I may have to give it another try in the near future. I would so love to have it working so I can escape Ubuntu, which is the only distro that works properly at the moment.
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>wrote: > A comment says they are using it with the latest kernel, and working fine. > They just adjusted the makedepends inside the PKGBUILD file. It's not that > out of date, just hasn't been updated since Aug 2011. > > > Jeremiah E. Bess > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.six > > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 08:18, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 This package has been flagged out of date.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 >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> >> 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