https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=204826 ------- Comment #17 from wearabnet@yahoo.ca 2006-11-16 03:40 MST ------- Greetings Joachim, Here is very interesting thread about the Acer laptops only. http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=280962 ## ******************** ONLY FOR ACER USERS ******************** #install acer_acpi to turn on wireless adapter through software #this is the only package that will be manually installed #as it will be compiled, it works on 32-bit and 64-bit systems whereas acerhk #only works on 32-bit systems AFAIK #when upgrading kernel, make sure to re-compile/re-install acer_acpi in the new kernel wget http://www.archernar.co.uk/acer_acpi/acer_acpi-0.3.tar.gz tar -xvf acer_acpi-0.3.tar.gz cd acer_acpi-0.3 sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-kernel-headers linux-headers-$arch linux-headers-´uname -r´ make sudo make install echo 'acer_acpi' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules echo 'pre-up /etc/network/StartAcerWireless' | sudo tee -a /etc/network/interfaces sudo touch /etc/network/StartAcerWireless echo 'chmod 777 /proc/acpi/acer/wireless' | sudo tee -a /etc/network/StartAcerWireless echo 'echo "enabled: 1" > /proc/acpi/acer/wireless' | sudo tee -a /etc/network/StartAcerWireless echo 'iwconfig eth1 ap any' | sudo tee -a /etc/network/StartAcerWireless sudo chmod 754 /etc/network/StartAcerWireless ## ************************************************** *********** Start GDM and from the menu, go to System|Preferences|Sessions|Startup Programs, click the Add button and write in: nm-applet –sm-disable reboot PC When rebooted, left-click on nm-applet and choose to “connect to other wireless network” even if your AP is visible. Write in the SSID, choose WEP or WPA and enter the password. Upon connecting nm-applet will ask for a master password for the wallet. Choose something simple. ---- So is this related to this bug or shall I submit a new bug? Thank you, -Abdullah -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.