On 8 July 2010 12:25, Gordon <gbpli...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 07/07/2010 11:51, John Stevenson wrote: > > On 7 July 2010 10:25, Gordon > > <gbpli...@gmail.com > > <mailto:gbpli...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > I have Remix 10.04 on a flash drive and Desktop 10.04 on a CD. > > If I start the Live CD on my Tosh Satellite, it tells me that the > > Wireless device is "not ready" and I can't connect. > > If I run the Remix from the flash drive on the same machine it finds > the > > Wireless adapter and I can connect. > > Aren't the two just the same OS with a different GUI? > > If so, why the difference? > > > > > > Hello Gordon, > > Does the flash drive have newer packages on it after an update, assuming > > the drive is persistent or Ubuntu was installed to the flash drive? > > > > Unless you have a beta or release candidate on the Live CD then they > > should be the same, unless you or the system added something to the > > flash drive. > > > > You can run either the normal desktop or the remix desktop from the > > flash drive as follows (no need for the slow Live CD): > > > > When you are at the login screen, you can select the desktop layout by > > selecting your login name and using the session drop-down menu to select > > from: > > > > Gnome - normal ubuntu desktop > > Remix - ubuntu remix desktop > > Remix 2d - lighter 2d remix desktop > > > > The names above may be slightly different as I listed them from memory. > > > > If you select Gnome and you still have wireless issues, then you should > > raise a bug on launchpad as something very strange is going on. > > > > Interesting - I've just booted from the Live CD again and THIS time it > DID find the wireless OK! Strange! (There are more things in Heaven and > Earth Horatio.....) > > There could be a bug with your wireless card under Linux, intermittently failing. If you open a terminal and enter the command *lspci *you should see your Wireless card listed in the output of that command.
You could see if you could find reported problems with the card by a google search of ubuntu and the card make and model, eg. ubuntu Atheros AR5001 Or if you wait until the end of this month, there is a update to the Ubuntu distributions with all the latest packages and bug fixes, so you could make another USB live Ubuntu and see if that works any better. -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com
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