Ubuntu Netbook Remix Jaunty + Acer Aspire One D250

[suomaf]

Yeap just tried it, the madwifi driver did not work and the led still won't come on. I deactivated it and went back to the original drivers. Is there any other way?

Suo

[suomaf]

Hey ddrichardson,

Thanks for the reply. Could you point me in the right direction of getting the led lights to flicker? I would probably try it once just so I know how to do it and then leave it.

Noted about the front mic, so I just have to carry a microphone around when I want to skype. All in all this netbook was relatively painless.

Thanks again for the reply, appreciate it.

Cheers

Suo

[ddrichardson]

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/As...%20LEDs/Switch

[suomaf]

Hey ddRichardson,

Thanks very much for the link. Currently I am using the ath5k method, if I were to use madwifi , would you know if there is anything i need to blacklist? Because I did try to use madwifi before and wireless was not working so I swapped back to arth5k.

Thanks again for the help

suo

[ddrichardson]

There was a need to blacklist acer_wmi prior to Jaunty.

[suomaf]

Thanks ddRichardson I think I will pass off on the wifi led for now. Thanks for your help.

Suomaf

[suomaf]

Hey Putrid,

I think I had the same problem when i downloaded the AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.8.tar.gz driver. Try again. I eventually got one that was workable.

I did a gunzip first before i untarred it. I had the output of

gzip: stdin: decompression OK, trailing garbage ignored

as well.

PM me your email and I will send the one i downloaded to you.

Cheers

Suo

sso@aspirenova:~/Downloads/linux-files/test$ ls
AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.8.tar.gz
sso@aspirenova:~/Downloads/linux-files/test$ gunzip AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.8.tar.gz 
sso@aspirenova:~/Downloads/linux-files/test$ tar xvf AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.8.tar 
sso@aspirenova:~/Downloads/linux-files/test$ cd src
sso@aspirenova:~/Downloads/linux-files/test/src$ make
sso@aspirenova:~/Downloads/linux-files/test/src$ sudo su
[sudo] password for sso: 
root@aspirenova:/home/sso/Documents/Downloads/linux-files/test/src# make install
root@aspirenova:/home/sso/Documents/Downloads/linux-files/test/src# cd /lib/modules/2.6.28-12-generic/kernel/drivers/net/atl1e/
root@aspirenova:/lib/modules/2.6.28-12-generic/kernel/drivers/net/atl1e# insmod ./arl1e.ko

and thats it it should make the network manager see the network card. I believe that you have to do this each time your kernel updates.. i am guessing until 2.6.30 where i believe this driver will then be supported.

[putrid]

Hey Putrid,

I think I had the same problem when i downloaded the AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.8.tar.gz driver. Try again. I eventually got one that was workable.

I did a gunzip first before i untarred it. I had the output of

gzip: stdin: decompression OK, trailing garbage ignored

as well.

PM me your email and I will send the one i downloaded to you.

Cheers

Suo

sso@aspirenova:~/Downloads/linux-files/test$ ls
AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.8.tar.gz
sso@aspirenova:~/Downloads/linux-files/test$ gunzip AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.8.tar.gz 
sso@aspirenova:~/Downloads/linux-files/test$ tar xvf AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.8.tar 
sso@aspirenova:~/Downloads/linux-files/test$ cd src
sso@aspirenova:~/Downloads/linux-files/test/src$ make
sso@aspirenova:~/Downloads/linux-files/test/src$ sudo su
[sudo] password for sso: 
root@aspirenova:/home/sso/Documents/Downloads/linux-files/test/src# make install
root@aspirenova:/home/sso/Documents/Downloads/linux-files/test/src# cd /lib/modules/2.6.28-12-generic/kernel/drivers/net/atl1e/
root@aspirenova:/lib/modules/2.6.28-12-generic/kernel/drivers/net/atl1e# insmod ./arl1e.ko

and thats it it should make the network manager see the network card. I believe that you have to do this each time your kernel updates.. i am guessing until 2.6.30 where i believe this driver will then be supported.

Thank you suomaf!! Now I can finally enjoy my Gb ethernet! Keep up the good work with the guides

[suomaf]

no worries man, if you get the front mic, wireless LED or sd card readers working.. remember to tell me how.. cheers

suo

[suomaf]

Hey DDRichardson,

Sorry to bother again, but do you know the bug report number for the front mic issue for the acer aspire one D250? I would really like to be able resolve the mic and not have to carry a microphone for a netbook around just to use skype.

Thanks for any help I can get.