Thanks Paolo! hmm and this is why I only switched to Linux as my desktop OS in 2007 and not earlier - for workstations (not servers of course) I got no patience to figure out things that simply "just works" in commercial OS'es. Specifically I waited for the out of the box ability to extend my screen to another monitor to work out of the box and the availability of a decent database IDE that I don't have spend a lot of time on before it let's me do my real work. =)
For the wifi, I doubt if it's the firmware with linux since it also started to fail in vista, and I don't recall any recent update in either OS'es that would be related to it. Looks like I'll just be buying a usb wifi adapter. Thanks again! Johann On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Paolo Falcone <[email protected]> wrote: > Regarding the power management issue you have, seems like a case of a > bad ACPI implementation (either with Linux or the hardware, or both). > > For your Wi-Fi woes, it can be firmware related. You can check this by > downgrading the firmware (usually older versions of Linux distros will ship > with older firmware for Wi-Fi devices). It's rare to find firmware-less > radios these days (the last one I've used that's like that is the Orinoco > from a decade ago)... > > <div>Paolo</div>—<br>Sent from <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/mailbox > ">Mailbox</a> > > > On Thursday Nov 27, 2014 at 3:31 AM, Johann Vincent Paul Tagle < > [email protected]>, wrote: > > Hi all, > > Been happily using purely Linux as my desktop since I think 2007. Lately > though I'm encountering some issues. > > The first one seems to be due to old hardware - I suspect that the wifi > adapter is failing - even on windows (I use it backup my ipad) sometimes > it > fails to connect to the router - it keeps coming back to asking me to > reenter the password. Not knowing where to check, I resort to rebooting. > But lately it's becoming more frequent and I need to do multiple reboots > before it goes back to normal. So 2 questions on this: > 1. where can I check what's happening if it fails to connect to the > router? > 2. if indeed the problem is failing hardware, I imagine I can use one of > those usb wifi adapters - any recommendations? > > The second is a power mgmt issue - whenever the power adapter gets > removed, > once I plug it back in, it seems the machine goes to low power mode and > everything crawls. Where can I check and hopefully force it to go back to > normal power mode? > > Thanks > > Johann > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >
_________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
