I have a few wifi usb interfaces with this chip. And they never work in Linux when using laptops. I'm using the default network-manager [nm] and LL 1.08 in a laptop.

Also the usb wifi interface will only work if the wifi "hard switch" on the laptop switch is turned on, so then nm gives me a choice of wifi interfaces to connect with. I choose the Realtek USB and it all looks good but it will not authenticate - the password never works. With the laptop's built in wifi it works OK.

I have never been able to get any usb realtek 8187 wifi inferface to work in Linux with any laptop. Funny it seems to work with LL 1.06 on my desktop. I'm not sure if LL 1.06 works better for this or it just that it's not a laptop...haven't tested 1.06 on the laptop but will soon. I seem to remember much older versions of Linux working better w/this chip.

Is there any way to get this chip working? It all looks OK but never connects. WPA2 personal...

This has been going on for years and I can't figure it out.

Thanks

I'm waiting like 5 minutes for each page to render. Something's wrong?

I just wanted to say how good it is that the USB Wifi Interface Realtek 8187L works OK in Linux Lite.

No it does not. Thought it did. After installing 1.08 same problem with all other versions of Linux - will post in hardware section...

Hey all.
Just need to know or get some help with making the Lifescan software One Touch Software work for my Diabetes Glucometer. I have tried to install it using Wine but, it was telling me that the file it was trying to load was corrupted or something. I tried several times to make a fresh file like is said that I needed but that would not work either. Let me know what you need so I can tell you what happens....

Please...
Many Thanks.
ohjrson

I was making some changes in Main Menu and then didn't like what I had done so pushed the Revert button at the bottom right of that menu. However it did not revert to what was present in Menu (the button at left of panel) as in the original install, but to a lot of entries that where not there at install time. Is there a way to revert to the original installed Menu?

And in particular - so that I can install updates - get the Updates button back in that menu? I cannot find it.

I've imported many Windows Firefox shortcuts and have managed to get them to open in Firefox after mashing several so called solutions. Happy to post the solution but would like to finish the job by changing file manager icons from default blank to Firefox icon.

I've spent the whole afternoon scanning the web and trying about 6 different solutions but none work. Has anyone solved this and can share the solution please?

Alan

I am on a small data cap and am wondering if there is some easy method for seeing/monitoring current network upload and download speeds in Linux Light 1.0.8. Also total down and upload since powering up would be nice.


Enjoying my experience with LL.

When I inquired about the only remaining Linux Users Group near me, I got the following response, "...IMHO long gone is the day of needing to meet in person where we trade the latest Slackware floppies ...." and they are primarily just an unoften used e-mail group. Today I received an e-mail that the nearby Mac Users Group had folded. The last time I visited the nearby PC Users Group is was barely hanging on and from the looks of its website is not very active. It use to be huge with lots of Special Interest Groups. There even was an OS2 Users Group here.

In the nearby retirement community, there is a fairly active PC Users Group with a Mac SIG. This group is probably still active for seniors just getting into computers.

Looks to me that forums like this have replaced LUGs, PCUGs, and MUGs. I glad the help is here but face to face meetings would still be nice.  :'(

Hi Folks. I am a pensioner and live in new Zealand. My main OS is/was Xp. I have also dabbled in Ubuntu, Zorin, Mint and Puppy. I have a number of small hard drives and a computer tower (2.66ghz cpu and 1gb ram) with no side on it, so that i can easily change distro by physically swapping hard drives Smile.

I stumbled upon a YouTube video of Linux Light 1.0.8 by Spatry last night. He was very complimentary about it, including recommending it as a replacement for XP. So today I have downloaded it, had a wee play with it live, and was also impressed, so installed it and the updates.

Thank you all for being here.

What is a good backup program for a newby? Easy to set up and easy to restore the backup it needed. No Terminal programs please. I guess I would use a CD or DVD or USB stick.

Backintime-Gome was the highest reviewed in the Ubuntu Software Center but one of the reviews said "While I really like the backup process, I do not like the restore process. You have to install BIT manually when using a live CD/USB stick and you have to set the correct hostname. Otherwise BIT is not able to detect its own backup." Not sure what it means but sounds difficult.