9th nonblog

Saturday I was able to get the notebook hardwired.

After running updates I installed nvidia drivers via the "Hardware Drivers" utility.

Now X looks perfect.

Today my zd1211 based airlink usb 802.11g device can connect to my FON access point. Maybe there was a patch in the updates.

Hong installed flash in firefox and now my father-in-law can read SINA until he needs a nap.

The only thing left for me to fix is the lack of ar5007 support.

I tried moving the hardware switch but the light stays amber.

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I've found two disappointments. My in-laws use skype and there's no AMD64 build. I've always wanted to convert them to gizmo project but there are no AMD64 builds of gizmo5.

:-(

I actually have more choice of software on my E51.

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This afternoon I found instructions to get the AR5007 up.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766529&page=2

I was able to make one successful connection to my WPA encrypted FON

The network manager interface in ubuntu is a nightmare. I can save a location but it's never set. scselect on Mac OS X is much better.

Every time I reboot it connects to the FON's open network.

at least now I"m down to one annoyance