Networking :: wireless networking

Maybe it will work with NDISWRAPPER if you download the MSWindows driver files from the Acer website?

Your mainboard chipset is SiS M760GX so the LAN device is possibly SiS too, and the driver might be sis900.
You could help us determine this by running "lspci" in an xterminal, and listing output.
DSL may be be autodetecting this LAN device ... you should run "lsmod" to find out.

There is Linux setup advice for Acer Aspire 3002LCi here - http://www.hoflink.com/~turajb/linux_acer3k2_fc4.htm
Unfortunately they don't mention the LAN hardware or driver, but they do mention boot options to get it working ... this may help you, too -
dsl apm=off acpi=noirq ec_burst=1

Your wireless device is quoted as being "Acer InviLink", but Acer's website lists the Windows driver as being for Broadcom.
Again, you could help us determine this by running "lspci".
If it is Broadcom, then ndiswrapper should work.

First

how do I download things to DSL when I can't get connected to the internet with it
If you have some way of downloading it through windows and then putting it onto the live cd where it will work correctly in DSL, be my guest (live cd is cd-r)

Second

I will try out lspci, but if it's broadcom than unless you can figure out answer to my first problem then it isn't going to help

my acer by is an aspire 3003WLCI (but it has an 80 gig hd and a dvd burner) not 3002LCI

hopes you can help me

Are you using built-in WLAN (Broadcom 802.11b/g)?
If yes, please copy bcmwl5.inf and bcmwl5.sys from Driver CD to /home/dsl, then run NDISWRAPPER, driver location: /home/dsl/bcmwl5.inf

hs7sv: Thank you for the tip, I think it might help solve a problem I've been having. :o)

Avinux:

Quote (Avinux @ Dec. 28 2005,07:41)

I'm learning, but I would think that if you download an extension into your root directory in Windows (most likely c:\ ), you could then run it from DSL using

Code Sample

dsl mydsl=hda1

and using whatever other boot options you need (assuming your laptop HDD is located at /dev/hda1 in Linux)
The MyDSL repository is located at:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/mydsl/
then you right click on the extension you want and choose your browser's equivalent of "save target as" or "save link as". I recommend reading the .dsl.info files (for warnings, versions or dependencies) and at least downloading the md5sums so you can check them before loading your new extension once you're in DSL (If you need instructions for how to check md5sums please ask, or check the web if you are in a hurry for the answer.
http://www.google.com/linux
is your friend.)

You may also find some of the following documents useful:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub....pdfdocs
(I'm thinking of the MyDSLhowto.pdf in particular.)

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hopes you can help me

And I hope you get a solution and return to let us know what worked... :o)
Cheers and beers,
Sarah

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