Hi Dick, The netbook is a HP Mini. I've tried both the default and proprietary drivers and neither did the trick. I'll check out the support pages when I have some more time.
Thanks for your help and keep up the good work on the podcasts! Mark On Sunday, February 21, 2010, Dick Wall <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mark > > Not sure which netbook you have specifically, but a friend of mine was > having similar problems with his 12" netbook - one of the new EEEPCs. > It seems that the new wifi chip in there is very new indeed, and will > work with the NDIS wrappers (but they unfortunately don't resume > properly). The best bet is to get on the support sites, or just wait a > little longer - the volunteers do catch up with the latest, greatest > hardware much quicker now. > > As for the NBR of ubuntu, it is really good. On the EEEPC 1000 it > works flawlessly (no bleeding edge hardware that is unsupported), and > the result is extremely nice to use. Glad you like it. > > Cheers > > Dick > > On Feb 21, 2:50 pm, Mark Fortner <[email protected]> wrote: >> I upgraded my wife's laptop recently to use the latest version Ubuntu >> NetBook remix after hearing all of the positive feedback about it on the >> podcast and was really impressed with how much better it was than XP as an >> OS. Everything just fit the form factor better. My wife remarked how much >> easier and faster it was to use. The only problem we've had is that WIFI >> doesn't work. We can detect the WIFI access point, but can't seem to use >> it. >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Dick Wall <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Yep - Casper has it - it was the X120 I was talking about. However, >> > once I started digging in to where I could actually get one, things >> > became less clear. I don't yet know if it is FCC approved - there are >> > some claims that you can buy it at radioshack, but I have never seen >> > it at one, and as far as amazon goes, they only seem to carry >> > accessories. It looks like a fabulous gadget though, if you can get >> > it. >> >> > For now my EEEPC 1000 continues to astonish me by it's capabilities. >> > Most of the podcasts you have heard recently have been mixed and cut >> > on it - usually on the train on my way into work. Enough power and >> > definitely enough portability. >> >> > Cheers >> >> > Dick >> >> > On Feb 19, 2:48 pm, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > I thought he mentioned the LG x120: >> >http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/19/lg-x120-netbook-review/ >> >> > > On Feb 19, 12:06 pm, Jiri Mares <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > Hi javaposse (Dick Wall), >> >> > > > in one of the recent podcast you have mentioned LG netbook with >> > > > touchscreen and Linux ... I tried to look it up but with no real >> > > > result. Please can you be more accurate what netbook have you mean? >> >> > > > Thanks >> >> > > > Jirka >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "The Java Posse" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups >> > .com> >> > . >> > For more options, visit this group at >> >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> -- >> Mark Fortner >> >> blog:http://feeds.feedburner.com/jroller/ideafactory > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Mark Fortner blog: http://feeds.feedburner.com/jroller/ideafactory -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
