Hi Dave To see the available wi-fi networks, I just click on the wi-fi icon, top right between the battery icon and the sound volume icon. Then select the one to connect to.
Tony On 25 Apr 2009 at 11:29, David King wrote: > > In regards to wi fi, when using UNR 9.04 on my Asus Eee PC 901, how do I > search for wi fi networks? The default Xandros makes it easy to search for > them and see details on each wi fi connection, but does Ubuntu have this? I > have searched for it as well in Ubuntu 8.04 on a laptop with a wi fi inbuilt, > but still I cannot find any wi fi search facility. Surely such a program is > ESSENTIAL today, so why is it missing or otherwise hidden in Ubuntu? > > David King > > > > >Robert Flatters wrote: > >> downloaded a copy last night and installed it on two machine tonight. First > >> impression are good, all though ive come across some small issues with > >> window message screens freezing > > > > > >I upgraded a couple of machines yesterday, and was also impressed with > >Jaunty, which looks better in all sorts of subtle ways - the fonts, the > >artwork, etc. > > > >One thing I did struggle with on my wifi-connected laptop was a > >recurrence of the ancient, irritating, and still-unfixed bug that causes > >CIFS shares to be disconnected before they are unmounted. With Gutsy, > >Hardy and Intrepid, I'd successfully used the 'umountcifs' script that's > >much-applauded on the forum; but that seems to have stopped working for > >Jaunty. The only way I can now shut down the machine without generating > >a five minute delay while the CIFS VFS failure times out is to remove > >the old 'umountcifs' fix, and change the rc0.d and rc6.d priorities thus: > > > >K01umountnfs.sh > >K02gdm > >K03usplash > > > >I don't see why it's necessary to have umountnfs.sh at K01 -- you'd > >expect that the historic fixes that raise the priority of the CIFS > >unmount, or lower the priority of the network interface shutdown, or > >otherwise ensure that the shares unmount before the network closes, > >would still work. But they don't. > > > >Have the devs changed something in Jaunty about how the init.d / rc > >stuff works? > > > >mac > > > > > > > >-- > >ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > >https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
