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Use the live cd of backtrack

http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/

It has a large collection of drivers, aircrack and a lot of other tools built in.

Go into system>administration>additional drivers and choose the broadcom sta driver. This is the real linux driver from broadcom.

It worked for me...

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I read through the replies and did some more googling on this subject.

1: I had installed the cpu frequency applet and set it to powersave. But a few minutes later, it would reset...

I have windows 7 and ubuntu 10.10 dual boot on my laptop. Did a fan test to see which one runs cooler. Both were run on base installations, idling with just the desktops showing. Ubuntu was set to...

Trying to set my cpu to Powersave using the CPU Frequency Scaling applet. When I set it to powersave, it goes back to ondemand on its own.

On the earlier versions of Ubuntu, I used to be able to...

Hello all,

I'm looking for a simple script to combine netstat and nmap. I want to get the gateway and see the ip's on the network. I can do them seperatly, but looking for a simple way to do them...

Same problem. Runs too hot, fan always runs, drains batteries.

Went back to windows, problem fixed. Runs cool.

I would prefer to use Ubuntu over Windows, however, Ubuntu is not worth damaging...

I tired different versions of ubuntu, 8.04 to 9.10. I found that 8.04 Hardy LTS runs the best out of all of them, fast,cool and quiet.

Not sure why this is. Are the latest versions supposed to be...

Found a fix? for Ubuntu 9.10 running hot.

Did some googling and added this to /etc/default/grub

noapictimer irqpoll noapic noatime

Not exactly sure what all these do, but now my temperatures...

I just like to say that I installed PCLOS 2009.2

With PCLOS my laptop fan very rarely turns on. The CPU temp averages about 112 degrees F.

With Ubuntu 9.10, my cpu temp averages about 130...

Did some testing, reinstalled 9.10 with ext3, still ran hot. I could let the laptop just idle and the temperature would rise to a point where the fan would turn on.

Reinstalled 9.04 with ext3....

I have the applet, its the same as in 9.04.

I have a 1.7g cpu that is running at 800mhz, its set to "on demand", its the same settings I had in 9.04

I do know that 9.10 with ext4 runs faster...

Any reason why 9.10 with Ext4 would run hotter than 9.04 with Ext3?

With 9.04 my laptop fan would rarely turn on. With 9.10, my fan turns on every 2 - 3 minutes...

I know this is an old thread, but I had the same problem.

I did some googling, and fixed the problem by going into the bios settings and disabling the hotkey for wireless switch.

I use OpenDNS.
It has online parental controls. It works for me...

http://www.opendns.com/

I have a Dell laptop with a internal wifi card and also use a high power usb wifi card with a external antenna.

Depending on where I am, I need to switch between the 2 cards. I'm looking for a way...

Does anyone have Airoscript up and running in Ubuntu 9.10?

I have a problem with the terminal windows not starting. Tried to google it, but can't seem to find anything.

I'm using the icon on the top/right corner of the screen...

I just installed a fresh copy of Jaunty on a Dell laptop. Everything seems to work o.k. except that when I go to shut it down, it reboots, then the screen gets all fuzzy. I end up doing a hard shut...

THANKS!!!

I lost my bookmarks also. Got them back with your help...

Deluge for torrents
GTK-Gnutella for p2p
Mobloquer for the linux version of Peerguardian

Constant hard drive activity was my biggest complaint with any Linux distro on my Dell AMD64 laptop. The biggest improvements came when I changed to the ext2 filesystem, enabled and configured...

Forget Frostwire, install Deluge and GTK Gnutella instead. Both can be installed with Synaptic Package Manager easily with no fuss.

Check out this website for sharp fonts, like in Windows:

http://www.sharpfonts.com/

I reinstalled Ubuntu and found a quick fix.
I installed Konquerer file/web browser. Now file sharing works...