Lite and wireless adaptors (usb)

[Şerban S.]

Hi!

I've been looking at the specs.
It's really a very old machine and since the amount of RAM is 1 GB, it's unlikely that you'll be able to make it run nowadays.
There is yet a hope. It's a HT CPU so it might help a little. If it does support a SSD, than this is the approach.
Now if you can do this shift from HDD to SSD, than the next step is to use the USB to solve the networking problem.
There are some devices that you may use in order to get connected. Since I'm less found to wireless, I recommend to use a device that offers you wired LAN (Ethernet to USB Adapter.)
I'm from România, so it's difficult for me to point you towards a specific store but I had trouble installing WiFi drivers on an ASUS M415U laptop (my wife's laptop).
So, I used a device that works on a USB C and provides 4 USB 3.x ports and a RJ45 (Ethernet).
Now, given the fact that this solved the WiFi drivers (proprietary!) problem, I guess this approach might solve yours too.
I also have a dongle that is useful for this exact type of annoyances.

Here is the output of "lsusb":

Code:

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0fe6:9700 ICS Advent DM9601 Fast Ethernet Adapter.

Manufacturer is Konig.
All you need to do is hook it into any available USB port and jack in the LAN cable. You should be able to connect to your router. Linux Lite will tell you that you are connected to a LAN.
My main problem is that the machine is so old that I couldn't find a decent specs list so I have no idea on what USB it offers.
That's what I could find:
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Aspir...255.0.html
Further more, it's very unclear if the architecture is 32 or 64 bit since it looks that there are also 32 bit CPUs with the same code name.
To go further, I recommend you to issue the following in the Terminal:

Code:

sudo inxi -c 0 -ACdGMNSz

Post please the output in this thread and maybe we will be able to find some workaround.
I also recommend you to search for a 2 GB RAM chip. Having only 1 GB of RAM, makes the machine almost useless nowadays.
I had some years ago a netbook ASUS X51LR, single core and I could find a 2 GB RAM.
So, if you really want to revive this machine, then this is the brief list of changes:
1. Switch to SSD, if possible. The smallest one might have 60 GB (20 GB Root, 20 GB /home and 20 GB for personal data.);
2. Get a 2 GB biscuit;
3. Get a LAN to USB dongle (any match with the above type).
4. Get the inxi report and post it here.

Good luck!