Hi Guys, I know I don't post here very often but I have to pop my two penneth in here, in saying I feel for you both!
I recently have been trying to get others to put Ubuntu onto their netbooks (various) and am getting increasingly frustrated with the state of wifi in Ubuntu. Other distros seem to be ahead of the game, but not all mind you. Jon, I have been fighting with a Samsung n210, a rtl8192e, took me three hours to get it working using all sorts of avenues. I finally had to update the kernel and use the 'samsung-wireless' ppa ( https://launchpad.net/~voria/+archive/ppa) to get in anywhere near working. My own compaq 311c with an atheros ar928x series card still isn't working at full level, I had to make/install the latest compat-wireless ( http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download) to get it anywhere near usable. (as a point of note - mint 10 lxde was fine!) Alan, as for bugs, there are plenty already in the system: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/735171 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/729549 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/508746 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/761176 these are just four of many that apply to the state of wireless cards. I obviously don't know how hard the devs are working, I'm sure they're pulling their hair out too, but the pace seems to have slowed somewhat. With Ubuntu now with Unity (not bad so far) being an all round solution even for netbooks those with netbooks can't get online out of the box! If Ubuntu wants to see an increase in netbook/laptop users then the most important aspect of the netbook IMO is it's network card. Users just want to install and go, they shouldn't have to be compiling drivers from source or updating their kernel!! Cheers, On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Alan Bell < alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com> wrote: > On 03/05/11 11:26, Jon Reynolds wrote: > >> >> Well, This is a bit of a rant I'm afraid... need to vent. >> >> <rant class="frustrated">What gives with wireless? Why is it such an issue >> for Ubuntu? 'Almost' every time I perform an apt-get upgrade or in this >> case, a distribution upgrade, my wireless breaks! I'm getting really fed up >> of it. >> >> Now I don't want to be seen as whinging about something but not helping to >> fix it, but it has been fixed in the past, as I have been using wifi before >> on many previous versions on this hardware. But for some reason, my >> particular wireless h/w, seems to get forgotten about or lost or whatever >> whenever there is a major upgrade and I have to wait, sometimes several >> weeks, for one of the upgrades to fix it. Or try various different methods >> found by googling, which don't all work, which I fear is cluttering up my >> system. >> >> I don't understand how if it is fixed, why that bit of code or whatever it >> is doesn't just stay put. >> >> </rant> >> >> Right now, after an upgrade to 11,04, I have no wireless devices detected. >> Its not that I can't connect, I don't even have any wlan detected. >> >> Its a Realtek. >> >> do lsusb in a terminal and let us know the full line that relates to your > wireless device. > Is this built in to some kind of laptop? Which model? If it is a certified > model or the same wireless device is in a certified model then put that in > the bug report. > So far this is a rant with out much actionable information, lets get it to > a reportable and fixable bug report. > > Alan. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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