Yuval Hager wrote:
> HP Mini 2133

I posted about the wifi in this guy a while back. It has ABG b43
which isn't really properly supported, at least not the A part but
the reaction I got from mentioning the chipset made me not expect too
much. I don't know if the ABG can be expected to behave exactly like
the BG when not using .11a. I doubt it.


> (HP product number FU346EA).

I just now noticed that the wifi seems to be a miniPCI card. If I
was you I would just replace it. :)


> this problem is recreated exactly the same every time. wireless
> works correctly as long as I don't start X (or maybe it's KDE
> trying to reset something when it loads?)

You can test this by starting only the X server and nothing else,
simply run the command X (one capital X) instead of startx or an init
script for kdm or anything else. You will get only the X server
running (black/white dots background) and you have to kill it with
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. It would be interesting to know the results.


> I booted Vista once (that came with the machine) and everything was
> working fine, so I assume the hardware is ok (but I don't have
> vista anymore).

Yes. I expect it's the ABG causing problems because it isn't so well
known.

I'm looking to get one of those machines too. RSN.. :)


//Peter

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