[kriminemil]

Hi Partypeople outhere =)

I am have some problems with my inspiron mini 10 (1810),
since running ubuntu 10.10.

The webcam and the wifi-card doesn't work anymore,
only while the installation process.
I reported the issue on ubuntuuser's board and the people
suggested to update the BIOS.

My bios system is now running on A2:

Product Name:           Inspiron 1018
Vendor:                 Dell Inc.
BIOS Version:           A02
System ID:              0x048E

But i dont find the right driver here:
linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/bios-hdrs/]Index of /repo/firmware/bios-hdrs

is there a compatible one?

At Dell's support, there is no newer version than mine...

Is there a more uptodate version?
Where can I find that?

Best regards,

emil

[reflex]

Newest 1018 BIOS looks to be A02.

As for the wifi card, if I recall correctly, the 1018 has a new Realtek wifi card, and older kernels might not support it. Maybe try a newer version of Ubuntu (with a newer kernel and drivers), even just on a flash drive.

Search the forums, somebody else had trouble with 1018 wifi in Linux a while back.

I dunno about the webcam.

[rrfranczak3]

dont be in such a hurry to mess with the BIOS unless you want a nice expensive paperweight or doorstop.......do a search...it happens ALL THE TIME......

[kriminemil]

Thx, Bros! I found my solution: just resetting the BIOS to the default values. I didn't messed them up, but maybe the mini needs it sometimes... Some other guys did have the same problem since ubuntu 10.10 ... so.. Have a nice day =)