Asus Aspire One Network Woes

[Karl F. Larsen]

Raquel wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:05:59 -0700
> "Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Raquel wrote:
>>     
>>> On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:05:23 -0700
>>> "Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>>> Now I'm not sure what's going on.  I just rebooted into -9 and
>>>>> the networks still don't show up.  Now I have no idea of where
>>>>> to go.
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>>     Did you look at the two tiny computers in the upper right
>>>> corner? Click there and see if you see what you want.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Karl
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Yes.  I've clicked on the Network Manager icon.  My ethernet
>>> connection shows up but no wireless, where once it did.
>>>
>>> "lspci" detects the card.
>>>
>>> I'm an "old-time" network person so I had my wired network
>>> settings in /etc/network/interfaces because that's what I knew.
>>> Then I transferred control over to Network Manager.  I don't know
>>> where anything is stored to figure out how to "fix" it.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>     Did your WiFi work with a older kernel?
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>     
>
> I've had the notebook 2 weeks.  I got rid of Windows Vista and
> installed Intrepid.  I read a bunch of posts on the Ubuntu forum and
> found that I needed to install additional packages, specifically the
> linux-backports-modules-intrepid package, to make wireless work with
> my Atheros AR928x wireless card ... and it did.  I went downtown to
> where I know there's a publicly available network and I found 12,
> but it was freezing cold and I needed to work on my firewall. Back
> home I found 2 wireless networks that neighbors have.  Somewhere
> between there and now, wireless has stopped working and I cannot
> locate any wireless networks using -7, -9 or, -11.
>
> I'm reading everything I can find on using NetworkManager with
> Intrepid but am not finding much help yet for my problem.  I'm
> wondering if it would help to force aptitude to reinstall
> NetworkManager?
>
>   
    No. You need to find a reliable source of WiFi. In the USA almost 
all public libraries and some eating places advertise  WiFi inside.  
Make sure your in a good place and try -9 alone. It works fine for 
almost everyone.

Karl
 

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