Re: [CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality
Fabian Arrotin wrote: On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 23:37 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, I'm giving serious thought to loading 5.1 on my Inspiron 1501 laptop, but I'm wondering about certain hardware support such as the following: - - Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx) - - USB (Pny Memory Stick - everytime on previous version CentOS has eaten the damned things) - - pptp vpn client(s) Any comments? It seems everybody already answered the first two points ... Regarding the pptp vpn client, i've rebuilt the pptpconfig pptp client (gtk interface) and all the deps and they are now also on http://centos.karan.org/el5/extras/testing/i386/RPMS/ ... very nice... thank you very much for that information and the time you've spent on all those packages. It's greatly appreciated. Now I can get my vpn connections setup again and actually get some work done. It's good to have CentOS on this machine. Mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality
Karanbir Singh wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: - - Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx) Last I checked not even Fedora runs this thing properly. Avoid. Actually Fedora 7 ran it wonderfully. I used ndiswrapper and a script to initialize the adapter during the boot process. you missed the point Mark, I think Ignacio pointed out that the bcm43xx driver didnt work too well. my experience, on centos-5, is similar. bcm43xx works fine if I set the rate to 11M, once the network connects, i can then turn it back upto 54M and it tends to stay connected. I just found it easier to leave the network at 11M permanently and things justwork. I've not experienced that at all so far. it's working flawlessly. Mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality
Anup Shukla wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: Actually Fedora 7 ran it wonderfully. I used ndiswrapper and a script to initialize the adapter during the boot process. I'm running OpenSUSE 10.3 on this laptop right now and there is plenty to like about it, however I'm a RedHat man at heart and there are things that I'm used to on my RedHat systems that I don't want to give up. I'd like to get back to a RedHat based distro for this machine if I can. Not sure if its relevant. I tried Ubuntu (7 something) with ndiswrapper and it worked beautifully. Tried the firmware (using bcm43xx-fwcutter) and it worked too, however the card would take longer to connect to a network. Dont know why that happened.. i simply reverted back to ndiswrapper. As for Centos, i have never installed it on my laptop, but only on our servers. Just finished up with most of the setup a little while ago. Using both bcm43xx-fwcutter and ndiswrapper to enable and get the wireless lan adapter going. The most likely reason you experienced weirdness with the firmware was something I've been noticing; when it attempts to load the firmware there's something in the kernel that doesn't like it and it fails to load the firmware. So far I'm very impressed with CentOS 5.1 performance on this laptop. Mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality
On Jan 5, 2008 9:12 AM, Karanbir Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Weaver wrote: > >>> - - Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx) > >> Last I checked not even Fedora runs this thing properly. Avoid. > > > > Actually Fedora 7 ran it wonderfully. I used ndiswrapper and a script to > > initialize the adapter during the boot process. > > you missed the point Mark, I think Ignacio pointed out that the bcm43xx > driver didnt work too well. If someone decided to go for the ndiswrapper route instead of the bcm43xx driver, this forum post may help: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=11985&forum=40 Akemi ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality
Mark Weaver wrote: >>> - - Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx) >> Last I checked not even Fedora runs this thing properly. Avoid. > > Actually Fedora 7 ran it wonderfully. I used ndiswrapper and a script to > initialize the adapter during the boot process. you missed the point Mark, I think Ignacio pointed out that the bcm43xx driver didnt work too well. my experience, on centos-5, is similar. bcm43xx works fine if I set the rate to 11M, once the network connects, i can then turn it back upto 54M and it tends to stay connected. I just found it easier to leave the network at 11M permanently and things justwork. -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality
On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 23:37 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi All, > > I'm giving serious thought to loading 5.1 on my Inspiron 1501 laptop, > but I'm wondering about certain hardware support such as the following: > > - - Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx) > - - USB (Pny Memory Stick - everytime on previous version CentOS has eaten > the damned things) > - - pptp vpn client(s) > > Any comments? It seems everybody already answered the first two points ... Regarding the pptp vpn client, i've rebuilt the pptpconfig pptp client (gtk interface) and all the deps and they are now also on http://centos.karan.org/el5/extras/testing/i386/RPMS/ ... -- Fabian Arrotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Solution ? echo '16i[q]sa[ln0=aln100%Pln100/snlbx]sbA0D4D465452snlbxq' | dc signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality
