables wrangling. My reason for coming over to Debian was the latest Ubuntu 10.04. When I run torrents, after a short time I lose connection. Doesn't happen in XP or 9.10. After I tried & failed to get a solution, I started wondering out loud how it was possible Ubuntu *Netbook* addition wasn't working on my netbook. That was when the discussion of Debian stable came up. > But it shouldn't be hard to see what Ubuntu is running that > Debian isn't: you have Synaptic on Ubuntu, which I find > easier for tracking down this kind of issue than aptitude, > which I prefer for installation and updating. Along with > lsmod, /var/log/dmesg and a bit of poking about in /etc, > this should solve the problem. > > UNR will run 'live', from a USB stick, so you can see what > it does with wireless without affecting the Debian > installation. While there's more than one way to do > wireless, I'd stick with the way Ubuntu does it, as I know > that works. Or does it? It works in 9.10, but not 10.04. > And no, if I knew more about wireless myself, I'd be more > specific, I'm just outlining how I'd go about finding the > trouble. It seems like I'm in over my head. Sounds like I'd need to take a collage course on Linux or have a LOT of time on my hands. I bought & read a book, but a lot of this stuff is still Latin to me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/741206.63387.qm(a)web52006.mail.re2.yahoo.com
From: Alexander Batischev on 8 Jun 2010 15:20 On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 11:36:18AM -0700, ABSDoug wrote: > I do know I want to stick with "stable" Debian In my opinion, there's no need to do so. Squeeze is close to freeze, soon it will became stable. You better run it. Personally I run it on my EeePC and have (almost) no problems. Advantage of running testing is newer drivers. Also you would not need backports. >> Search the list archives.� There was a thread on this in February which >> shows what I did (via some helpful advice from this list) to get wireless >> going on my Acer Aspire One. > > This is all new to me, so I haven't figured out how to search archives. I > only just found out archives exist. Archives avaliable at [1]. As I said in some of my earlier replies, go to [2], scroll down to Archives section, choose month and read! >> You have received a lot of advice to do some searching/research on this >> problem, but you do not appear to have done any.� Nor do you appear to have >> read all the replies that you have already received. > > I don't know how, but I was not receiving any replies. I only started seeing > replies when I started the thread before this one. And again - all mails sent to list are stored in archive. Go there and read all responses you missed. 1. http://lists.debian.org/ 2. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/ -- Regards, Alexander Batischev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100608191404.GA6783(a)speedy
From: Arthur Machlas on 8 Jun 2010 15:50 >On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Alexander Batischev <eual.jp(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 11:36:18AM -0700, ABSDoug wrote: >> I do know I want to stick with "stable" Debian >> > In my opinion, there's no need to do so. Squeeze is close to freeze, soon it > will became stable. You better run it. Personally I run it on my EeePC and have > (almost) no problems. Advantage of running testing is newer drivers. Also you > would not need backports. > Agreed. For your netbook Squeeze is the best route. If it makes you feel better though, aside from the fact that Squeeze will be stable in the next 6 months or so (crosses fingers), your old Ubuntu friend is a snapshot of Unstable with some patches and bugfixes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTikz0krsNhtIJqgpCartzH3sqzx2f1_U-2dNrTYk(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Mark on 8 Jun 2010 16:20 On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 11:51 AM, ABSDoug <absdoug(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > It seems like I'm in over my head. Sounds like I'd need to take a collage > course on Linux or have a LOT of time on my hands. I bought & read a book, > but a lot of this stuff is still Latin to me. > You're not alone feeling this way starting out on Debian. Don't give up yet - is wireless the only thing not working? If so, what is the output of lspci -nn (go to Applications ->Accessories -> Terminal, type "su", enter your password, then type "lspci -nn" and post the output in your reply to this email list). Mark
From: Alexander Batischev on 8 Jun 2010 17:30
On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 01:14:25PM -0700, Mark wrote: > type "su", enter your password su requires password of root, not user's one P.S. I'm sure you know it and just made a little error, but as far as topic starter is a novice to terminal, I think such details should be pointed out. -- Regards, Alexander Batischev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100608212227.GB6783(a)speedy |