[plug] NIC driver for Easy Peasy 1.1

[Lucas van Staden]

Hi,

Not familiar with Easy Peasy and it's requirements for compiling from 
source, but here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1141529 (see 
post #6), the person explained how they got the drivers compiled, from 
source, in the ubuntu distro.

Also from this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne, some info:

*Note for Acer AspireOne D250*: Microphone doesn't work out of the box. 
Download alsa-driver-1.0.20 from www.alsa-project.org and compile it 
with ./configure --with-cards=all (initially microphone in the mixer is 
muted!) In mixer settings input source should be set to "Mic" (default), 
not "Front Mic". Still sound subsystem doesn't survive suspend-resume. 
Ethernet card also doesn't work out of the box for D250. Download 
AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.8.tar.gz from 
http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx and install it manually. Ignore 
gzip warnings about "trailing garbage".


This should help you along, I hope.

-Lucas



Kev wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I recently bought the latest Acer Aspire One (model D250) for my 
> wife.  I bought the model with a 160g HDD and WinXP installed.  I have 
> since resized the Win partition and now have it happily dual booting 
> eXPee and Easy Peasy 1.1.
>
> The problem:  The NIC in the AAO is reported (by eXPee) as being an 
> "Atheros AR8132 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller" and Easy Peasy (1.0 
> and 1.1) doesn't have a driver for this NIC.  I'm not technically 
> adept enough to understand source code or to compile my own kernel, 
> and I'm sure not adept enough to understand anything Google has thrown 
> up at me so far.  I've lobbed queries into both the AAO forum and the 
> Easy Peasy forum, but no response from either.  Is there some 
> knowledgeable, yet kind soul out there who is able and willing to help 
> with this please?  The aim is to completely ween my wife off Windoze, 
> but I'm not off to a good start.
>
> The machine is and Acer Aspire One - model D250
> The NIC is an Atheros AR8132 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
> The EasyPeasy 1.1 kernel is version 2.6.27-8-eeepc
>
> Thanx in antici ............................................. pation,
> Kev Downes
>