Hi Jeff, I appreciate the common issues. I go t this netbook as a "hand-me-down from my daughter and it came with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and has working drivers for wireless as well as for wired networking. I have decided to leave well enough alone and not install a different Linux. I have not found any live USB arrangement that supports wireless. I am not going to convert a working system to one that does not support wireless for sure. The purpose of a live-CD or live-USB is to be convinced that it will meet ones needs before installing.
Because of the extra difficulty of trying out live-USB compared to trying live-CD, I am inclined to never purchase a netbook. I feel an optical drive is too useful to give up. I do not favor having lots of external devices (such as an external DVD) because one looses the convenience of portability that a netbook has over a laptop. I guess that means I will purchase a laptop for my next machine (if not a desktop, which has better durability and flexible replacements and upgrades). So, have you completely solved your netbook issues? Ernie Bergmann On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote: > This is sufficiently similar to what I'm seeing to just tack on here > instead of opening a new bug: > > System: > > Lenovo S10 w/ bcom 43XX wireless device (like many netbooks) > > Booted from a 9.10 UNR on USB thumb drive. > > Once the live version was up and running, chose to install to HDD. > > Once installer loaded, the hardware-drivers app kicked off letting me know > there were proprietary drivers for my bcom wireless chip. > I opened hardware-drivers, selected the STA driver and clicked activate. > > Hardware-drivers then commenced to download and install the STA driver > (currently connected via copper). once it finished, the install window > closed, returning me to the hardware-drivers screen which showed the STA > driver as activated w/ system needing reboot. > > The very next thing that happened was that the screen went black, > leaving only the mouse pointer visible, and a single _ char at the top > left of the screen. > > Most disconcerting, however, was the capslock light continuously > flashing on and off. I had to power cycle the netbook to get back into > the UNR installer. > > Sorry for not having any logs or captured data... hard to get that kind > of stuff though when the system has become a brick. > > Once I got the little Lenovo rebooted, I went back into the installer > and when hardware-drivers popped up this time, I just ignored it and > went on with installing. > > -- > similar to #466109 but happened with live USB stick on Dell 910 (ubuntu > 8.04-->9.10) > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/507288 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Too bad I cannot use full sized computer to report what I experienced on > this Dell 910 Mini that originally shipped with ubuntu 8.04. Used a > di9fferent computer with live CD burned from ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso to > to create live USB with the console command: usb-creator-gtk. (Added 2G of > persistence) to 4G Sony memory stick. Well, the Dell Mini booted nicely off > of the live USB but when I tried (without connection to ethernet) to load > wireless drivers: Broadcom B43 and Broadcom STA, I had problems getting both > of them loaded and activated. Crashed several times so that I had to power > cycle to get back. The last time the Dell asked to file report (this one). > I connected to eth0 (wired connection to internet) and after answering > email on another machine, I am filing this report. > > ProblemType: KernelOops > Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be > restarted. > AplayDevices: > **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** > card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC268 Analog [ALC268 Analog] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > Architecture: i386 > AudioDevicesInUse: > USER PID ACCESS COMMAND > /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 3955 F.... pulseaudio > CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory > Card0.Amixer.info: > Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf0540000 irq 22' > Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC268' > Components : 'HDA:10ec0268,102802b0,00100101' > Controls : 17 > Simple ctrls : 11 > Date: Thu Jan 14 00:48:38 2010 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 > Failure: oops > IwConfig: > lo no wireless extensions. > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) > MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 910 > Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48 > ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true > persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper > initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic > RelatedPackageVersions: > linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A > linux-firmware 1.24 > SourcePackage: linux > Tags: kernel-oops > Title: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 6f4e6c6c > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686 > dmi.bios.date: 09/15/2008 > dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.bios.version: A01 > dmi.board.name: CN0J14 > dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.board.version: A01 > dmi.chassis.type: 8 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.chassis.version: A01 > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA01:bd09/15/2008:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron910:pvrA01:rvnDellInc.:rnCN0J14:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA01: > dmi.product.name: Inspiron 910 > dmi.product.version: A01 > dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/507288/+subscribe > -- similar to #466109 but happened with live USB stick on Dell 910 (ubuntu 8.04-->9.10) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/507288 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
