On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:44:54 +0000 Jonathan Allen <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have an old laptop that got upgraded this week from WinXP to F14 after a > massive virus/trojan hit :-( > > The laptop has the Realtek RTL8178 wireless chipset and did wireless fine in > WinXP. Although it can see the wireless network fine, it won't connect in F14. > > I downloaded the F16 Live CD and the wireless works and connects perfectly, so > whatever was wrong with the RTL8178 stuff has been fixed between F14 and F16. > However, as far as this laptop is concerned, F16 has downgraded to Gnome3, which > the laptop can't run. > > The choices seem to be: > > a. F16 without Gnome 3 > > b. back-fitting the working RTL8178 stuff into the (otherwise fine) > F14 installation > > Recommendations or instructions? F14 is out of support so security holes in thr browser etc are not being fixed. I'd suggest F16 with another desktop. Alan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
