On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:30:25 -0800 (PST) etolini <[email protected]> wrote:
> > GoS is installed very well in the Asus Eee PC 901, but has a very big > failure. > Does not detect either the ethernet or wifi. > > This expected to be resolved? I do not have an Asus Eee 901, so I can't advise exactly, but Linux is built from a kernel covered by a layer of code which approximates to where your applications reside, covered by the gui. The kernel is the place where the drivers to run the wifi reside, so by installing a later kernel you will get your wifi to work. On my Hi-Grade 332 when you press the button to turn on the wi-fi card, it shows networks in the locality. So the driver that runs my architecture is installed: what do you have? Your ethernet cable should be recognised on power-up. If it is not, check your cables, and even your router connection (I occasionally have to reboot both modem and router). > Another problem is that when it comes to configure it does not accept > the Pasword root. > > What is that? Are you trying configure without installing the package build-essential? Its not installed by default, so in a terminal write: sudo apt-get install build-essential In Linux, different users have their own permissions. "Root" is the user that has the permission for the whole of the system, and for that reason you should not run the system with root permissions. Ubuntu (and Debian for that matter) use the sudo system, and gOS is based on Ubuntu; using the command sudo places the commands which come after in a kind of shell which runs them as if they were in root mode, without allowing anybody outside access to your whole system (Linux is very secure) and still allow code with root permissions to run. However, if the Linux operating system does not use the sudo system, it will have to give the root user a separate password that is different. But when using a Ubuntu-based operating system like gOS, the "root password" will be the password of the user that signs in at log-on. HTH -- Graham Todd --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
