Acer Aspire One D150-1165 wireless driver

[thera]

i have an acer aspire one d150-1165 dual booted with windows 7 and linux lite 2.6.  i can use wireless on win7 but not when booted in linux lite.  linux lite will run on ethernet 10/100 cat5 just fine, but i have NEVER been able to get a linux distro of any kind to run the wireless card except easypeasy and it is much defunct these days.  i am open to most any linux distro but i like linuxlite.  can i get some help please?

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[paul1149]

Who makes the adapter? And did you use the Install Drivers utility on the main menu? Broadcom needs proprietary drivers.

[kc1di]

The Install Driver utility usually works quite well.  you need to be connect via ethernet when you run it though.
If it does not offer any drivers for you wireless card  please go to the terminal and type this command:

Code:

lspci

and post the results here.

You should be able to get the card going.

[torreydale]

Ditto the other folks.

According to http://www.cnet.com/products/acer-aspire...hdd/specs/, you may have an Acer InviLink 802.11b/g wifi adapter.  It could be a rebranded adapter, but we won't know for sure unless you do what paul1149 and thera said.

Furthermore, for the benefit of everyone using the forum, your responses are usually going to be made within the forum.  It's less likely that someone will email you directly.  If you want the forum to notify you when a response has been submitted, you can click on the Notify link/button in the post you created. 

[rokytnji]

file:///usr/share/doc/litemanual/network.html#wireless

Acer Aspire 150 are older netbooks that will connect in Linux Lite just fine out of the box if the wireless is turned on (works in Windows 7) in bios. My old Acer 150 before I gave it to my father-in-law specs were

Code:

$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: biker Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.6.3)
           Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 (Gtk 2.24.10)
           Distro: MX-14 Symbiosis 24 March 2014
Machine:   System: Acer product: AOA150 v: 1
           Mobo: Acer model: N/A Bios: Acer v: v0.3310 date: 10/06/2008
CPU:       Single core Intel Atom CPU N270 (-HT-) cache: 512 KB
           flags: (nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 3191
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1600 MHz 2: 800 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GME x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 1.4 Mesa 8.0.5 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v:: k3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
           driver: ath5k bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (1.5% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD1600BEVT size: 160.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 7.6G used: 2.7G (38%) fs: ext4 ID: /home size: 79G used: 2.3G (4%) fs: ext4
           ID: swap-1 size: 2.10GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 62.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 142 Uptime: 1:55 Memory: 360.7/994.9MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.7.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.2.371) inxi: 2.1.7

You can post your specs like I did in this thread so members can see your Acer 150 specs.

[thera]

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet (rev b0)
pc1@pc1-Aspire-one:~$ ^C
pc1@pc1-Aspire-one:~$ ^C
pc1@pc1-Aspire-one:~$



NOW WHAT?

[paul1149]

01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)

The wifi card is broadcom.  Go to the main menu, type install drivers, click on the search result. Go to the last tab where you will be able to install broadcom.

[torreydale]

If what paul1149 wrote doesn't yield any options, you can go to Install/Remove Software (Menu, System, Install/Remove Software).  From there, perform a search on the word "Broadcom" and select the package named "bcmwl-kernel-source."  Mark it for installation and click on Apply.  That will add the driver for Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g to your computer.

Or if you want do the above faster, you can copy and paste the following code into a terminal:

Code:

sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

[thera]

OK  i will try this
so now that you can see my specs, what is my GPU?
Am I better served by LL 2.4 being an older netbook?  Currently running 2.6 <latest>

[Wirezfree]

Hi,

It was originally designed for WinXP, for day to day browsing, email... It's never going to be a "screamer" it's got a Atom N270 CPU
It will work fine for day to day stuff with 2.6... Just don't expect super performance... Below shows CPU Marks for the evolving Atom CPU