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Complete newbie to linux and really confused

hi all, i just brought my first linux pc today a acer aspire one with linpus lite on it and because i got it second hand i do not know the password and i hear that this is needed to install programs. Can aanyone please tell me step by step (simples way) how to install programs as i only have the old version of firefox and want to upgrade it.

thank you to anyone who helps :)

Edit: misread the post, dont see a delete option from the lq app

Your aspire is running a stripped down version of Fedora called Linpus Lite, basically they took all the larger programs etc out of the OS to make room so it would fit on the smaller sized solid state drives they were putting in the netbooks back then. You can continue to use the installed OS , and attempt to update it, but I doubt you will have any luck. With all Linux versions you will require ROOT access in order to make system wide changes, similar to the Admin users in Windows. I suggest trying your hand at what you have first before you go making the jump to installing another version of linux. The versions of Linux that came on the earlier netbooks were pretty bulletproof since they were marketed at non-linux users, so play with it mess with it see what you can do. Then when your ready try installing a full version of Linux like Ubuntu, or Fedora. There are also some other threads on here about your specific model and Linpus Lite http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...s-lite-669864/. I think you will not have much luck trying to install anything newer on there using the current OS.

thanks tekhead2.

would my netbook run slow if i put the latest ubuntu on it? as it is only a 8GB SSD and 512MB ram? i would use windows (dare i say that word on here ;) ) but am thinking it will run unbearably slow any thoughts/opinions?

Take a look at the site below. The minimum RAM is 512 and recommended is 1GB. You won't have much room to install anything with an 8GB SSD.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...emRequirements

Have you tried the Linpus support site? Their FAQ file says the default (root?) password is 111111

I suspect that their "Download" tab might contain so helpful information, but (not having a Linpus system) I didn't bother to check. Sorry - sort of. :)

Might work with sudo.

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Originally Posted by yancek (Post 4477563)

Take a look at the site below. The minimum RAM is 512 and recommended is 1GB. You won't have much room to install anything with an 8GB SSD.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...emRequirements

would it make much difference if i used the sd card expansion bay with a 32gb card?

thanks for all the support guys :)

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Originally Posted by m0nk3yb0y94 (Post 4477951)

would it make much difference if i used the sd card expansion bay with a 32gb card?

thanks for all the support guys :)

What I did before I upgraded to a proper hard drive was to make two partitions on a 16G sd card. I put / on the ssd, I put /home and /usr in their own partitions on the sd card (in the "storage expansion" slot)
The down side is that it take a bit of time for the sd card reader to come online as it is not recognised by the bios. So there will always be errors showing during the boot process!
And if you remove that sd card, the system won't boot at all.

Linpus is useless for all practical purposes. Your average smartphone has a better operating system.

I recommend that you use Lubuntu or another Lxde based distro. Nautilus chews memory from time to time and will cause the system to go to swapping, which, due to the ssd's slowwrite speed, will freeze the system.
When you upgrade the ram, try to get a 1G ram (for a total of 1.5G) It must be a 533Mhz DDR2 SODIM ram as the faster rams won't work at all.

Upgrading from ssd to a sata 2.5" hdd is possible, but be warned that this requires soldering to the motherboard and modifying the case by cutting away mounting pillars etc.

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Originally Posted by qlue (Post 4478251)

Thanks for your reply i have downloaded a recovery disc for it and am gonna create a recovery stick. So hopefully this should reset the password that the previous owner has created wont it?

i was thinking about putting a HDD in it but i am not the most patient person in the world and not the best at soldering.

Although i am looking at putting Ubuntu onto it can anyone suggest other linux OS'S that will run smooth on it? and where to download them from?

Thanks everyone for all your help

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Originally Posted by m0nk3yb0y94 (Post 4478528)

Thanks for your reply i have downloaded a recovery disc for it and am gonna create a recovery stick. So hopefully this should reset the password that the previous owner has created wont it?

I don't think it does but I can't say for sure!

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Originally Posted by m0nk3yb0y94 (Post 4478528)

i was thinking about putting a HDD in it but i am not the most patient person in the world and not the best at soldering.

Best to get a professional who has a temperature controlled iron to do it. Damage to the motherboard would turn your AAO into a really pretty paperweight!

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Originally Posted by m0nk3yb0y94 (Post 4478528)

Although i am looking at putting Ubuntu onto it can anyone suggest other linux OS'S that will run smooth on it? and where to download them from?

Thanks everyone for all your help

I'm running Crunchbang on mine! It runs very well. But be aware that Crunchbang needs some manual configuration for the best experience! (in other words, it's not recommended for total newbies!)

