Comment 22 for bug 644235

It Might work, but it should not be necessary, as Mandriva and PCLinuxOS
work fine out of the box, PCLinuxOS works better than Mandriva straight
out of the box with no problem at all.

On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 20:16 +0000, Paul White wrote:
> Try this I've a n140 with the same wireless problem which this cured a
> treat
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1348253
>
> Download driver from here http://www.dirk-
> hoeschen.de/temp/rtl819Xe.tar.gz
>
> http://www.dirk-hoeschen.de/temp/rtl819Xe.tar.gz
>
> On Netbook Remix it should download into your Download folder. Go to
> your Download folder and Extract the file. Click on it, it will open
> then click Extract.
>
> Open the Terminal and Change Directory to Extracted File by typing this
> into the Terminal
>
> cd Downloads/rtl819Xe
>
> Next in the Terminal type
>
> sudo su
>
> ./install.sh
>
> Ignore any error messages it will say kernel mismatched 5 times.
>
> Your wifi driver on the N130 should now work. The above was adapted from
> this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1329254&page=2
>
> Hope this helps. It worked first time on my N130.
>
> Helen
> RE my instructions above if the wifi driver does not load at start up open up the Terminal and type the following:
>
> sudo gedit /etc/modules
>
> Type in your password
>
> A text file with appear add the following line:
>
> r8192_pci
>
> and SAVED IT.
>
> Reboot and your wifi will start or alternatively to save rebooting in
> the Terminal type:
>
> sudo modprobe r8192_pci
>
> This command simply restarts your wifi and Text file where you added the
> line r8192_pci (as the instructions above) restarts wifi every time you
> reboot
>
> I have tried this myself.
>
> Any queries leave a post or PM me and I will try to help.
>
> Helen
>
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>
> Title:
> No Wifi
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Just tried 10 10 desktop and also netbook edition, neither found the WiFi card in my Samsung N140 netbook.
> The WiFi card is the Realtek 8192, it's time this was included in the distro
> ---
> AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
> AplayDevices:
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
> Subdevices: 1/1
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> Architecture: i386
> ArecordDevices:
> **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
> Subdevices: 1/1
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> Cannot stat file /proc/4342/fd/43: Stale NFS file handle
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 2885 F.... pulseaudio
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> Card0.Amixer.info:
> Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf0440000 irq 43'
> Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269'
> Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,144dc062,00100004'
> Controls : 11
> Simple ctrls : 7
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta i386 (20100901.1)
> MachineType: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. N140
> Package: linux (not installed)
> ProcCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3
> Regression: No
> RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
> Reproducible: Yes
> RfKill:
> 0: hci0: Bluetooth
> Soft blocked: no
> Hard blocked: no
> StagingDrivers: r8192e_pci
> Tags: maverick kernel-net needs-upstream-testing staging
> Title: [STAGING]
> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic i686
> UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
> dmi.bios.date: 08/18/2009
> dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
> dmi.bios.version: 01CU.M002.20090818.CYH
> dmi.board.name: N140
> dmi.board.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
> dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
> dmi.chassis.version: N/A
> dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvr01CU.M002.20090818.CYH:bd08/18/2009:svnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:pnN140:pvrNotApplicable:rvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:rnN140:rvrNotApplicable:cvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:ct10:cvrN/A:
> dmi.product.name: N140
> dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
> dmi.sys.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
>
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