{"id":11954,"date":"2009-11-29T14:24:15","date_gmt":"2009-11-29T12:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=11954"},"modified":"2009-12-01T16:20:52","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T14:20:52","slug":"fedora-12-and-intellibook-rtl8187se","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/29\/fedora-12-and-intellibook-rtl8187se\/","title":{"rendered":"Fedora 12 and IntelliBook (rtl8187se)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I recently got my hands on an IntelliBook netbook<\/a> (site in German, but the machine is actually Clevo M810L<\/a>).\u00a0 It’s a really small, light, and simple machine, which I got for nothing, and which, I haven’t got it for nothing, would cost me around 400 EUR.\u00a0 The truth is, if I wouldn’t have bought it for 400 EUR.<\/p>\n

\"intellibook\"<\/p>\n

The good things about it are: small, light, built-in WiFi and a rather large 160 GB hard disk.\u00a0 The bad things are: non-standard keyboard layout (I touch type, so I don’t mind, but the other people in my home do), non-Linux-supported web camera, and really low battery life (around 2 hours or so).\u00a0 Also the touchpad always gets in the way, and the whole case has this cheap plastic feel to it.<\/p>\n

When I first got the machine, it was running Ubuntu 9.10.\u00a0 While I have nothing against Ubuntu, I am a Fedora person.\u00a0 I want a regular desktop, and I want my commands and configurations to be where I am looking for them.\u00a0 So I replaced Ubuntu 9.10 with a recently released Fedora 12<\/a>.\u00a0 The Live USB installation was as simple as it can possible be – boot from USB stick into a desktop, click “Install to hard disk<\/em>“, and click Next<\/em> three or four times.<\/p>\n

Once the Fedora 12 Gnome desktop booted up, I was slightly disappointed to find out that wireless wasn’t working.\u00a0 Since it was working just fine in Ubuntu, I was pretty sure that fixing the problem won’t be hard.\u00a0 And\u00a0 I was right.<\/p>\n

First, I established that the wireless card uses RealTek chipset (rtl8187se<\/em>).\u00a0 Secondly, I Googled for rtl8187se and Fedora 12, which led me to this blog post<\/a>, comments to which suggested that I need to add RPMFusion<\/a> to my yum repositories and install kmod-staging*<\/em><\/strong> packages (there are two of them, one generic, and one with specific kernel version).\u00a0 Once the packages are installed, loaded up the driver with “modprobe rtl817se<\/em><\/strong>“, and restart both network and NetworkManager servers.\u00a0 Not even a reboot is needed – NeworkManager picks up the wireless network adapter and connects to the network.\u00a0 A test reboot confirmed that nothing else needs to be done and everything is just fine.<\/p>\n

With that, I now have a little computer, which is easy to move around, and can even be given to my kid to play with.\u00a0 If it wasn’t for the short battery life, it would be perfect for travelling.\u00a0 So, either I’ll find an extended battery for this thing (which I doubt), or I will get myself another netbook for all the travels that I do.\u00a0 Carrying around a full fledged laptop becomes heavy and ridiculous.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

I recently got my hands on an IntelliBook netbook (site in German, but the machine is actually Clevo M810L).\u00a0 It’s a really small, light, and simple machine, which I got for nothing, and which, I haven’t got it for nothing, would cost me around 400 EUR.\u00a0 The truth is, if I wouldn’t have bought it … Continue reading Fedora 12 and IntelliBook (rtl8187se)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,6,62],"tags":[2351,1470,74,1162],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-11954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-linux","category-technology","tag-fedora-linux","tag-laptops","tag-tips","tag-wifi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12257,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/17\/lenovo-g550-laptop\/","url_meta":{"origin":11954,"position":0},"title":"Lenovo G550 laptop","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"March 17, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"A couple of days ago I bought two Lenovo G550 laptops - one for me, one for my wife.\u00a0 After spending a day browsing all the online shops and driving around all computer outlets in the city, I decided that this is the best option available. 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