Recovery usually replaces data to as bought state.

Why put a hard drive in if you don't have to. Use a usb flash to boot up with and use internal to store the rest.

There are a number of distro's made for netbooks. Might try a few of them.

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Originally Posted by jefro (Post 4478613)

Use a usb flash to boot up with

I've done that before, but it really isn't a great way to work with these netbooks! Having a flashdrive poking out the side usually results in things going bellyup at the wrong moment when you accidently dislodge the the flashdrive that you booted from! :rolleyes:.

But I agree that modding the AAO for a hard drvie is not something to be taken lightly.

True. Even the smallest have a bit of a nub sticking out.

Thanks for all your advice guys.

Im not doing any modding to it as I dont wanna break it and have to spend more money on it, it was second hand anyway.

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Originally Posted by qlue (Post 4478608)

I'm running Crunchbang on mine! It runs very well. But be aware that Crunchbang needs some manual configuration for the best experience! (in other words, it's not recommended for total newbies!)

What kind of configuration? I dont know my technical terms so please be simple :)

I was also looking at using Lubuntu as i dont want to have to boot off a flash drive every time because knowing what im like id forget the flash drive.

Can anyone tell me step by step how to load a new os on to here?

Thanks everyone :)

Re other Distros:-

What do you want to do with it?

Debian is good, it doesn't need to be geeky, it will 'just work'. A standard installation will give you the Gnome desktop environment, takes up about 3.7gb, & has just about everything an average user would want.

DamnSmallLinux is a very small distro (50mb) that will even run from ram (256mb min), can be installed 'frugally', which means it runs the same as it runs from cd/usb stick. Drawback is that it uses very small footprint, lightweight programs, but it can add in others as it runs.

Knoppix (cd version) should also work with 512mb ram, as long as you don't open lots of programs all at the same time. This can be put onto usb pendrives or hard disc, (probably takes up around 1.5~2gb).

Really, your best bet is to Google Ubuntu (for example) install acer aspire one. You'll get quite a few hits for how-tos etc.

As others have mentioned, it'd probably be worth going for the LXDE version, i.e. Lubuntu. Or perhaps PeppermintOS might be worth a look.

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Originally Posted by fatmac (Post 4479051)

What do you want to do with it?

I use it for using the internet (eg emails, facebook etc) and managing files from my external HDD to my phone like music and things to save messing about with booting up the desktop ;) pure lazy i know.

I know I have posted about this before but if I use the recovery flash drive on it will it restore it to like it was when it came out the box i.e setting user name and password etc

One Again thank you for all your help guys don't know what I'd do without ya :P

I have just been looking around on google at guides on how to install a new Linux os and it looks really confusing as i only have a wireless connection and thats only a tether from my android 2.1 phone so will i still be able to change the os as this linpus lite is getting really boring

Re your only connection.

Do you have somebody who can download a cd.iso for you?

They would need to burn it to a cdrom/cd-rw disc, use this disc to create a usb version, so that you could install from the pendrive.

Complete newbie to linux and really confused

Hi,
I,m running ubuntu 10.04.3 on an 8GB usb stick as a live OS with "persistence" and I'm only using 4GB of the stick , the other 4GB is extra space under /media if I get a bit full .
all the best
lwv962

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Originally Posted by fatmac (Post 4479217)

Indeed I have someone to download the iso for me she is doing it now for me, although trying to explain to the misses what its for is like talking to a brick wall haha.

But i have found a way to make the iso onto a usb stick to boot from so i can see how fast it would run, i a correct in saying i can do this?

I am going to try ubuntu netbook remix on it first to see how that performs :)

I'm pretty sure you need to boot into the live cd to get to the option to create the usb stick; which you then try as a live system before using it to install to your machine.

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Originally Posted by fatmac (Post 4479461)

I'm pretty sure you need to boot into the live cd to get to the option to create the usb stick; which you then try as a live system before using it to install to your machine.

i dont know but i found this on the ubuntu download page

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download

click create memory stick and thats what im going to try :)

O.K.; you're going to use Ubuntu to get your usb stick. I don't use it so I can't comment on how they do it, I thought you were talking about Knoppix, which I do know a little bit about.

Regardless of distro you choose, yes, you should be able to get a good idea of it's suitability for you by booting the usb stick in live mode.

Good luck, & I hope it works out.

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Originally Posted by fatmac (Post 4479475)

Thanks for the help :)

also i dont know the root password for this linpus lite will this be a problem for installing new distros?

