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Well, here i am using my old windows. Anyway, the 1st time I used haiku it worked fine and I really like the set-up. Then the next time i booted it up I couldn't connect to the internet. I just decided to reboot it and install the network monitor on the toolbar. So I restarted it and I noticed my Ethernet port wasn't there. It just said my wireless was hooked up. So i rebooted the computer using windows and looked to see if there were any similar problems and i found this

Please, Explain the terms in a way a teen who hasn't upgraded his computer since 2005 would understand. (and uses windows where code isn't strictly needed)

I burned alpha 2 to a CD and live booted two different computers.

It works great on the Gateway DX4200-09. It selects the wrong monitor specs initially, but I could fix that and run around the system, and the net, to my heart's content. Unfortunately, my wife and kids use that computer, so I can't install it there.

I also have an hp pavilion 7965, which I think is now more than 10 years old. Haiku live-booted fine there, and the video worked from the get-go. I'm quite keen on installing it to this machine, since modern Linux distributions are too slow on it.

Unfortunately, the networking doesn't work at all. It looks as if Haiku doesn't even recognize the controller; nothing showed up when I looked at the Network setup. According to Linux, I have an Intel 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev03).

Is it possible to get Haiku to recognize this device, or would I need a different controller? FWIW lspci -vvnn on Linux gives me

02:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller [8086:2449] (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation EtherExpress PRO/100 VE [8086:3013]                                         
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-    
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- 
        Kernel driver in use: e100
        Kernel modules: e100

hi - i downloaded the 2nd April 2011 gcc 2 hybrid nightly build and ran it on my Acer Aspire One netbook (intel atom dual core / intel gma500 integrated graphics / atheros wifi / 1GB ram). The build booted into the desktop gui then immediately failed and opened a kdebug terminal window with details of a kernel panic. The error listed the synaptics touchpad as well as a reference to ps2 mouse support. I booted twice with the same message.

However, if I run the alpha 2 release build, it works without any issues, but I am unable to get atheroswifi support going (which is why I was hoping to run the nightly build instead).

Is there a particular nightly build you would recommend running, or a reliable method I can use to enable my atheros wifi?

Thanks - and keep up the good work - I am a big fan of Haiku, its the (almost) perfect os for my netbook.

Regards,

JM