On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 7:41 PM, jack craig <jackc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi linux-wireless, > > This is my first posting, so please pardon me if I break any rule. > > A bit a background, last spring in a bout of unemployment, i wanted to find > a new development direction. > > i had been working with a company providing wireless products (Danger), and > wanted to continue that > direction using mobile linux as a platform. > > I subscribed to the moblin developers list, bought an Asus EeePC 1000 with > xandros installed and began > my development project. > > I chose to keep the xandros os in the netbook as its wireless was the first > working wireless > i've had. i booted the various moblin pre-beta releases via the thumbdrive > and wasnt too > worried when the wireless didnt work on the moblin os; after all it was > pre-beta. > > as the xandros wireless worked, i felt confident that the good folks at > Intel would make my netbook > wireless work by the time beta rolled around. > > it was my error in assuming an Intel cpu included a Intel wireless chipset, > instead i found i had an rt2860. > > as beta came and went with still no wireless joy, i started probing deeper > and found the ralink > rt2860 support wasnt going to be covered in the moblin project work. > > so here i am with a netbook that cant get to the net with the os of my > choice. Much unhappiness! > > i have learned that the driver source is available and i plan to track that > down. > > i have also been toying with the idea of surgery; putting a Intel wireless > chipset in the eeepc, > but the only article I've found on that topic is a bit much for a software > only geek. Actually, it's not tricky at all - you will need to get an Intel 3945/4965/5100/5150/5300/5350 PCI-Express Mini Card (or Half-Mini Card if your Eee PC has that one - compare the card in your system with the cards on http://embeddedsystemnews.com/images/embedded/pciexpressminihalfminicards.jpg), and swap the Ralink card in your machine with the Intel card. It should be plug-and-play. (And it's not limited to Intel - you can use any PCIE Mini Card.) You can find plenty of these cards on eBay, such as http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250512964837. > > I like the eeepc and want to use it with wireless. > > i figure my best case is to find a way to get the ralink driver working with > the moblin os, > but at least one person has failed at that attempt to far. > > a fall back position is to go with a fedora os where i could get the driver > working there > (if it doesn't already). > > so, finally, my query to this august group; given this sob story, what is > your wisdom on the topic? > > is my goal to get the rt2860 working on moblin a gesture in futility? > > does it make sense to bail and go on to FC? i use FC for my desktop and work > so i prefer it over ubuntu ,... > > Suggestions? tia, jackc... > > -- > jack craig > jackc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 831-684-1375 (Office) > 831-596-6924 (cell) > IM: jackcraigaptos (AIM) > _________________________________ > This email has been ClamScanned ! > www.LinuxLightHouse.com > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
