Ubuntu Eee 8.04: Still no Wi-Fi

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I was able to install Ubuntu Eee 8.04 beta successfully but since then, I have not configured the wifi properly. I have followed the instructions on the wiki, forum and justing gill, who is lucky enough to have his Ubuntu 8.04 perfect OOTB, but to no avail for me.

I was actually able to use the wifi even without applying the madwifi patch, but I had to turn it on from the BIOS before starting Ubuntu up. Or I have to leave the Wi-Fi

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4 Responses to “Ubuntu Eee 8.04: Still no Wi-Fi”

  1. Collegue said:

    Apr 16, 08 at 4:10 am

    Hello Alvin,
    have you tried the package from http://code.google.com/p/eee-ubuntu-support/ ?
    I’ve stumbled uppon it whis testing gos, it is supposed to fix the madwifi drivers question, so it may be worth a look :)

    Wish you luck

  2. Aldrin Cantos said:

    Apr 16, 08 at 8:32 am

    I have actually tried the v1.0 of the script a while ago but another problem arose… the 640 x 480 screen resolution issue. And 915resolution won’t fix it.

  3. Justin Gill said:

    Apr 16, 08 at 10:57 am

    Hey there

    I see you referred back to my post (on my site) about Ubuntu on the EEE PC. I would hold out just a few more days until the full release comes out. Many problems should be fixed that were plaging the beta (wireless is a big one).

    Another alternative is Mandriva. Personally, I’ve had a better experience using Mandriva on the eee PC vs Ubuntu. Everything works out of the box (much more so than Ubuntu). There are still some issues with it, but like Ubuntu the bugs are being stomped out as time goes on.

    Great blog! You’ve done quite a lot of work on the eee PC! Keep it up!

    Thanks and Regards!
    Justin Gill

  4. Aldrin Cantos said:

    Apr 16, 08 at 5:07 pm

    Hi Justin,

    Thanks for dropping by here. This blog is not as good as yours, though we share the same theme.

    BTW, I have used eeeXubuntu for quite a while already before Ubuntu Eee and I did not have serious problems with it since a lot of help is already available in forums and other blogs. I have not tried Mandriva myself but I hear it’s quite better than any other distros.

    I am really a newbie in the Linux but I am very interested to learn about more about it. I started this blog to record all my experience about Linux. And maybe for other purposes too.

    Aldrin Cantos

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