Comments on: No more Vista! http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/ WTF Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:52:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: kohlrabi http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-7507 kohlrabi Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:00:58 +0000 http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-7507 I have the same problem. I don't know, what's going wrong. How did you solve it? I have the same problem. I don’t know, what’s going wrong. How did you solve it?

]]> By: Marko http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-6553 Marko Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:07:52 +0000 http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-6553 Hi, will there be update for 2.6.24-19 kernel? Hi,

will there be update for 2.6.24-19 kernel?

]]> By: Lane http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-5484 Lane Sun, 04 May 2008 07:36:45 +0000 http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-5484 Oh my, I grossly misread your comment. Have you checked in the BIOS to see if there's an option to power on the wifi card at boot? Oh my, I grossly misread your comment. Have you checked in the BIOS to see if there’s an option to power on the wifi card at boot?

]]> By: Lane http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-5483 Lane Sun, 04 May 2008 07:35:28 +0000 http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-5483 This could be an insulting question, but it could also be the answer: is the little switch on the front part of the laptop (next to the card reader, headphone jacks, and all that) turned on? This could be an insulting question, but it could also be the answer: is the little switch on the front part of the laptop (next to the card reader, headphone jacks, and all that) turned on?

]]> By: Hardwick http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-5369 Hardwick Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:50:06 +0000 http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-5369 Just to qualify that last message: In Windows XP/Vista the Wifi is "disabled" after a computer is "shut down" or hard switched off. To turn it on, I am required to press the Function Key in conjunction with F10 which brings on a little light on my laptop case and plays the "USB device inserted" wav. If the computer is restarted, hibernated or suspended, the wifi adapter will be on automatically as Windows Starts. In Ubuntu 8.04, no amount of fiddling with drivers or following abovementioned instructions could get me past the first step of actually turning the bloody thing on. I suspect I'm overlooking something simple as I can't find anyone else with the same problem anywhere! I had no bother at all connecting with an external dongle. Unfortunately today I busted it when being a little too rough with my laptop ;(. Don't know the model, but it's an "Acer" brand USB 2.0. I was almost prepared to just bite the bullet and buy another dongle, but my frequent clumsiness and anal desire to prove Ubuntu can do anything better than the p.o.s we call vista has left me unwilling to compromise. Hopefully someone out there far more technically minded with me can help! Kind of strange going from being a (self proclaimed) advanced Windows user to a complete newbie! Just to qualify that last message:

In Windows XP/Vista the Wifi is “disabled” after a computer is “shut down” or hard switched off. To turn it on, I am required to press the Function Key in conjunction with F10 which brings on a little light on my laptop case and plays the “USB device inserted” wav. If the computer is restarted, hibernated or suspended, the wifi adapter will be on automatically as Windows Starts.

In Ubuntu 8.04, no amount of fiddling with drivers or following abovementioned instructions could get me past the first step of actually turning the bloody thing on. I suspect I’m overlooking something simple as I can’t find anyone else with the same problem anywhere!

I had no bother at all connecting with an external dongle. Unfortunately today I busted it when being a little too rough with my laptop ;(. Don’t know the model, but it’s an “Acer” brand USB 2.0.

I was almost prepared to just bite the bullet and buy another dongle, but my frequent clumsiness and anal desire to prove Ubuntu can do anything better than the p.o.s we call vista has left me unwilling to compromise.

Hopefully someone out there far more technically minded with me can help! Kind of strange going from being a (self proclaimed) advanced Windows user to a complete newbie!

]]> By: Hardwick http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-5360 Hardwick Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:28:42 +0000 http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-5360 Hey - thanks for all your work on getting RTL8187 working. Unfortunately, I'm having real difficulties following these instructions with Hardy Heron. Unlike most of the people here, I'm not running a Toshiba, but a Advent 9315, which is a relatively rare system apparantly and may not be produced outside England?? Anyway - I can't seem to get past the first hurdle of getting the wifi to even turn on! Like others have mentioned, there seems to be some bizarre internal configuration which has the internal wireless adapter connected via an internal USB port. Anyway, I have attempted to follow the instructions in all of three of the patches with no joy. As far as I can tell I've executed all the commands in the readme files (in sudo) but still cannot get past the initial hurdle of turning the bloody thing on. I'm very new to Linux, so please forgive me for any stupid things I've overlooked. I have installed things from the prompt before however and I do think I've followed the instructions pretty closely. Cheers in advance! H Hey - thanks for all your work on getting RTL8187 working.

Unfortunately, I’m having real difficulties following these instructions with Hardy Heron. Unlike most of the people here, I’m not running a Toshiba, but a Advent 9315, which is a relatively rare system apparantly and may not be produced outside England??

Anyway - I can’t seem to get past the first hurdle of getting the wifi to even turn on! Like others have mentioned, there seems to be some bizarre internal configuration which has the internal wireless adapter connected via an internal USB port.

Anyway, I have attempted to follow the instructions in all of three of the patches with no joy. As far as I can tell I’ve executed all the commands in the readme files (in sudo) but still cannot get past the initial hurdle of turning the bloody thing on.

I’m very new to Linux, so please forgive me for any stupid things I’ve overlooked. I have installed things from the prompt before however and I do think I’ve followed the instructions pretty closely.

Cheers in advance!

H

]]> By: some guy http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-5260 some guy Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:46:39 +0000 http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-5260 It worked for me. many many many thanks. one point -- make sure to have libc6-dev package installed. It worked for me.

many many many thanks.

one point

– make sure to have libc6-dev package installed.

]]> By: Peter http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-4798 Peter Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:57:03 +0000 http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-4798 I installed your modified driver for 8187B on my Toshiba Notebook Satellite A210 with with AMD64 dual core processor and a Kubuntu 64 system.Sometimes the system find the card but I cannot connect to my network. Do you have a driver which works on 64bit systems with WPA? Thanks for your great work. Greetings Peter I installed your modified driver for 8187B on my Toshiba Notebook Satellite A210 with with AMD64 dual core processor and a Kubuntu 64 system.Sometimes the system find the card but I cannot connect to my network. Do you have a driver which works on 64bit systems with WPA?
Thanks for your great work.

Greetings
Peter

]]> By: cuervo http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-4479 cuervo Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:00:31 +0000 http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-4479 Need to be root. Try "su -", enter your password, then cd to the directory and try again. :-) Need to be root. Try “su -”, enter your password, then cd to the directory and try again. :-)

]]> By: cuervo http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-4478 cuervo Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:59:14 +0000 http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/2007/09/26/no-more-vista/#comment-4478 lsusb lsusb

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