Please help me with Wi-fi on Acer Aspire One (ZG5) running XP and Ubuntu?

Question

Please help me with Wi-fi on Acer Aspire One (ZG5) running XP and Ubuntu?

Answer 1

watch it dude ubuntu is one of the best till date if u do not want to use ubuntu use partition magic to format HDD then repartition the Hdd shut the pc down insert the usb restart the pc go to bios then start booting from usb it will start installation from there (if files are not corrupted)

Answer 2

try these web links join ubuntu user groups and forums though I have wireless on my system and ubuntu found it no problem, ubuntu is good but others are better.





download and try other Linux versions like, Red Hat fedora 10, Novel Suse Linux 11.1, Mandriva, debian, and pclinux

Answer 3

Go to the link below and see if you can resolve the problem. I'll copy an excerpt:Known Issues



There are several known bugs that users may run into with Ubuntu 8.10 Beta. We have documented them here for your convenience along with any known workarounds.



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A problem that could result in corruption of the firmware on Intel GigE ethernet hardware has led to the disabling of the e1000e driver in the Linux kernel included in Ubuntu 8.10 Beta. Ethernet devices that use this driver cannot be used with Ubuntu 8.10 Beta; support for this hardware will be re-enabled in daily builds immediately after Beta and this issue will be resolved for the Ubuntu 8.10 final release. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263555

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Clicking on links in GNOME programs, such as evolution, will not launch firefox automatically due to a bug in a wrapper script used by the firefox-3.0 package. As a workaround, users can launch firefox manually and copy and paste links into the location bar. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275410

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NetworkManager 0.7 as included in Ubuntu 8.10 Beta is not compatible with static network configuration in /etc/network/interfaces. New installations are not affected by this issue because NetworkManager will manage all interfaces by default. Users upgrading from previous Ubuntu releases can work around this issue by disabling NetworkManager at startup. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256054

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When using the Kubuntu LiveCD, the ubiquity installer hangs at the end of the installation instead of prompting you to reboot. Investigation of this issue is ongoing; as a workaround, you can safely reboot to the new system by hand. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270423

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Installing an LTSP server fails with Ubuntu 8.10 beta because the CD is not recognized as an apt source. This will be resolved for the final release. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276349

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The Live CD's detection of nVidia hardware incorrectly selects the 'nv' driver even for hardware not supported by that driver, preventing X from running on some systems. This issue will be fixed in daily builds immediately after Beta and will be resolved for the Ubuntu 8.10 final release. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/261977