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Need help getting PITA netbook to work.

It is an Acer Aspire One 522. The only way I could get Slackware to install was to skip setting up the network. The installer kept freezing during the network setup part. How do I setup my network manually?

Also how do I get this thing to stop crashing anytime it tries to do anything that requires graphics. I would like to use KDE but I'm stuck on fluxbox until I can make it work.

Quote:

Originally Posted by querier (Post 4433058)

The network config is located in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf. After you have entered the necessary settings and saved, enter

Code:

./rc.inet1 restart

if you are in the rc.d directory or

Code:

/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 restart

in any other.

Quote:

Also how do I get this thing to stop crashing anytime it tries to do anything that requires graphics. I would like to use KDE but I'm stuck on fluxbox until I can make it work.

Did you downloaded and install the latest drivers for your video card?

Edit: Also, if your wireless network uses WPA you will need to edit /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf . man wpa_supplicant.conf for details

Ok, I have ethernet setup. I also have the graphics driver installed. How do I switch to kde to see if it's working now. Also how do I switch back should it fail?

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Originally Posted by querier (Post 4433110)

Ok, I have ethernet setup. I also have the graphics driver installed. How do I switch to kde to see if it's working now. Also how do I switch back should it fail?

As any user, enter xwmconfig in terminal to switch between window managers.

I just discovered /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf is blank. What do I put there?

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Originally Posted by querier (Post 4433144)

I just discovered /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf is blank. What do I put there?

If you're using a hardline (ethernet), you don't need to mess with wpa_supplicant. However, for future reference, this is what you do for wireless:

If your router is set to use WPA encryption you'll need to point rc.inet1.conf to wpa_supplicant.
For instance, here is my rc.inet1.conf

Code:

IFNAME[4]="wlan0"

#IPADDR[4]=""

#NETMASK[4]=""

USE_DHCP[4]="yes"

#DHCP_HOSTNAME[4]=""

#DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]=""

#DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]=""

#DHCP_KEEPGW[4]=""

#DHCP_IPADDR[4]=""

WLAN_ESSID[4]=ADS_B802WN

#WLAN_MODE[4]=Master

WLAN_RATE[4]="54M auto"

WLAN_CHANNEL[4]="auto"

#WLAN_KEY[4]="key"

#WLAN_IWPRIV[4]="set AuthMode=WPAPSK | set EncrypType=TKIP | set WPAPSK="

WLAN_WPA[4]="wpa_supplicant"

LAN_WPADRIVER[4]="madwifi"

Here, WLAN_WPA[4] points to wpa_supplicant. You'll need to use

Code:

wpa_passphrase SSID password

to generate a network config block. It should come out something like this:

Code:

network={

    ssid="YOURSSID"

    #psk="passphrase"

    psk=04dffae0172e3a255e5bab6f28ab78cc23d845f3dd8d4a63ba64a37555e2a33b

}

You then add these 3 lines to wpa_supplicant.conf and restart inet1.

If you use WEP, I think all you need to do is uncheck and enter the hex code in the "WLAN_KEY" field. If you want, you can use a string by appending "s:" to it. Example:

Code:

WLAN_KEY[4]="s:Passwordhere"

.

hope this helps

I did what you said and when I restarted inet1 it had a bunch of errors. I tried to fix the error and got more errors. I have no idea what to do now.

Edit: nevermind I got it to restart without errors. now if I try to connect through wireless it freezes. I have read that this is a common problem with the aspire one 522.