On Sun, 14 Nov 2004, Tom Allison wrote:
> Is there Wireless support in 4.1?
No, not yet.
>
> Documentation?
Docs for what, wireless? See above.
>
> I have a new linux network installation in my house and two weeks of vacation
> time to burn. I'm planning on at least one notebook + orinoco wireless card
> working in the first few days. But I haven't actually used LTSP since
> somewhere in version 3.1.
>
> I've always managed to figure out most of it but I have a few questions about
> the new features of 4.1. I am currently unable to get the faq's (server
> timeout). I'm not asking for full explainations, but some indications of how
> painless this could be.
The FAQ server is down. we're working on replacing that with a Wiki.
>
> I'm running Debian-testing.
Good, so am i.
>
> I'm concerned about:
> # X-org compatability with XFree 4.x (4.1?) (I'm guessing almost none)
no compatibility problems that i've heard of.
>
> # kernel 2.6 compatability issues (I'm guessing none at all)
We don't have a 2.6 kernel for the clients yet. At this point, there
still isn't a NFS-Swap patch. That patch is fairly important to alot
of people.
>
> # Wireless configuration - I know it's possible, but I couldn't find any docs
> on it. This is the one that worries me the most. From what I understand,
> it's not going to be a standard part of the LTSP installation, but a
> considerable customization. Fortunately I am planning on using the local hard
> drive for the installation.
At some point, it will be a standard part of LTSP, but right now, there
aren't enough hours in the day to do everything we want to do.
One of the big gotcha's with the current wireless cards is that most of
them require additional non-free firmware. which means we can't include
them in a package. We'd have to provide a utility for you to go get the
firmware and add it to our wireless-package yourself. Not impossible,
but it does take time to work out the details.
Jim McQuillan
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