The only dependency I see is a kernel between 3.0.1 and 3.1.0. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=49710
Jeremiah E. Bess Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.six On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 08:08, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote: > I have a couple of Atheros based cards, but the Madwifi driver has a > dependency that I've never been able to get working. > > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I'm not sure. I know I was frustrated with the steps I had to do to get >> my broadcom working, but once I fugured out it's just a few simple steps, >> it's a breeze now. I can offer a better suggestion than using a hardwire: >> get a new wireless card. They are cheap ($10ish), and simple to install >> (usually a panel under the laptop, or just under the keyboard). >> >> >> https://www.google.com/search?gcx=c&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=wireless+card+minipci#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&tbm=shop&source=hp&q=broadcom+wireless+card+minipci&pbx=1&oq=broadcom+wireless+card+minipci&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=4334l5869l1l6025l9l7l0l0l0l1l242l1008l0.6.1l7l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=efe7f116b0055b02&biw=1680&bih=923 >> >> Jeremiah E. Bess >> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.six >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 07:39, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Yes - I've done that and searched through the FAQ and all other >>> documentation trying to find answers, but have come up empty-handed. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Jeremiah Bess >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Did you install the firmware according to the wiki? >>>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup#ipw2100_and_ipw2200 >>>> >>>> Jeremiah E. Bess >>>> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.six >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 07:29, Scott Vargovich >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> I so wish I could get Arch working on my laptop. I've tried the last >>>>> 2 releases and whenever I connect to wifi - my wifi chipset is ipw2100 - >>>>> whenever I try to put a large amount of info through it - like streaming a >>>>> video, the connection always drops. BTW - my router is a Linksys WRT54G2 >>>>> with dd-wrt firmware. I'm using WPA2 encryption and have tried both >>>>> Network Manager and Wicd. I've tried asking on the Freenode #archlinux >>>>> channel and all they can say is to physically connect my laptop to the >>>>> router when I want to watch streaming media. That is just not an option >>>>> for me. Do you possibly have any words of wisdom, Mr Bess... or anybody >>>>> else for that matter??? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected] >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm not one of them, but there seems to be a huge flock of people to >>>>>> Linux Mint. I see tons of blog reviews and Google+ >>>>>> postings<https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/linuxmint>about it. I personally >>>>>> have moved from Mandriva to Arch Linux on my desktop >>>>>> and ArchBang on my lappy. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jeremiah E. Bess >>>>>> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.six >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 07:10, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I have tried openSuSE 12.1. There are pluses and minuses for an >>>>>>> Ubuntu >>>>>>> user. OpenSuSE has GNOME Shell 3.2 which is available for Ubuntu and >>>>>>> KDE 4.7.3, same as Kubuntu. Those are neither pluses nor minuses, but >>>>>>> show that your desktop environment should not dictate your move. >>>>>>> Rather you need to choose based on community, support, available >>>>>>> packages, package management, etc. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> OpenSuSE is one of the premier implementations of Btrfs. It is the >>>>>>> default file system. KDE is the default desktop, but you can choose >>>>>>> GNOME, XFCE or LXDE versions. Btrfs is more complicated to setup, but >>>>>>> it has a nice feature to do snapshots and rollbacks. It has something >>>>>>> called Snapper to enable this. OpenSusE also features something >>>>>>> called >>>>>>> Tumbleweed that in effect can change it to a rolling release. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> OpenSuSE 12.1 has some exciting features, but on the downside is that >>>>>>> it is an unfamiliar package management system for Ubuntu users (rpm >>>>>>> and Yast). It can be tricky to run for newbies. There is a bit of a >>>>>>> learning curve that you should be prepared for. It can become >>>>>>> unstable >>>>>>> quickly if you do not know what you are doing, in my experience. >>>>>>> Support is good, but not as good as Ubuntu. The community is much >>>>>>> smaller. You also have smaller repositories and lose PPAs. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As with all distros it comes down to choice and what you expect and >>>>>>> want. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Roy >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Using Kubuntu 11.10, 64-bit >>>>>>> Location: Canada >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 7 December 2011 21:59, Kari <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> > Actually I was thinking the same thing. I haven't looked outside >>>>>>> of Ubuntu >>>>>>> > in quite a while -- it is time to try something new. OpenSuSE >>>>>>> would be fun >>>>>>> > to try. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > And I think the group is just quiet. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > ~kari >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:25 PM, Ben Chavez <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> Did the group got quiet or am I exclude from receiving mail from >>>>>>> it? Has >>>>>>> >> anyone tried the new OpenSuSE release yet? I think it is the 12.1 >>>>>>> release. 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