Neil Greenwood wrote: > 2009/3/28 Gordon <gbpli...@gmail.com>: >> Matthew Daubney wrote: >>> On Sat, 2009-03-28 at 08:10 +0000, Gordon wrote: >>>> Installed 8.10 using WUBI on my Toshiba Satellite L40. >>>> Realtek 8187B Wireless card will see the network and connect to it, but >>>> is so slow as to be unusable. >>>> Are there any "fixes" that people know about for this? >>> Hiya, >>> >>> I've got a USB wireless dongle that uses this chipset and have had >>> similar problems. There is a very old bug report at >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/275302 and I've >>> emailed the people who are listed as the module developers, but had no >>> response. It looks like the device just randomly drops a LOT of packets. >>> I've had a quick look at trying to fix it myself, but I don't really >>> understand how these things work! >>> >>> Not very helpful I know, some people have had some success with >>> ndiswrapper, a horrible hack I know, but if it works? >>> >>> -Matt Daubney >>> >>> >> I've been looking at this: >> http://zenzike.blogspot.com/2008/11/wireless-woes.html >> which seems to have had a good response - however I get into trouble >> with the patching process - there is apparently no command "patch" in >> Ubuntu, and when I go to Synaptic to install it, there is no "patch" >> available. >> Any ideas on that one? >> > > Yep, this should be easy to solve! Try installing the > 'build-essential' package using your favourite method. > > If you're not familiar with installing software on Ubuntu, choose > 'Synaptic Package Manager' from the 'System > Administration' menu, > then search for the package name. Click on the empty checkbox and > choose to mark for installation. At the bottom, click the Apply button > and it will install. > I might have missed a step here, so shout if you need more help. > > Cofion, > Neil. >
Thanks - the major problem is that the internet connection is SO slow that I can't install packages. Is there somewhere I can download the *.deb file on another machine and install it that way? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/