Chris, Please forgive me if you find the explanation too deep as i do not know your expertise in Linux
You got Ubuntu, good. Now under applications you would find accessories, under that you would find terminal type the commands in that black box ( like the MSDOS window) Or if you are using ubuntu 11.04 and the looks are killing you, well press <alt> F2 together ( like we do <ctrl><alt><del> to escape from windows) same thing. You would get a dialog box with a input field, you know to type in some thing Type in gnome-terminal and you will see the black box. paste each line and you will work it through FYI (sudo means superuser : you know the admin, so you will have to type your password) But i have a question, are you doing this beacuse after installation the wireless is not working? if that is the case see if your wireless driver is available in System -> Adminstration ->Hardware Drives . Subin On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings David, > > I have just booted up ubuntu on a Lenovo ideapad v570 and am facing > the same situation. This is my first experience using Linux. Could > you explain how to get to where these commands are typed in? Thanks > for the post! > > -Chris > > On May 11, 10:35 pm, David John <[email protected]> wrote: > > This process enableswirelesstill the next reboot > > > > sudo service network-manager stop > > sudo rmmod acer_wmi > > sudo modprobe acer_wmi > > sudo rfkill unblock all > > (Checked that everything was unblocked) > > sudo service network-manager start > > > > Now, instead of "Wirelessisdisabledby thehardwareswitch" status > > in NM, the message will be "wirelessisdisabled" > > Enablewirelessfrom NM > > sudo rmmod -f acer_wmi > > > > Wirelessnetworks will be detected and connected > > > > To make this change permanent, > > sudo su > > echo "blacklist acer_wmi" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf > > exit > > > > This is the discussion thread that helped mosthttp:// > ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1745681 > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
