OT: Help with WIFI on HP Mini 110-1030CA

[Abhayadev S]

the same here also... my wife had some experience (good or bad i dont know)
with Windows and she is in Linux ever since she joined me and she is doing
well too...

@OP, did you get the 'dmesg' ?

Regards,
Abhayadev S
http://sites.google.com/site/abhayadevs


On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 12:08 AM, Lawrence H. Bulk <lhbcomm at gmail.com>wrote:

> I can only say that my wife and I have been using Linux for over 5 years
> now and I personally have tried 7 or 8 different distributions (including
> RPM ones). Currently my wife and I are using Xubuntu on our main computers
> (ZaReason Strata 7330s), Ubuntu Studio on two older computers (Acer Extensa
> 5620-6419s), and Lubuntu on two Netbooks (Asus EeePC 1000 & ZaReason Teo).
> The Ubuntu Studio installations are 12.04 LTS; the others are all the
> latest versions. (I much prefer Debian-type distributions.)
>
> We have NEVER run across anything that will not operate with any of our
> computers. I admit that I studied a bit before obtaining our three printers
> (2 HPs and 1 Epson), all of which have Linux drivers available. I agree
> that if you choose to use any GNU/Linux OS and therefore cannot run over to
> your local Best Buy Geek Squad to have any problems fixed, you must learn
> to maintain your computer yourself.
>
> But we are both just ordinary computer users. Yes, I am "the man" when it
> comes to maintaining our computers but, in truth, my wife rarely runs into
> any problems, certainly nowhere near the number she had with Windows. (When
> it is time to upgrade, she does it herself.) And it doesn't take a whole
> lot of effort to keep your computer going. At least that's my experience
> (which is the only one I can go by).
>
> When we first got into Linux, both my wife and I messed up our computers
> on numerous occasions as we were learning the system. Most of the time I
> was able to get answers to our problem(s) on the forums.But a few times, we
> had messed the computer(s) up so badly that nothing could be done. The
> solution? A complete fresh reinstallation. And once that is done, you learn
> never to do again whatever it was that you did in the first place to foul
> up the system.
>
> Wi-Fi? Sound? Whatever the problems are, there is a solution. Often it is
> not obvious to amateurs such as myself. But once a solution is explained to
> me, far more often than not it turns out to be simple. That's why,
> regarding solutions to problems, I stated that "EVERYTHING in Linux is easy
> once you know what it is." I haven't found anything that was ultimately
> difficult. But, as I said, I am just an ordinary computer user.
>
> I wish I were able to help the original poster who is having trouble
> activating Wi-Fi on his netbook. I'm almost positive that there is an
> answer - I just don't know what the answer is (beyond my suggestions to
> him).
>
> I did not want to get into a discussion about the ease or difficulty of
> using Linux; I was only trying to help the OP and perhaps my comment
> offended some. In any case, if my last solution does not work, then I hope
> that someone else here (someone more knowledgeable than me) can help this
> person.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2013-07-23 at 09:10 -0400, Lawrence H. Bulk wrote:
>> > EVERYTHING in Linux is simple once you know the answer!
>>
>> So if the answer to "why can't LINUX use my hardware" is, that there is
>> no driver available, then it's simple to solve? Simply write a driver
>> yourself or simply pay money to get hardware that does work with Linux
>> and that has to be developed, because no available hardware does run on
>> Linux?
>> Or if you need e.g. professional NLE video software or a professional
>> working DAW, than simply write the NLE software yourself, pay somebody
>> to do, buy 100 motherboards until one is stable with your professional
>> sound card and Linux?
>>
>> Note! I'm using Linux only for > than a decade, another issues is, that
>> if you know the answer, e.g. how to do something assumed your Linux does
>> use init, than don't expect that you can solve the same issues a year
>> later, when distros switch to upstart or systemd. Don't expect this for
>> tons of other issues ;).
>>
>> To set up professional Linux environments does mean that you have to
>> figure out things again and again, to pay much money etc., sure once you
>> know the answer, then you know the answer, but for 1 answer you get, 2
>> new answers will appear.
>>
>> Users willing to use Linux, should be aware of this. Linux isn't simple!
>> To use Linux needs lot of knowhow and you need to refresh this knowhow
>> each day.
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