Thank you to everyone on the thread :)

Not knowing the root password will not be a problem if you want to install a new distro to your SSD. It should also be possible to boot off a live USB Flash drive and reset the Linpus root password (if you want to keep Linpus, which I strongly advise against).

I've got the AOA150 version of the ZG5; 1GB RAM/120GB HDD instead of 512MB RAM/8GB SSD as on your AOA110. My system multiboots Fedora and Ubuntu, both with LXDE desktops. Unlike Fedora, which just worked, Ubuntu used to require a small tweak to make it recognize cards inserted into the slots after booting; not sure if that's still necessary. Also, unlike Linpus, no other distro that I'm aware of will use an SD card in the left slot as a seemless extension of the SSD; rather, an SD card (in either slot) will be treated as a separate filesystem.

After reading another post, I downloaded the Fuduntu live CD and installed it in a virtual system. It's intended for use on small systems, and worked fine for me. (Although I did give it a couple of GB RAM and a 32 GB drive, so my virtual system doesn't match you system requirements.)

The distribution is, essentially, Fedora 14 with some "Ubuntu" code added to make the user experience "smoother."

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Originally Posted by m0nk3yb0y94 (Post 4479298)

But i have found a way to make the iso onto a usb stick to boot from so i can see how fast it would run, i a correct in saying i can do this?

Not exactly! my experience with most LiveCD's or live usb running on this machine is that it runs a lot slower than it does once installed. Puppy Linux is the one exception because it loads entirely into ram. But puppy used to crash if I tried watching a movie when I only had 512M ram. :p

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Originally Posted by qlue (Post 4479686)

So basically if i booted it off a flash drive and it runs a little laggy, there is a slight chance if i install it it wont lag?

Got the GF to download 2 os's For me im gonna try ubuntu 9.04 netbook remix and peppermintos

hopefully ill like one of these 2 :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatmac (Post 4479461)

I'm pretty sure you need to boot into the live cd to get to the option to create the usb stick; which you then try as a live system before using it to install to your machine.

sorry i am getting to the converstaion late but the fedora installer has an option to write the iso to a bootable usb (live-usb) even with persistant space.

i think unetbootn does the same thing.

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Originally Posted by PTrenholme (Post 4479680)

The distribution is, essentially, Fedora 14 with some "Ubuntu" code added to make the user experience "smoother."

that seems unnecessarily weird. so is it apt-get or yum (apt-yum/ yum-get) ?

Schneidz

I was talking about KNOPPIX cd version, not Fedora nor Ubuntu.

Hey again guys annother question

I want to use peppermint os as i like it but i need help with the wireless drivers and please dont post saying you bed a wired connection as i don't have one and need a way with out a wired connection please

can you give us information like this post:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ci#post3940376

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Originally Posted by schneidz (Post 4480456)

can you give us information like this post:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ci#post3940376

I cant give much information as I dont know what information you want.

All i know is that I've ran peppermint two on here off a usb stick and tried to connect to my android wi-fi tether (witch is my only internet connection) and it found the tether, I pressed connect, and there was just a little circle spinning around where the network icon is. does this mean I need the drivers?

Thanks

the obvious questions are:
- does the laptop work with other wifi routers ?
- does your wifi router (evo) work with other laptops ?
(i suspect it is trying to connect but your fone isnt dhcp'ing correctly.)

these commands are to help us to know what your system thinks is installed (not necessarily to get you connected).

Code:

lspci # will tell us the pci devices you have in your system.

lsusb # will tell us the usb devices you have in your system.

lsmod # will list all the driver modules loaded in your system

ifconfig # will tell us what network interface cards you have turned on in your system.

ifconfig -a # will tell us all the network interface cards you have in your system.

iwconfig # will tell us which of your network interface cards has wireless capability 

cat /etc/resolv.conf # will tell us what dns server you are using

now that we know that, this should get you connected:

Code:

sudo iwlist device scan # this will use the device interface (that from the above command, we found out has wireless capability) and scan for wireless routers that are accessible.

sudo iwconfig device essid "myssid" # assuming no security, use that device to connect to your router.

sudo dhclient # will attempt to get ip-address, subnet mask, dns server information automatically from your router assuming dhcp is turned on on your router.

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Originally Posted by schneidz (Post 4481188)

Code:

lspci # will tell us the pci devices you have in your system.

lsusb # will tell us the usb devices you have in your system.

lsmod # will list all the driver modules loaded in your system

ifconfig # will tell us what network interface cards you have turned on in your system.

ifconfig -a # will tell us all the network interface cards you have in your system.

iwconfig # will tell us which of your network interface cards has wireless capability 

cat /etc/resolv.conf # will tell us what dns server you are using

now that we know that, this should get you connected:

Code:

sudo iwlist device scan # this will use the device interface (that from the above command, we found out has wireless capability) and scan for wireless routers that are accessible.

sudo iwconfig device essid "myssid" # assuming no security, use that device to connect to your router.

sudo dhclient # will attempt to get ip-address, subnet mask, dns server information automatically from your router assuming dhcp is turned on on your router.

