To clarify, I was just wondering if there's an easy way to look into this. I don't classify trying out firmware as easy, so I will just spend on the adapter =)
On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Johann Vincent Paul Tagle < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > >
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