Mark Weaver wrote: Actually Fedora 7 ran it wonderfully. I used ndiswrapper and a script to initialize the adapter during the boot process. I'm running OpenSUSE 10.3 on this laptop right now and there is plenty to like about it, however I'm a RedHat man at heart and there are things that I'm used to on my RedHat systems that I don't want to give up. I'd like to get back to a RedHat based distro for this machine if I can. Not sure if its relevant. I tried Ubuntu (7 something) with ndiswrapper and it worked beautifully. Tried the firmware (using bcm43xx-fwcutter) and it worked too, however the card would take longer to connect to a network. Dont know why that happened.. i simply reverted back to ndiswrapper. As for Centos, i have never installed it on my laptop, but only on our servers. -- Regards, Anup Shukla ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality
Barry Brimer wrote: >> Barry Brimer wrote: > - - Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx) >>> >>> Works in CentOS 5.1 ... requires firmware. >>> ___ >> >> sweet... is there a tool available on the DVD to extract said firmware? >> I know there was on the OpenSUSE DVD. > > I don't believe CentOS provides bcm43xx-fwcutter. It is available from > many sources. > > Barry That'll work... wasn't sure if that utility was unique to this distro or more widely available for others as well. It wasn't until I loaded SUSE that I introduced to this one. Mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality
Barry Brimer wrote: - - Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx) Works in CentOS 5.1 ... requires firmware. ___ sweet... is there a tool available on the DVD to extract said firmware? I know there was on the OpenSUSE DVD. I don't believe CentOS provides bcm43xx-fwcutter. It is available from many sources. Barry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality
Barry Brimer wrote: >>> - - Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx) > > Works in CentOS 5.1 ... requires firmware. > ___ sweet... is there a tool available on the DVD to extract said firmware? I know there was on the OpenSUSE DVD. Mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality
On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 23:47 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote: > Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 23:37 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote: > >> - - Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx) > > > > Last I checked not even Fedora runs this thing properly. Avoid. > > Actually Fedora 7 ran it wonderfully. I used ndiswrapper and a script to > initialize the adapter during the boot process. That's quite an interesting definition of "wonderfully" there... -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PLEASE don't CC me; I'm already subscribed signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality
- - Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx) Works in CentOS 5.1 ... requires firmware. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: > On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 23:37 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote: >> I'm giving serious thought to loading 5.1 on my Inspiron 1501 laptop, >> but I'm wondering about certain hardware support such as the following: > >> - - Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx) > > Last I checked not even Fedora runs this thing properly. Avoid. Actually Fedora 7 ran it wonderfully. I used ndiswrapper and a script to initialize the adapter during the boot process. I'm running OpenSUSE 10.3 on this laptop right now and there is plenty to like about it, however I'm a RedHat man at heart and there are things that I'm used to on my RedHat systems that I don't want to give up. I'd like to get back to a RedHat based distro for this machine if I can. Mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Weaver wrote: > I'm giving serious thought to loading 5.1 on my Inspiron 1501 laptop, > but I'm wondering about certain hardware support such as the following: > > - Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx) > - USB (Pny Memory Stick - everytime on previous version CentOS has eaten > the damned things) > - pptp vpn client(s) > > Any comments? I can't attest to your pptp vpn and wireless question, but I just used a PNY memory stick yesterday on CentOS 5.1 with no troubles. I've never had any issues with PNY on 4.5 either, though. Regards, Max -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHfws6IXSX/6LmsXkRAiKSAJ9E8bstcWtl9rPEkf7e2JtYyGYWJwCfTDb1 W+uWfSQCTtncMtpEGxMfGy0= =LSmh -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality
On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 23:37 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote: > I'm giving serious thought to loading 5.1 on my Inspiron 1501 laptop, > but I'm wondering about certain hardware support such as the following: > - - Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx) Last I checked not even Fedora runs this thing properly. Avoid. -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PLEASE don't CC me; I'm already subscribed signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, I'm giving serious thought to loading 5.1 on my Inspiron 1501 laptop, but I'm wondering about certain hardware support such as the following: - - Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx) - - USB (Pny Memory Stick - everytime on previous version CentOS has eaten the damned things) - - pptp vpn client(s) Any comments? thanks, Mark -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHfwl4AHUWFbtwPigRAvYRAJ9rPLV4QndZfauCtT2NaRVNgxxO+gCfVOD6 gzum1eGG/6Bxa22CIU2zDl8= =zTJx -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
