On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 4:44 AM, Jonathan Allen <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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? I'd recommend F16 with XFCE. Install XFCE and then change or create /etc/sysconfig/desktop to: $ cat /etc/sysconfig/desktop PREFERRED=/usr/bin/startxfce4 Or just re-install the system from the F16 Live XFCE CD, which is what I did. I've been using this combo on my Dell Latitude E6410 and an older Dell Latitude D630, and I'm very pleased with it. -- Dale Dellutri -- 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
