Hi there, Check out this site:
http://forums.msiwind.net/default-msiwind/have-the-wireless-drivers-but-t840.html They're claiming they've got the wireless card working. There is also another post here: http://timelesssky.com/blog/install-ubuntu-on-msi-wind HTH Regards, Patrick PoiterWilson wrote: > I have an MSI wind U90, > > the gOS installed gr8 every thing works, but the wirless doesn't, i > can see it listed in: > > $ lspci > > 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E > PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02) > 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Unknown > device 8199 (rev 22) > > > and i'm guessing that the wirless card is the 2nd one called Unknown > device 8199, but i don't know how i get it working. and to make it > harder i don't know all that much about lunix.... > > i looked on the forums and it seems that no one has gotten wirless > cards to work... > > i did find linux wireless drivers for Linux but its only seems to be > for SUSE: > > http://www.notebook-driver.com/msi/msi-wind-u90-netbook-drivers-for-windows-xp-and-linux/ > > so has any one gotten it to work? > > > thanks > > On Dec 3 2008, 10:06 am, mahjongg <[email protected]> wrote: >> Netbooks typically have a specially geared Linux distro, often with >> unique drivers just for the hardware in that system. So no other, >> generic, distro might have all the drivers for the hardware in these >> netbooks. >> >> Netbook makers still do not care if the hardware they choose to build >> a netbook with has Linux support, they simply put in any cheap >> hardware they can get, even if its not officially supported with >> generic Linux drivers, and make a deal with the maker of the hardware >> so that it works on their distro. That is how they have always worked >> with Windows, they figure the maker of the hardware must simply make >> sure it works with what they design. >> >> But even when they sell hardware for Linux based netbooks, the >> hardware manufacturers often do not want to put in the effort to make >> sure the drivers work with all linux distro's, (by following >> established practices) so they do not release generic Linux drivers. >> >> Netbook makers should choose hardware for which the producer already >> has written generic Linux drivers, sadly they do not. Perhaps buyers >> should insist that the netbook they buy only uses components for which >> generic Linux drivers exist, unfortunately this understanding has not >> reached the public yet. >> >> In the meantime it is still not uncommon to find a WiFi USB dongle a >> netbooks for which a Linux driver simply does not exists. >> >> On 2 dec, 23:05, haim <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> and any help with installing the wireless on the current version will >>> be great!!! >>> thanks >>> haim >>> On Oct 8, 1:06 am, tron <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hey all, >>>> Firstly great distro setup. Love the ease of use on the netbook, I >>>> have tried Ubuntu and Foresight and found issues with both of them, >>>> Ubuntu, not scaling some screens to fit the 10" screen size, and >>>> Foresight even though it has been designed with the netbook in mind, I >>>> found that it is very slow, with gOS both of these issues I haven't >>>> come across (Yet). >>>> Now onto my particular problem, when I was looking at this distro I >>>> noted that on the front page that they are using theMSIWindU100 as >>>> the netbook that is loaded with it, I thought great, install it and >>>> all will work, ahh but alass it wasn't the case, I found that I still >>>> don't have native wireless and that I am going to have to do a patch/ >>>> hack to get it running (being based on Ubuntu, yes I know how to do >>>> this, just a bit annoying that this is the case). I also noted that in >>>> the piccys taken at the LinuxWorld Confrence that theWindas well as >>>> other netbooks were being shown off as being able to run this OS. >>>> Is anyone able to tell me, why wasn't it written into the Kernel or as >>>> an auto patch when loaded onto a U100. Will this be a patch that will >>>> be done on a future release (I know that the 27 Kernel will be having >>>> native support for my wireless card) will gOS be accepting the new >>>> Kernel or will it still be running the 24 Kernel? >>>> Once again these are just some small issues that I hope someone can >>>> shead some light on for me. >>>> Thanks >>>> tron > > > -- Registered GNU/Linux User 368634 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
