[Frits]

Wireless is not working on Akoya E1222 (Medion) netbook with the Live USB.

[melodie]

Wireless is not working on Akoya E1222 (Medion) netbook with the Live USB.

Hi Frits,

How are you ?

Well, is that message a request for help ? If as I think you would like the wireless to work, what would you think on giving more information about the wireless card you are using on this machine ?
http://www.generation-nt.com/medion-ako ... 70301.html

bluetooth ?

Please, open a console and invoke there a command line, then copy here the full content of the output:

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$ su
passwd
#  lshw | grep wireless

I assume lshw is installed. If not, please install it.

[Frits]

Hi Melody,

The problem occured while using the Live USB. I did not do an install yet, so I can't change things.

Not a direct question for help. I got a tip from De Baas from the Dutch PCLOS forum I did not try yet. The tip was:

Make wired connection with the internet, via synaptic install dkms-r8192se, configure wireless via PPC and it should be working. If I do an install of Gnome MMXII right afther that the change should be effective after the install as well, because depending on the memory capacity of the hardware this can stay in the memory and therefore used during the install by PCLOS.

I had a similar experience with that before, because in earlier installs my wireless password etc. was remebered and I had instant wireless connection with my router after a fresh install without entering username and password after the first log in. So I think it can work if the install of dkms-r8192se is working. I will try this later, because I am working with Mint 12 Gnome and trying Mate/Cinnamon/Unity to find out what I like best.

But PCLOS Gnome is still my favourite, therefore I tried the Live USB MMXII.

The wireless controller is:
Realtek Semiconductor Co.LTD RTL 8191 SEvB Wireless Lan Controller.

[melodie]

Hi,
If you use the tool from Just18 (pclinuxos live usb) to create your live usb stick, (on a stick formatted to ext3 only) you can boot to the grub menu entry having for name "persistent mode". Booting from this entry creates a directory "changes" in the usb stick, and everything that you will change while using it is added in the changes directory. You can use is day after day this way, as long as there is enough space in the stick the changes will be written. Later, still booting to persistent mode, if you install from there all the changes which have been registered in the changes directory are also copied to the hard drive where you install the distribution, the install is done normally, as any, while you benefit from all the changes.

[Frits]

Hmmmm. Live USB is created in PCLOS or a Linux version then? I do not have any experience with that.

I normally make one in Win 7 with Unetbootin. Tried it a long time ago in Linux but never succeeded in to make one.

[melodie]

Hmmmm. Live USB is created in PCLOS or a Linux version then? I do not have any experience with that.

I normally make one in Win 7 with Unetbootin. Tried it a long time ago in Linux but never succeeded in to make one.

When you are in a pclinuxos session if you have, or if you install PCLinuxOS Live USB, and at same time have:

* a usb stick formatted to ext3 (with Gparted or with drakdisk)
* an iso image of the pclos version you want on that stick

you must not have the usb key inserted when you start. Start the pclinuxos live usb from the menus, and just read what is on the windows, follow the steps.

[Frits]

Sorry, but I don't get it. Your suggestion is to do this from an installed PCLOS? I do not have that, I only have a Live USB with MMXII on it.

[melodie]

Sorry, but I don't get it. Your suggestion is to do this from an installed PCLOS? I do not have that, I only have a Live USB with MMXII on it.

In this case you can also get a persistent mode with the program Lili USB (gpl) for Windows:
http://www.linuxliveusb.com/

I think I saw you said you have a Windows...

For Lili USB you need your USB stick freshly formatted to fat32. And you have a persistent mode automatically generated.

[Frits]

Thanks Melodie, I will try it.

[melodie]

Thanks Melodie, I will try it.

c'mon ! you haven't tried it yet ???

(just joking... )

looking forward to see your results.

[Frits]

Installed in Win, made Live USB MMXII. That went well.

Upon start-up Live USB from the BIOS I get the message: "Bootlogo file to big" over and over again.

Will try Ed's option now.

[melodie]

Hi,
I wonder how big is the MMXII gfxmenu file ? I suppose the message talks about that one file. Couldn't it be reduced in size ?

[Frits]

I don't know. I will try with Unetbootin again.

[Frits]

Still not working. Tried also Zen 11.11.11, same problem. With Ubuntu linux versions no problem.

[melodie]

Hi,

A new idea for you, a bit hackish but it could work. You can edit an ISO disk image with ISOMASTER without damaging it's boot ability. Install isomaster in your Ubuntu install (install it to a small partition if you can) and with isomaster open the iso, remove the bootlogo file, save the change if needed (don't remember how that works exactly, so you will have to search and look a bit into the menus), close isomaster and try again to have it on a usb stick the same way as before, in Windows with Lili USB.

I the Gnome versions I am not sure what name is the bootlogo : just bootlogo, or gfxmenu ? you can remove them, and also splash.xpm.gz if you find one, I think it can't hurt.