Do i type these in terminal? what do i with what it says? sorry really not good with codes and networks.

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Originally Posted by m0nk3yb0y94 (Post 4481231)

Do i type these in terminal? what do i with what it says? sorry really not good with codes and networks.

instead of asking, why not just try ? also, are you able to answer the questions above so that we know whether the fone or the laptop is messed up ?
please copy-and-paste this line into a terminal; then copy-and-paste the output into your next reply (this diagnostic info will help us determine what type of hardware you have so we can assess your issue)

Code:

echo uname: && uname -a -m -p && echo lspci: && lspci && echo lsusb: && lsusb && echo lsmod: && lsmod && echo ifconfig: && ifconfig && echo ifconfig -a: && ifconfig -a && echo iwconfig: && iwconfig && echo resolv.conf: && cat /etc/resolv.conf

Ive found out that when i use peppermint two it will connect to other open wireless networks just not my android tether. So am unsure what to do.

But i typed that diagnostic code in and got this :

Code:

echo uname: && uname -a -m -p && echo lspci: && lspci && echo lsusb: && lsusb && echo lsmod: && lsmod && echo ifconfig: && ifconfig && echo ifconfig -a: && ifconfig -a && echo iwconfig: && iwconfig && echo resolv.conf: && cat /etc/resolv.conf

uname:

Linux localhost 2.6.23.9lw #105 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jun 27 18:56:59 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel 82801G (ICH7 Family) HD Audio Controller: Realtek ALC662G/268 (rev 02)

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)

00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

lsusb:

Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  

lsmod:

Module                  Size  Used by

aufs                  95956  3 

wlan_tkip              8384  0 

wlan_ccmp              4480  0 

wlan_xauth              640  0 

wlan_wep                3904  0 

wlan_acl                2048  0 

wlan_scan_sta          7232  1 

fastoffdrv              768  0 [permanent]

sdhci                  9292  0 

mmc_core              14852  1 sdhci

pciehp                22232  0 

pci_hotplug            7688  1 pciehp

cpufreq_conservative    3080  0 

cpufreq_userspace      1388  0 

cpufreq_powersave        640  0 

cpufreq_stats          2256  0 

cpufreq_ondemand        3532  1 

acpi_cpufreq            3604  1 

freq_table              1608  3 cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq

jmb38x_xd              3776  0 

xd_card                18696  1 jmb38x_xd

flash_bd                5056  1 xd_card

mspro_block            9860  0 

jmb38x_ms              4484  0 

memstick                4292  2 mspro_block,jmb38x_ms

snd_hda_intel        269072  1 

fmaud                142820  1 snd_hda_intel

snd_seq_oss            20160  0 

snd_seq_midi_event      3008  1 snd_seq_oss

snd_seq                27920  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event

snd_seq_device          3468  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq

ath_pci                68256  0 

snd_pcm_oss            26208  0 

ath_rate_atheros      23424  1 ath_pci

wlan                  126744  9 wlan_tkip,wlan_ccmp,wlan_xauth,wlan_wep,wlan_acl,wlan_scan_sta,ath_pci,ath_rate_atheros

ath_dfs                25796  1 ath_pci

ath_hal              147200  3 ath_pci,ath_rate_atheros

uhci_hcd              13644  0 

snd_pcm                41028  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss

rng_core                2180  0 

r8101                  16400  0 

snd_timer              11012  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm

snd_page_alloc          4168  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

snd_hwdep              3524  1 snd_hda_intel

battery                6472  0 

thermal                8092  0 

video                  10896  0 

backlight              1860  1 video

ac                      2116  0 

output                  1280  1 video

button                  3536  0 

processor              18624  2 acpi_cpufreq,thermal

snd_mixer_oss          9856  2 snd_pcm_oss

snd                    27236  9 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep,snd_mixer_oss

soundcore              2976  2 snd

usb_storage            34656  0 

ehci_hcd              20300  0 

atkbd                  8912  0 

psmouse                13320  0 

ifconfig:

ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:22:68:C3:6D:87  

          inet addr:192.168.1.17  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:8263 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:8128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 

