On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Nalin Savara <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 2:53 PM, narendra sisodiya > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> Recently , I have purchased BenQ U121 netbook. I have BenQ U121 >> eco netbook comes with linpus linux version. but I have tested it well >> that its wifi does not work at all with Ubuntu 9.10 and UNR . I have >> tried full effort to install fedora 12 (using USB, using netboot, etc >> ) but It will not boot fedora atall. also speed is not promising. >> (also tried ndiswrapper but nothing helped) >> >> PS: Next time you go to purchase a linux netbook, just use a pen drive >> and use Unetbootin to load Ubuntu 9.10 and then just boot and test all >> thing at shop itself. >> -- > > Some questions from me:-- > > (1) Does Wifi work with Linpus(the linux version that came pre-installed) ?
I have not tried. But I tried to connect using normal Ethernet cable (RJ45 one), I was unable to connect normal Ethernet on limpus (tried all sort of command line tricks , and config files , nothing worked out,) > > (2) how much did this cost ? 20 K > >>just use a pen drive >>and use Unetbootin to load Ubuntu 9.10 and then just boot and test all > t>hing at shop itself. > > (3) How/where to find instructions for unetbootin and Ubuntu 9.10 ? * Install Unetbootin * click on iso, locate the ubuntu iso image and select your pen drive / usb drive. Click Ok. * plug usb again to netboot and reboot it. Press F9 to select boot device. * now you have Live GNU/Linux working over laptop/netboot > > Just wondering... > > (4) Also, if it works with manufacturer's linux-- then cant we ask them-- > and get drivers etc ? From what I understand, you couldnt get wifi to work > when booting into fedora and ubuntu... but did you try to get the drivers ? On their website, they just show window's driver. unable to locate linux version. I have tried ndiswrapper and it gtk gui to load all possible .inf files but nothing worked properly. > > (5) What about the idea to educate "BenQ"-- to put up this netbook's drivers > ? Personally I think hardware makers that ship pre-installed linux are doing > something good-- which needs to be encouraged-- even if it's quality will > take some time to debug and make perfect. I have tweeted and blogged about this. This is good enough to put voice into their ear. > > Regards, > > NS > > -- > Do you have another question? Click here - > http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug/post > Read archive - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > l...@iitd community mailing list -- http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug Here is some note from review - <copy-paste src="http://www.cnet.com.au/benq-joybook-lite-u121-eco-339298494.htm";> In the Linpus version's case the CD didn't even include network drivers nor were Linux drivers provided on BenQ's site (BenQ claims this is because the Linux distribution is aimed at developers). We assume this means they're either expected to find their own, or blast out Linpus and install their distro of choice. To this end, the XP version was benchmarked. </copy-paste> -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Society for Knowledge Commons │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org └─────────────────────────┘ -- Do you have another question? Click here - http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug/post Read archive - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ l...@iitd community mailing list -- http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug
