I am sure this information will be useful also for many other people who buy netbooks-- and so, I am blogging this using posterious. My reply/comment of thanks at bottom of message.
In making sense of this post, please note that I have collated here 3 posts on the iitlug list:- (1) Narendra Sisodiya's message about problems with wifi when using his BenQ netbook with Ubuntu 9.10 (2) My post asking details of problems + Narendra Sisodiya's post about details of his problems; price of BenQ Netbook-- and some more details. (3) Vivek Kapoor's post with suggested solutions to Narendra's problems. I hope this helps. Incase you wish to contact me (Nalin), my email address is at the bottom of this blog post. (1) + (2) Above-- Narendra's Message+Nalin's Questions+Narendra's answers On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 3:33 PM, narendra sisodiya < [email protected]> wrote: > 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> > > (3) Vivek Kapoor's suggestions on fixing the problem Narendra faced. On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Vivek Kapoor <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/25/2009 02:53 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) >> > > There are some issues with some specific Wifi drivers in 9.10 - specially > of RaLink chipset. Can you see what chipset is yours? Also, you may want to > try 9.04 if it works. > > Second, if the chipset you find is an offending one, then you can try > compiling the drivers on your own. lspci shall show you the list. Try lsusb > also, though not sure if internal wifi adapter would be usb based. > Cool Scene. Thanks Narendra- for sharing the info with the list. Thanks Vivek- for this solution-- would love to know what happens next-- and whether NS was able to get wifi working on his BenQ netbook. I hope this helps. If anything else, I can be reached on email or googletalk at my ID of: nsnsns(at)gmail(dot)com Best Regards, Nalin --- Nalin Savara CEO & Technical Director DS Technologies Pvt Ltd web: http://www.dstech.in email: nsnsns(at)dstech(dot)in | nsnsns(at)gmail(dot)com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nsnsns -- 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
