Linpus network problem: Sometimes wireless just won't work..
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:25 pm
[PROBLEM]
Those cute little Acer Aspire One netbooks... they're shiny, run Linux out of the box - and they're great, because they're easy to use.
Unfortunately, Acer is running Linpus - and I must admit, I'm not a great fan of that distro...
One major reason for that is, that it gives Linux a bad image. *sigh*
Just like in this case:
The Acer Aspire One netbook I'm having here is in it's original state. That's the way Acer delivered it - and every 2 out of 3 times, the wireless network isn't working. It's not displaying any other networks, the wifi-LED never goes on, etc...
Thanks to entries in the linuxquestions forum, here's a quick and dirty workaround:
Reboot afterwards and try again. 
That simply removes some settings that were stored in the gconf/networking tree that seem to have made the network manager puke.
I'm really thinking about putting Ubuntu on that netbook... Friend of mine did so, and it's running like a charm!
Thanks Acer for nice pieces of hardware that run like a charm with GNU/Linux systems - and screw you Acer for working sooooo hard on hurting the image of GNU/Linux, by installing Linpus, and not even making sure that your own stuff works out of the box. WTF?
(Oh, btw: I'd really like to know how much you got paid for that "it's-sooooo-not-true" Windows Advertisement message on your netbook pages?)
Hm... maybe that should go into a separate bitching thread?
[REFERENCES]
Acer Aspire One network center not working
Linpus Linux Lite, no network manager or internet (Acer Aspire One)
Those cute little Acer Aspire One netbooks... they're shiny, run Linux out of the box - and they're great, because they're easy to use.
Unfortunately, Acer is running Linpus - and I must admit, I'm not a great fan of that distro...
One major reason for that is, that it gives Linux a bad image. *sigh*
Just like in this case:
The Acer Aspire One netbook I'm having here is in it's original state. That's the way Acer delivered it - and every 2 out of 3 times, the wireless network isn't working. It's not displaying any other networks, the wifi-LED never goes on, etc...
Thanks to entries in the linuxquestions forum, here's a quick and dirty workaround:
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rm -rf ~/.gconf/system/networkingThat simply removes some settings that were stored in the gconf/networking tree that seem to have made the network manager puke.
I'm really thinking about putting Ubuntu on that netbook... Friend of mine did so, and it's running like a charm!
Thanks Acer for nice pieces of hardware that run like a charm with GNU/Linux systems - and screw you Acer for working sooooo hard on hurting the image of GNU/Linux, by installing Linpus, and not even making sure that your own stuff works out of the box. WTF?
(Oh, btw: I'd really like to know how much you got paid for that "it's-sooooo-not-true" Windows Advertisement message on your netbook pages?)
Hm... maybe that should go into a separate bitching thread?
[REFERENCES]
Acer Aspire One network center not working
Linpus Linux Lite, no network manager or internet (Acer Aspire One)