          RX bytes:6188515 (5.9 MiB)  TX bytes:2106509 (2.0 MiB)



eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1E:68:A3:41:ED  

          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

          Interrupt:17 Base address:0x6000 



lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  

          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0

          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1

          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)



wifi0    Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-22-68-C3-6D-87-C8-51-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  

          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:31658 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1265

          TX packets:9101 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:199 

          RX bytes:8435207 (8.0 MiB)  TX bytes:2326599 (2.2 MiB)

          Interrupt:18 Memory:e04e0000-e04f0000 



ifconfig -a:

ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:22:68:C3:6D:87  

          inet addr:192.168.1.17  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:8263 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:8128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 

          RX bytes:6188515 (5.9 MiB)  TX bytes:2106509 (2.0 MiB)



eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1E:68:A3:41:ED  

          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

          Interrupt:17 Base address:0x6000 



lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  

          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0

          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1

          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)



wifi0    Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-22-68-C3-6D-87-38-3D-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  

          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:31658 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1265

          TX packets:9101 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:199 

          RX bytes:8435207 (8.0 MiB)  TX bytes:2326599 (2.2 MiB)

          Interrupt:18 Memory:e04e0000-e04f0000 



iwconfig:

lo        no wireless extensions.



eth0      no wireless extensions.



wifi0    no wireless extensions.



ath0      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"MB525 7629"  Nickname:""

          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 98:4B:4A:B6:92:CD  

          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s  Tx-Power:18 dBm  Sensitivity=1/3  

          Retry:off  RTS thr:off  Fragment thr:off

          Power Management:off

          Link Quality=94/94  Signal level=-1 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm

          Rx invalid nwid:1135  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0

          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0  Missed beacon:0



resolv.conf:

# generated by NetworkManager, do not edit!



nameserver 192.168.1.1

Quote:

Originally Posted by m0nk3yb0y94 (Post 4482006)

Ive found out that when i use peppermint two it will connect to other open wireless networks just not my android tether. So am unsure what to do.

are you able to tell us if you have wpa enabled or what the router ip-address is ? (i dont have an android fone so i dont know how to get that info)

Quote:

Originally Posted by m0nk3yb0y94 (Post 4482006)

Ive found out that when i use peppermint two it will connect to other open wireless networks just not my android tether. So am unsure what to do.

are you able to tell us if you have wpa enabled or what the router ip-address is ? (i dont have an android fone so i dont know how to get that info)

edit: maybe the fone isnt pointing to the correct dns server ?

^ i cant edit posts for some reason.

by wifi-tether, do you mean that the laptop is connected to the fone thru wifi ?
or is the fone connected to the laptop thru usb cable ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by schneidz (Post 4482928)

^ i cant edit posts for some reason.

by wifi-tether, do you mean that the laptop is connected to the fone thru wifi ?
or is the fone connected to the laptop thru usb cable ?

Yes the phone is connected to the pc thru wireless from the phone itself no routers etc the phone is sending its internet via wireless to the pc there is no encryption on it its open.

Also It tried to install ubuntu onto my memory stick the otherday using unetbootin and it said something is wrong with the "squashfs" file? i downloaded the latest one from ubuntu website and it came up with the same problem, am i missing someting here?

Quote:

Originally Posted by m0nk3yb0y94 (Post 4485333)

i would start another thread for that problem.

also, what was wrong with your linux mint install ? i guess i didnt make it perfectly clear but since you stated that your wifi card works with other wireless access points then it is obvious to me that the wireless card in the laptop is working but your android phone's wireless tether is not working (you never mention what model/ service you have).

Quote:

Originally Posted by schneidz (Post 4485509)

Guessing its a big problem then ?

I love the peppermint linux i have been using off my memory stick but i just havent got around to instaling it onto my netbook yet. And yes the wireless card does work as it will connect to other networks just not my phone witch is Motorola Defy, Android 2.1, T-Mobile.

and just to be perfectly comprehensive, does that phone's wireless tether work with any other laptop ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by schneidz (Post 4486451)

and just to be perfectly comprehensive, does that phone's wireless tether work with any other laptop ?

Yes it does work with other laptops

hmm, i dont have experience with android fones. can you try connecting to your network and pinging stuff like:
192.168.1.1
192.168.0.1
192.168.1.0
192.168.0.0
64.235.229.141
www.02144.com

can you copy down the ip addresses for stuff like (gateway, dns, ip, network mask) from a working computer ?

else, i am stumped.

edit: i shouldve asked for this before but can you please show us the output for this command:

Code:

route -n

maybe someone will be able to decipher it.
and the outside chance your firewall is preventing access please show us the output of:

Code:

sudo iptables -L -n