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From: Mister2u on 8 Aug 2010 13:47 After running Kubuntu live for a while on a Sony Vaio laptop I decided to install,big mistake.Wireless wouldn't work on the installed version but the worst part is it won't work on the live boot either anymore.Short of hardware failure I can't imagine how this would happen.Anybody got any ideas?BTW it's really no loss 98 won't install on the PC and I'd have to buy 2 DVDs from Sony to install XP.
From: Mark Warner on 8 Aug 2010 14:01 Mister2u wrote: > After running Kubuntu live for a while on a Sony Vaio laptop > I decided to install,big mistake.Wireless wouldn't work on the > installed version but the worst part is it won't work on the live > boot either anymore.Short of hardware failure I can't imagine how this > would happen.Anybody got any ideas?BTW it's really no > loss 98 won't install on the PC and I'd have to buy 2 DVDs from Sony > to install XP. You've not given nearly enough information to answer your question. Hardware? Wireless chipset? Version of Kub? What you've done to enable wireless? What specifically doesn't work? Can it see the network but not connect? What encryption level? And so forth... I've got a Vaio PCG-K13 that has a little on/off switch for the wireless on the front edge that I accidentally switched off once and had me scratching my head for a few minutes before I realized what had happened. If that's not the problem, you might try a different distro. Perhaps Mint or SimplyMEPIS or PCLinuxOS or even Ubuntu. It sounds like you expect everything to work out of the box without any input on your part. These distros have a good track record in that regard. Kubuntu tends to be more cutting edge than most, and can be less stable and more problematic as a result. -- Mark Warner MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ....lose .inhibitions when replying
From: Mister2u on 8 Aug 2010 14:14 On Aug 8, 2:01 pm, Mark Warner <mhwarner.inhibiti...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Mister2u wrote: > > After running Kubuntu live for a while on a Sony Vaio laptop > > I decided to install,big mistake.Wireless wouldn't work on the > > installed version but the worst part is it won't work on the live > > boot either anymore.Short of hardware failure I can't imagine how this > > would happen.Anybody got any ideas?BTW it's really no > > loss 98 won't install on the PC and I'd have to buy 2 DVDs from Sony > > to install XP. > > You've not given nearly enough information to answer your question. > > Hardware? Wireless chipset? Version of Kub? What you've done to enable > wireless? What specifically doesn't work? Can it see the network but not > connect? What encryption level? And so forth... > > I've got a Vaio PCG-K13 that has a little on/off switch for the wireless > on the front edge that I accidentally switched off once and had me > scratching my head for a few minutes before I realized what had happened. > > If that's not the problem, you might try a different distro. Perhaps > Mint or SimplyMEPIS or PCLinuxOS or even Ubuntu. It sounds like you > expect everything to work out of the box without any input on your part. > These distros have a good track record in that regard. Kubuntu tends to > be more cutting edge than most, and can be less stable and more > problematic as a result. > > -- > Mark Warner > MEPIS Linux > Registered Linux User #415318 > ...lose .inhibitions when replying Sony Vaio PCG K33 Atheros AR 5212 Chipset I think it's the latest Kubuntu Ubuntu doesn't work out of the box.I'll look for a switch. The strange part of this (which may be difficult to answer) is why would installing affect the way the live cd funtions?It did work well out of the box at first . Thanks
From: Mister2u on 8 Aug 2010 14:15 On Aug 8, 2:01 pm, Mark Warner <mhwarner.inhibiti...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Mister2u wrote: > > After running Kubuntu live for a while on a Sony Vaio laptop > > I decided to install,big mistake.Wireless wouldn't work on the > > installed version but the worst part is it won't work on the live > > boot either anymore.Short of hardware failure I can't imagine how this > > would happen.Anybody got any ideas?BTW it's really no > > loss 98 won't install on the PC and I'd have to buy 2 DVDs from Sony > > to install XP. > > You've not given nearly enough information to answer your question. > > Hardware? Wireless chipset? Version of Kub? What you've done to enable > wireless? What specifically doesn't work? Can it see the network but not > connect? What encryption level? And so forth... It can't see any of the wireless networks anymore.I checked the driver and it seems to be installed.
From: Mark Warner on 8 Aug 2010 14:25
Mister2u wrote: > Mark Warner wrote: >> Mister2u wrote: >>> >>> After running Kubuntu live for a while on a Sony Vaio laptop >>> I decided to install,big mistake.Wireless wouldn't work on the >>> installed version but the worst part is it won't work on the live >>> boot either anymore.Short of hardware failure I can't imagine how this >>> would happen.Anybody got any ideas?BTW it's really no >>> loss 98 won't install on the PC and I'd have to buy 2 DVDs from Sony >>> to install XP. >> >> You've not given nearly enough information to answer your question. >> >> Hardware? Wireless chipset? Version of Kub? What you've done to enable >> wireless? What specifically doesn't work? Can it see the network but not >> connect? What encryption level? And so forth... >> >> I've got a Vaio PCG-K13 that has a little on/off switch for the wireless >> on the front edge that I accidentally switched off once and had me >> scratching my head for a few minutes before I realized what had happened. >> >> If that's not the problem, you might try a different distro. Perhaps >> Mint or SimplyMEPIS or PCLinuxOS or even Ubuntu. It sounds like you >> expect everything to work out of the box without any input on your part. >> These distros have a good track record in that regard. Kubuntu tends to >> be more cutting edge than most, and can be less stable and more >> problematic as a result. > > Sony Vaio PCG K33 Atheros AR 5212 Chipset I think it's the latest > Kubuntu > Ubuntu doesn't work out of the box.I'll look for a switch. > > The strange part of this (which may be difficult to answer) is why > would installing affect the way the live cd funtions?It did work well > out of the box at first . That's why I'm thinking it's the switch. On my K13 the switch is a slider on the left of the front edge. The Atheros chip should be supported out of the box from the kernel, so it's odd that Kub would work but Ub wouldn't. I suspect that's a function of the different connection managers used. Again, you might look at a different distro. If you want KDE4 and a Debian base (like Kub) then SimplyMEPIS v8.5 would the the way to go. Personally, I use SM v8.0 KDE3 on my main workstation and SM v8.5 KDE4 on both my old Dell laptop and the recently acquired Sony. Both the RealTek and Atheros wireless chips were supported natively. -- Mark Warner MEPIS Linux Registered Linux User #415318 ....lose .inhibitions when replying |