Thanks Bob!<br><br>I checked into apm and acpi but it when I try to do >apm i get a message of "apm not supported by kernel". Since Mint is sort of a custom Ubuntu I guess this makes sense. Is it really worth me recompiling the kernel for apm support or would there be other options? Alternatives to a recompile are definitely something for me to look into since I've heard that's pretty high level.<br>
<br>I was able to get my wlan working using the r8180 driver. I followed a tutorial from the MSI Wind forums. Most people there are running straight Ubuntu though so there are some situtions where I'm not sure how to access certain settings. <br>
<br>For now at least I can get online, wired and wireless, compiz works and it has a working OS. It's a start but there's always more to do. <br><br>Thanks again!<br><br>Brandon<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:15 AM, Robert Meier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:list1c30fe42@bellsouth.net">list1c30fe42@bellsouth.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Brandon,<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> As of about an hour ago I've gotten the XFCE community edition of Linux Mint<br>
> 5 Elyssa running on the Wind.<br>
<br>
</div>Good.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
<br>
<br>
> I'm having a couple problems though.<br>
<br>
> The biggest is that ACPI doesn't work by default.<br>
> I can't boot with it enabled so I've resorted to adding "ACPI=off"<br>
> to the Mint startup command.<br>
<br>
</div>Well done.<br>
<br>
ACPI is not supported by all bioses.<br>
apm is another protocol popular on laptops (e.g. Dell Latitude C600).<br>
<IIRC><br>
Appending "acpi=off" kernel option will disable ACPI and enable apm.<br>
</IIRC><br>
<br>
---- bash> apm ----<br>
AC on-line, battery status high: 100% (0:44)<br>
---- bash> apm ----<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
<br>
<br>
> The other is that I'm not totally sure how to get wireless working.<br>
> I've heard there is a wrapper for the Windows driver but it only<br>
> works on some hardware?<br>
<br>
</div>Unfortunately, some computers have "Win..." components that depend on<br>
the CPU to execute propietary code. Winmodems are an example.<br>
Essentially they are a sound card. The cpu executes code,<br>
(usually proprietary) to perform the functions that would be<br>
performed by a modem microcontroller. In my experience the cost<br>
of the cpu cycles, interrupts, and communications reliability lost<br>
has been many times larger than the cost of an actual modem card,<br>
an external modem, or upgrade to a better-equipped laptop.<br>
I've seen the above loss frustrate those with the proprietary code,<br>
as well as those without.<br>
<br>
To determine what hardware you have,<br>
most distros provide hwinfo(8) (Yup, a man page citation),<br>
and many provide a gui for it.<br>
Look for mention of "modem", "wlan", "803.11", "network interface",<br>
and google (<a href="http://www.google.com/linux" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/linux</a>) for the hardware mentioned.<br>
<br>
---- bash> /usr/sbin/hwinfo --wlan ----<br>
05: PCI 1000.0: 0282 WLAN controller<br>
[Created at pci.310]<br>
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_4222<br>
Unique ID: y9sn.ME9ySuipOaE<br>
Parent ID: qTvu.4chw4Z9dkyF<br>
...<br>
Hardware Class: network<br>
Model: "Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection"<br>
Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"<br>
Device: pci 0x4222 "PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection"<br>
SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"<br>
SubDevice: pci 0x135b<br>
Revision: 0x02<br>
Driver: "iwl3945"<br>
Driver Modules: "iwl3945"<br>
Device File: wlan0<br>
Features: WLAN<br>
...<br>
Driver Info #0:<br>
Driver Status: iwl3945 is active<br>
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe iwl3945"<br>
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown<br>
Attached to: #18 (PCI bridge)<br>
---- bash> /usr/sbin/hwinfo --wlan ----<br>
<br>
Hopefully helpful,<br>
--<br>
Bob<br>
<br>
"The liberties of our country are worth defending at all hazards. We have<br>
received them from our worthy ancestors; they purchased them for us with<br>
toil, treasure and blood. It will bring an everlasting infamy on the<br>
present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be<br>
wrested from us...or be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and<br>
designing men."<br>
-- Samuel Adams, 1771.<br>
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