Normally, hardware and I get along nicely. Today however, I have been in a bit of a fight with an Acer AspireOne. This nifty little device and I need to work together to get some code written. So far, the problems have been a mix of fun and frustration. The fun is learning the new system and the little quirks of trying to run a computer when the interface is only two-thirds the expected size. Getting used to the machine has been a challenge. The big problem came from the wireless and wired networks when I loaded Ubuntu 8.10 onto the device.
Windows is an ok operating system but I need to mimic the workings of a server so Ubuntu it was. I knew there were issues with the wireless as these are well documented. What I was not expecting was an all out war with wired connection. It worked fine at the office but at home it would not connect no matter what I did. Digging deeper into the problem, I discovered that the ehternet card wasn’t getting a configuration for IPv4.
Well that sucks!
Looks like I will just put the toy away for the moment and try again tomorrow. If I can get the wireless working at the office, then maybe I can skip the wired part of the system all together.
So far, that has not been my luck.