[Discuss] My first laptop...bummer

[John Blomfield]

----- Original Message -----
From: David Lee <misterlee at shaw.ca>
Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2008 5:54 am
Subject: Re: [Discuss] My first laptop...bummer
To: discuss at vlug.org

> Hi John
> 
> I've tried NM and I found the windows .inf files online. Ubuntu 
> recognizes 
> it, lspci finds it, but iwconfig says no wireless.
> The annoying part of all this, is the fact that wherever I go, 
> Ubuntu forums 
> or wherever, everybody seems to have problems. Some of these 
> people look 
> like pretty bright people, so what chance do regular new users 
> have? Are 
> there any that work with no problems? Is it because laptops 
> change that fast 
> that hardware can't keep up?

Yes this is the main problem!

> I tried looking at cards, but then I find most new laptops use 
> ExpressCards

Intel cards now seem to have most support from both Intel and the Linux community.
eg Intel 2915 and 3945 etc where support is included in  the kernel.

John
 
> (not CardBus). They're not cheap (appx 100.00)
> If anyone knows of any cheaper ExpressCards to work with Ubuntu 
> and a D-Link 
> wireless router, please let me know :)
> Other than that, Ubuntu picked everything else up, so I'm happy 
> with that.
> 
> David
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Blomfield" <jabfield at shaw.ca>
> To: <discuss at vlug.org>
> Cc: <discuss at vlug.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 10:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [Discuss] My first laptop...bummer
> 
> 
> > Before you do anything drastic perhaps you could tell us all 
> exactly what 
> > you have running. i.e. you mentioned Ubuntu, are you running 
> > NetworkManager?  What basic diagnostics have you tried 
> using wireless 
> > tools, what do you get from /sbin/ifconfig?
> >
> > John Blomfield
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: David Lee <misterlee at shaw.ca>
> > Date: Monday, January 7, 2008 6:55 am
> > Subject: [Discuss] My first laptop...bummer
> > To: discuss at vlug.org
> >
> >> Good evenin'
> >>
> >> I just bought my first laptop. It's a Toshiba with an Atheros
> >> 5007(G?) wire less adapter. I bought it 'cause the Atheros
> >> website said it was a big fan of Linux etc, etc.
> >> Well. Long story short..no wireless networking. First I had
> >> Vista off. Installed 7 or 8 distros but nothing "just worked".
> >> I've never had any problems with my 3 desktops and networking 
> (wired).>> I put on Ubuntu, the sound works, I've got proper screen
> >> resolution and other than no wireless, I could like it. I put
> >> Vista back on and dual boot with Ubuntu, switching to Vista for
> >> mobility.I tried to use ndiswrapper, but the .inf files are
> >> stuff like oem.17 and the like. My limited knowledge leaves
> >> something to be desired.
> >> This laptop has a card slot , so I wondered if I bought an
> >> inexpensive wireless card from Futureshop (Christmas gift
> >> cards), that I might have better luck getting my wireless
> >> network going. I did buy a D-link wireless router that seem to
> >> work fine.
> >>
> >> The whole idea of a laptop was so I could have my own Linux
> >> machine. My wife gets real annoyed when I accidently format her
> >> Windows partitions. :)
> >>
> >> David
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