On 07/07/2010 11:51, John Stevenson wrote: > On 7 July 2010 10:25, Gordon > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I have Remix 10.04 on a flash drive and Desktop 10.04 on a CD. > If I start the Live CD on my Tosh Satellite, it tells me that the > Wireless device is "not ready" and I can't connect. > If I run the Remix from the flash drive on the same machine it finds the > Wireless adapter and I can connect. > Aren't the two just the same OS with a different GUI? > If so, why the difference? > > > Hello Gordon, > Does the flash drive have newer packages on it after an update, assuming > the drive is persistent or Ubuntu was installed to the flash drive? > > Unless you have a beta or release candidate on the Live CD then they > should be the same, unless you or the system added something to the > flash drive. > > You can run either the normal desktop or the remix desktop from the > flash drive as follows (no need for the slow Live CD): > > When you are at the login screen, you can select the desktop layout by > selecting your login name and using the session drop-down menu to select > from: > > Gnome - normal ubuntu desktop > Remix - ubuntu remix desktop > Remix 2d - lighter 2d remix desktop > > The names above may be slightly different as I listed them from memory. > > If you select Gnome and you still have wireless issues, then you should > raise a bug on launchpad as something very strange is going on. >
Interesting - I've just booted from the Live CD again and THIS time it DID find the wireless OK! Strange! (There are more things in Heaven and Earth Horatio.....) -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
