Linux and RAW on a AAO

Back to fedora 8 and de-Acerfying it. :o
 
bwana said:
Getting rid of that was actually pretty straight forward. Maybe I'll reinstall the default OS again (Fedora 8 iirc) and get on with other things. I really liked the way Ubuntu looked on it but it's too much hassle.
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Oh? How did you do that?

I wish I had access to one to poke around. The wireless problem is probably easily fixable. More often than not, the issue is that the card itself doesn't have firmware on it. Instead, the firmware is loaded by the driver every time you switch it on/plug it in, which makes firmware fixes much easier. Unfortunately the firmware is usually under the kind of license that prevents any third party from distributing/packaging it, so the guys who write the drivers for Linux cannot include it in the driver.

So usually all that's needed is copying the firmware file from the windows driver to a given location on linux (usually /lib/firmware, but that may differ) and you're ready to go. For some cards, such as the broadcom 43xx ones, there's even a tool that will extract the firmware from the driver package, so you don't need a copy of it installed on windows anywhere.

Do you know what wireless the Acer has? lspci -v in a console will tell you.
 
bwana said:
Atheros AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter
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I can't find anything anywhere about an EG, so I assume it's a variant (or a typo in the firmware) of a the AR5006EGS.

Does Ubuntu just not have the driver for it, or does the driver not work? Atheros cards are generally very easy to get working.
 
koffiejunkie said:
Don't you have a router that handles the connection, with wireless?
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The router could handle the connection but I'd prefer to have the computer do it. OsX, Windows and even Fedora dont seem to have a problem.
 
OK, PPPoE and wireless are problematic for newbies, if you had ubuntu I could give you my instructions that I used to get it workig on another Acer.

I'll give you the info later but do you have pppoeconf installed?.
 
Aqua_lung said:
OK, PPPoE and wireless are problematic for newbies, if you had ubuntu I could give you my instructions that I used to get it workig on another Acer.

I'll give you the info later but do you have pppoeconf installed?.
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I dont even have Ubuntu installed anymore - I've almost got the original OS to a useable state. I still dont seem to have a working network browser though.

IIRC I was presented with the option to set up a separate Ubuntu partition when I installed it last time so perhaps that is an option.

But hey - thanks to Google and Picasa I can view my RAW images and that was the point of the exercise after all. :D
 
bwana said:
I dont even have Ubuntu installed anymore - I've almost got the original OS to a useable state. I still dont seem to have a working network browser though.

IIRC I was presented with the option to set up a separate Ubuntu partition when I installed it last time so perhaps that is an option.

But hey - thanks to Google and Picasa I can view my RAW images and that was the point of the exercise after all. :D
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You can use fedora it should have pppoeconf, just open the package manager and search the system for it or open terminal and type pppoeconf.

You should move this thread to Linux btw.;)
 
Aqua_lung said:
You can use fedora it should have pppoeconf, just open the package manager and search the system for it or open terminal and type pppoeconf.

You should move this thread to Linux btw.;)
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I might close it - the purpose of the thread was Linux and RAW and the best people to ask at the time were photographers (who also happened to use linux). The discussion might be more valuable for photographers thinking of making the switch.

I can always create a new the Linux section as and when morequestions arise. :)

EDIT - and no - I dont seem to have pppoeconf installed though PPPOE works.
 
ok, not sure about fedora but pppoeconf is a tool that you run in terminal, follow the instructions and you'll have a PPPoE connection.

I recommend you stick with the fedora that came with your Acer, the fedora could be optimized for it. Don't bother with Ubuntu for now.
 
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The_Librarian said:
bwana attempted to derail this thread at post # 3 :D
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You've never seen the gear I have to carry around. Having something netbook sized that would fit in my camera bag seemed to make perfect sense to me. ;)
 
bwana said:
You've never seen the gear I have to carry around. Having something netbook sized that would fit in my camera bag seemed to make perfect sense to me. ;)
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:o

Have the same problem here - went down to site last week.

Had to stuff the following items in one bag :

- external 80Gb HDD and two 40Gb IDE HDD's for data backups
- 20 holder CD suitcase
- 8 240Mb CD's with utilities on 'em
- external DVD writer (as laptop's dvd rom have packed up)
- laptop
- power supplies and cabling for the lot
- pen and notebooks
- philips screwdriver

amazing that I passed security checkpoint at OR Tambo with that lot in my bag...
 
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