[LostLogic]

You've replaced YOURUSERNAME with your username right?
I've corrected the filename now though. It was a little off, so give it another go

[reflex]

Originally Posted by lantanus

I was just trying to follow the instructions from lostlogic and it doest works:
when I try to use this command:
# tar xzf /home/YOURUSERNAME/Downloads/hybrid-portsrc-x86_32.tar.gz
it puts something like the 'f' function needs an argument (I don't know anything about linux), so if you can help me, I will really appreciate it.

PD: my netbook is an Hp mini 110 1020 and when I install MeeGo, the ethernet connection works but when I reboot the system it doesnt appears to exists any ethernet connection so I can't get on the internet. Please help me somehow!!

Thanks for everything

I'll give the full, indepth answer, and explain a couple Linux/Unix concepts along the way.

"tar" is a common utility for working with .tar archive files (like .zip files). Linux stuff tends to be distributed in tar files, with gzip compression (.tar.gz) or bzip2 compression (.tar.bz2). "tar xzf file.tar.gz" tells the "tar" utility to extract files from the gzipped file named "file.tar.gz".

So, to extract the files from the Broadcom .tar file downloaded, you need to supply the filename. LostLogic's instructions assume the file is downloaded to a folder named "Downloads" in your home directory (each user gets a home directory named after him/herself under /home, so /home/greg, /home/sally, etc).

As for filenames, a filename starting with a / refers to an absolute path. An absolute path means that the current directory doesn't matter. A relative path doesnt' start with /, and it's relative to the currently open directory (pwd will print the current working directory). "subfolder/file.txt" refers to a file named file.txt in subfolder, where subfolder is in the current dir. If the current dir is sally's home dir, "/home/sally/subfolder/file.txt" also refers to the same file.

As for the actual filename you need to specify, "/home/$USER/Downloads/hybrid-portsrc-x86_32.tar.gz" refers to the file if it's in the current user's Downloads dir ($USER means current user, and it's good practice to enclose filenames in quotes, to avoid problems with files that have whitespace in the name). Instead, You could manually specify the username: "/home/sally/Downloads/hybrid-portsrc-x86_32.tar.gz" or whatever. Or you could refer to the file with a relative path, but that depends on your current directory (which defaults to your home dir, but LostLogic's procedure uses the "cd" command to change the current dir a couple times).

Finally, tab completion is an incredibly handy trick. Hit TAB partway through typing in a terminal, it'll autocomplete for you... if possible. So, type "/ho" then TAB to get "/home/" then type "sal" plus TAB to get "/home/sally/", then "Dow" plus TAB to get "/home/sally/Downloads/", etc.

So, your tar command to extract the files could be something like this:

tar xvf /ho[TAB]sal[TAB]Dow[TAB]hy[TAB]

I hope this post helps you understand the commands you're using to get the WiFi working.


As for the wired network, run "lspci -v" in a terminal to list PCI devices. On my Mini 1012, this entry refers to my wired network adapter

05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Dell Device 041a
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 26
	I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
	Memory at f0f20000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Memory at f0f10000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at f0f40000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169

You should have a similar entry. Does it list a "Kernel driver in use"? If so, run "ifconfig" (interface config). What's listed for "eth0"? If there's a "eth0" entry but no IP address listed, try running "sudo dhclient" to request one from your DHCP server (a typical home network has a router running DHCP server software, which assigns IP addresses to network devices). Good luck.

[exobyte]

Originally Posted by LostLogic

Successfully got the WiFi to work after following the Slaine guide upto a certain point, then follow with a build of the drivers.

All "Write this" commands are listed with a # infront of the line for easy reading

Awesome write up. Worked fine except I have to go to Network and reconnect to the wireless every time I boot. Not a big deal since it autoconnects once I open that tab.

[lantanus]

Ok, now I get the wireless adapter to work without any problem.

Just one thing, I don't really need it but I think is weird that the ethernet adapter doesn't appears to be on the computer... so if someone wish to tell me the reason of this and vanishes my curiosity I'll really aprecciate it.

Thanks for everything everyone

[cooldudie3]

Hey guys
Need some help here.
So I installed Meego onto my Dell Mini 9, and tried to get the wifi chip to work. However, as I tried to install those packages I got these errors that said "no more mirrors to try" or something like that. The groupinstall one says there is no such groupinstall directory. I'll try to copy the entire terminal commands over later.
Another problem I have is that after using Chrome for a while, the internet just stops working. I can't connect to any other pages after that.
Thanks

[mipf]

i have problems fixing the wifi on mine..

how to get arround this error:

[mipf@mipf-desktop ~]$ sudo yum install rpmdevtools
[sudo] password for mipf: 
Repository meego-non-oss-debuginfo is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository meego-non-oss-source is listed more than once in the configuration
http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/releases/1.0/core/repos/ia32/packages/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 6 - ""
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: meego-core. Please verify its path and try again

---------- Post added at 03:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:00 PM ----------

i have problems fixing the wifi on mine..

how to get arround this error:

[mipf@mipf-desktop ~]$ sudo yum install rpmdevtools
[sudo] password for mipf: 
Repository meego-non-oss-debuginfo is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository meego-non-oss-source is listed more than once in the configuration
http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/releases/1.0/core/repos/ia32/packages/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 6 - ""
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: meego-core. Please verify its path and try again

[kgas]

I tried MeeGo thro' USB disk. Tho' the interface is good, I will stick with Arch Linux minimal setup with openbox on Mini 9.