Lubuntu on Fujitsu Amilo laptop

[ixusubunt]

Recently loaded Lubuntu on Fujitsu Amilo La1703 (previously Vista) and I have two issues that I can't sort out:
1. No Wifi (worked previously) ... ethernet ok.
2. Minitube will not play any videos

Any advice on either of these problems?
Thanks
Paul

[mörgæs]

For the wifi problem, this forum is a better place:
http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=336

[kerry_s]

you need to use the ppa version for minitube.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

[claracc]

Lubuntu 11.04 installed on pentium III, CPU 1 GHz, Ram 512 MB, 64 Mb of them for the sis 630/730 videocard. I installed minitube from repositories and I couldn't see any video with it. So I uninstalled.

I installed VLC and I can see youtube videos through the url, also you can try smplayer.

[ixusubunt]

Thanks kerry_s,
Minitube now plays movies ... almost! If I touch anything it crashes back to the Login screen! (even moving the window or resizing). Is there a setting I need to adjust? Thanks

[ixusubunt]

mörgæs,
Thanks for the link. I found the instructions for installing the correct WLAN driver and now the WiFi is working! If anyone else has a similar problem with a Fujitsu Amilo La1703 then the answer is here http://www.uprize.no/?q=node/1

[amjjawad]

Enjoy using Lubuntu and hope all your problems got fixed

[ixusubunt]

I spoke a bit too soon regarding the WiFi! When I rebooted the computer the wireless was lost again. I went back through the instructions to fix it and established that I need to put "sudo modprobe ndiswrapper" into the terminal to get it going again. Not a big problem ... but it would be useful if anyone could explain how to stop the computer forgetting!
Thanks

[amjjawad]

I spoke a bit too soon regarding the WiFi! When I rebooted the computer the wireless was lost again. I went back through the instructions to fix it and established that I need to put "sudo modprobe ndiswrapper" into the terminal to get it going again. Not a big problem ... but it would be useful if anyone could explain how to stop the computer forgetting!
Thanks

What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C network

Please wrap up the output with "CODE" tags or select and click "#".

[ixusubunt]

Amjjawad,

This is the output

*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: VT6102 [Rhine-II]
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
logical name: eth0
version: 7c
serial: 00:a0:d1:c5:4e:8b
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=via-rhine driverversion=1.5.0 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.10 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=8 mingnt=3 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:23 ioport:4800(size=256) memory:d9300400-d93004ff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:30:05:d9:9f:d1
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ndiswrapper+sis163u driverversion=1.56+Silicon Integrated Systems ip=192.168.0.11 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g


Thanks