No wifi on Aspire One 531

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  1. viva

    viva

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    Hello,

    I just got an Aspire One 531. Nice machine, but XP only. So I installed Ubuntu 9.04 that generally works great on netbooks. I didn't expect it to have problems with the wireless card. But it does, wireless is always greyed out in the network menu, status: deactivated. The alternative madwifi driver doesn't work neither.

    Anybody solved this problem yet?

    Thank you in advance.
     
    viva, Jun 17, 2009
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    Hi,

    luckily, after a lot of try-and-error, I'm able now to answer myself ;)

    It's not the drivers, it's the control panel. Just install wicd via the Package Manager - it will uninstall the gnome-networkmanager at the same time. Reboot and you're done. The Acer Aspire One 531 will now connect to wireless networks, too.
     
    viva, Jun 18, 2009
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