ACER NETBOOK HELP REQUIRED ASAP.

pokerface_me

Hi guys looking to pick your brains. My daughter has a Acer netbook got it on a deal from Eircom last year. Basically it won't connect to the internet for me, it did before no problem and had to get my router replaced as it was faulty. It runs on a linux system and when i double click on Network connections nothing opens, its as if the file is empty. There is no flashing screen in the bottom toolbar any more either. I get a sneaky feeling she may have be messing around and has deleted a file. As its a netbook it came with no disks or anything, to like reinstall stuff. Just wondering does linux have the windows equivelent of system restore or something.

Any help greatly appreciated as she loves the thing and is lost without it.

bonzodog2

I'm assuming it is an Acer Aspire One ...

Try this:
1: check wifi switch is on (you probably did already....)

2: Open File Manager (I dont have one so maybe its called something different ?)
From the File menu, open a command prompt
a new window opens, type this into it and press Enter

rm -rf ~/.gconf/system/networking

Now shut it down completely and restart

I had this problem in July on one of these

Mimikyu

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bonzodog2

This may sound silly, but make sure the command-prompt window has the input focus, i.e. click on the window before you type. Its possible you may have clicked somewhere else while the window was opening.

Overheal

I assume the problem is with the Router and not the Aspire.

Make sure its setup properly and broadcasting SSID.

Mimikyu

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bonzodog2

Is it still in warranty period? Maybe its a hardware failure.

Mimikyu

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