http://n01getsout.com/blog/2007/06/07/installing-ubuntu-on-an-acer-aspire-5100/ Open Mind, Open Source Mon, 12 May 2008 11:24:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://n01getsout.com/blog/2007/06/07/installing-ubuntu-on-an-acer-aspire-5100/#comment-1757 Kalman Reti Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:27:38 +0000 http://n01getsout.com/blog/2007/06/07/installing-ubuntu-on-an-acer-aspire-5100/#comment-1757 I have an Acer Aspire 5100-5455 and had almost exactly your experience. I was able to get the built-in wireless working using ndiswrapper, but I had to hunt to get the right 64bit-windows driver. If I used a 32bit-windows driver, it would appear to load into ndiswrapper correctly and the wlan0 device appeared, but it did not function. I have an Acer Aspire 5100-5455 and had almost exactly your experience. I was able to get the built-in wireless working using ndiswrapper, but I had to hunt to get the right 64bit-windows driver. If I used a 32bit-windows driver, it would appear to load into ndiswrapper correctly and the wlan0 device appeared, but it did not function.

]]> http://n01getsout.com/blog/2007/06/07/installing-ubuntu-on-an-acer-aspire-5100/#comment-1648 Peter Pursche Sun, 07 Oct 2007 06:58:15 +0000 http://n01getsout.com/blog/2007/06/07/installing-ubuntu-on-an-acer-aspire-5100/#comment-1648 A $ 39.00 Belkin WiFi card gave me wireless internet connection when I run Ubuntu. A $ 39.00 Belkin WiFi card gave me wireless internet connection when I run Ubuntu.

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