Asus Aspire One Network Woes

[Shannon McMackin]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> Shannon McMackin wrote:
>> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>   
>>> Raquel wrote:
>>>     
>>>> On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:39:47 -0700
>>>> "Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>>>>     I have Intrepid on my laptop too, and the last updated kernel 
>>>>> stopped my WiFi dead! There is something real bad in that kernel! I
>>>>> have Grub set up to boot on the next-newest kernel and WiFi works
>>>>> just fine. I hope it will for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Karl
>>>>>     
>>>>>         
>>>> I bought this new laptop maybe 3 weeks ago and installed Intrepid
>>>> onto it.  My wired ethernet works like a charm.  Right after I got
>>>> Intrepid installed I took the laptop downtown to a hotspot and 8
>>>> different networks were located.  Now, it doesn't see a thing.  
>>>>
>>>> When are developers going to fix the problem?  It seems I've read a
>>>> lot of complaints about this.
>>>>
>>>> So, going back to the 2.6.27-9 kernel should fix the problem?
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>>     I will be amazed if it doesn't fix your WiFi problem. Also the 
>>> developers are human and sometimes they do make an error. It happens.
>>>
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>
>>>
>>>     
>> Karl and Raquel,
>>
>> Did you make sure to install the backports package and the restricted 
>> drivers package for the newer kernel?
>>   
>     I have no idea what these are and I have never ever used them, 
> except on this nVidia machine. If I don't get the restricted drivers 
> package my video goes to hell. But I have got these nVidia things on 
> Hardy several times.
> 
> 
>> Many times we don't have the meta-package installed for those 2 and when 
>> the kernel update comes, it doesn't pull those in as well.
>>
>>   
>    
>> Check synaptic and see if you have those packages.  If you do and the 
>> problem still exists, then it's a problem that should be filed as a bug 
>> and will hopefully get addressed at some point.  in the meantime, 
>> 2.6.27-9 will continue to work.
>>
>>   
>     I have never used  these Meta things. But I will try and report back.
> 
> Karl
> 
>> If you don't have those packages, then install them and test.  Report 
>> back what you find.  Then it's a case of package mgmt on the end-users part.
>>
>> I've been bitten by this in the past on previous releases...
>>
>>
>>   
> 
> 
For clarification, it's called a meta-package.  In the case of the 
kernel, it's called linux-image as opposed to 
linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic.  For backports, it's called 
linux-backports-modules-intrepid and then linux-restricted-modules.

Any time you do a kernel update, you want to make sure you get all 3.