Ah - Now I remember what the issue was: Tarball :: PKGBUILD This package has been flagged out of date. (Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:12:09 +0000)
Has that been patched? On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. I >>>>>>>> >> have been thinking on get away from Ubuntu after 3 years using >>>>>>>> it so I am >>>>>>>> >> thinking on an rpm base distro just to learn something different. >>>>>>>> >> LinuxMint which is ranking up high I think is just second after >>>>>>>> Ubuntu it >>>>>>>> >> is actually a derivative from ubuntu so installing that it wont >>>>>>>> get me much >>>>>>>> >> far from ubuntu. >>>>>>>> >> Take care and happy hollidays! >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> -- >>>>>>>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>>>>>> Linux Users >>>>>>>> >> Group. >>>>>>>> >> To post a message, send email to >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> >> To unsubscribe, send email to >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> For more options, visit our group at >>>>>>>> >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>>>>>>> >> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> Please remember to abide by our list rules ( >>>>>>>> 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