Acer Aspire One: Troubleshooting Wireless Network Problems
My Acer Aspire One – powered by a commercial Linux distro called Linpus – after entering sleep mode couldn’t connect to the wireless network anymore. The wireless connection logo vanished, turning the wifi switch on/off didn’t work either, as was useless try to launch the Network Center. If you got a similar problem, read below.
LinuxQuestions.org came in my help, suggesting simply to delete some network files because apparently those files get corrupted when the battery runs out.
To fix it type the following comand on the command line sudo rm -rf ~/.gconf/system/networking or follow this step by step guide.
Roberto Galoppini, 
Kit Plummer 3:06 pm on September 29, 2009 Permalink
I didn’t have any patience for Linpus. Ubuntu UNR as the regular desktop version work much better on the AA1. I also gave Moblin a shot, was gross. But, I found that Ubuntu handles all the AA1-stuff nicely – including the fan, and wireless controls.
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Roberto Galoppini 10:14 pm on September 29, 2009 Permalink
Hi Kit, Linpus is not my cup of tea too. So said, I believe that the casual buyer will hardly reinstall another Linux distro even if it is likely much more up-to-date.
Josef 7:35 pm on September 30, 2009 Permalink
Technical articles now, Roberto? I’m proud of you! 🙂
Roberto Galoppini 9:12 am on October 1, 2009 Permalink
Ciao Josef! Glad you appreciate this, usually I refrain from writing technical stuff because is pretty out of the scope of my blog. So said, time by time I enjoy making exceptions, though.
Network diagnostic tools 10:51 am on October 1, 2009 Permalink
Thanks you shared!
And I think you should come up with more such stuff. Network troubles are very common so any help is appreciated.