[clue-talk] the impossible

[Shawn Perry]

Your best bet to get that output would be to boot from the Ubuntu
LiveCD, open a terminal (it's in the menu somewhere) and type "lspci
-v"

It looks like it uses the same wired ethernet as the EEEPC 1008HA.  I
found it here.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1197614&highlight=acer+5516

It's not the simplest fix, but it is reported by several people to
work perfectly.

Yes, the USB adaptors will need a driver, but it's pretty likely to be
installed automatically.

Shawn

On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Louis Miller <veganguy1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Shawn. I guess there are a lot more options than I had imagined. I
> don't know how to get the output of lspci-v. My computer skills are not that
> extensive.
>
>     I don't have Linux installed, as an OS on my laptop, right now. I have
> it as a guest OS, with Vista.
>
>      Does the USB Ethernet Adaptor use a separate Linux driver? How would I
> find out if it would be easier to get a driver for that than for the
> built-in one that was hard-wired into my notebook motherboard?
>
>      I have an Acer Aspire 5516.
>
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