When Ubuntu 11.04 released, things went backwards for the EEE. If the wireless adapter was enabled, Natty would hang soon after login – it turns out this was due to a kernel issue similar to that experienced in its predecessor.
But, as per many things in the open software world, the community has come up with a solution which I’ve summarised below.
- From here, download the latest kernel files which should be named as follows:
- linux-headers-2.6.39-999_2.6.39-999.[LatestDateTimeStamp]_all.deb
- linux-headers-2.6.39-999-generic_2.6.39-999. [LatestDateTimeStamp]_i386.deb
- linux-image-2.6.39-999-generic_2.6.39-999. [LatestDateTimeStamp]_i386.deb
- Then, from a terminal window, install them in the SAME order they were downloaded i.e.:
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sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.39-999_2.6.39-999.[LatestDateTimeStamp]_all.deb -
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.39-999-generic_2.6.39-999. [LatestDateTimeStamp]_i386.deb -
sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.39-999-generic_2.6.39-999. [LatestDateTimeStamp]_i386.deb
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- Restart your EEE (with WiFi enabled) and login.
Good luck! (YMMV)