I suppose I should change that setting and see if it helps. What a waste of battery life. James Mcphee wrote: > The *bunt* that I'm using disables suspend on lid close completely. > For now at any rate. > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Trent Shipley > wrote: > > By way of review: > > > It looks like the little HP x Ubuntu will work fine as a document > reader (HTML and PDF) at hotspots (my intended function). I just read > some ESRI documentation at Starbucks. > > > Unfortunately it won't wake after being suspended (like when you open > the lid). A quick Google search indicates that Canonical is having > problems with this bug. Some OEMs are upset, so I expect it to be > fixed > soon. > > > > Trent Shipley wrote: > > > Stephen wrote: > > > > > >> see if you have ndis wrapper installed and maybe you can wake > it up? > >> you might possibly have the first netbook with an incompatible > nic in > >> it for linux, as the linux community seems to work hard at > making that > >> work. > >> > >> > > jockey/Hardware Drivers installed drivers. Wireless now works. > > > > > >> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Trent Shipley > > wrote: > >> > >> > >>> I got netbook Ubuntu installed and working > beautifully...except for > >>> wireless networking. Unfortunately, the main reason for getting a > >>> netbook was for wireless networking. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Trent Shipley wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Tuna wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> *bump because the timestamp is crazy-early and probably at > the bottom > >>>>> of everyone's mail client* > >>>>> > >>>>> Ryan Rix will tell you Fedora, and can also tell you a thing > or two about > >>>>> bootable USB drives on netbooks. > >>>>> > >>>>> Can you tell us what make and model of netbook it is? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-netbook > >>>> > >>>> Wound up going with this. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> HP Mini 110-1125NR > >>>> s/n CNU94438GZ > >>>> p/n VM 135UA#ABA > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Your messages appear to be getting greylisted, so Ryan may > want to take > >>>>> this discussion off list. > >>>>> > >>>>> Excerpts from Trent Shipley's message of Fri Nov 20 17:04:57 > -0700 2009: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> I just got a netbook and it is running Windows 7 Starter. > I intend to > >>>>>> promiscuously attach it to public networks. I figure I can > avoid a lot > >>>>>> of heartache by changing the OS to Linux. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I already have Kubuntu on my favorite desktop. I like it, > except that > >>>>>> after every major upgrade it gets flaky for a while. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> 1) I'd like to use anything except *ubuntu on the netbook. > What are > >>>>>> some promising options? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> 2) I assume I use a bootable memory stick to start getting > the distro, yes? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- > >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> --------------------------------------------------- > >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------- > >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > James McPhee > jmcphe@gmail.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss