[Nix-dev] Installing wireless drivers

2014-03-30 Thread Raahul Kumar
Hi guys, i've recently switched to a wireless configuration. Where can I download the WICD and other wireless packages? I'm on 64bit nixos. And after downloading, how do I install them? I do have a windows laptop to download packages with. Aloha, RK. __

Re: [Nix-dev] Installing wireless drivers

2014-03-31 Thread Sergey Mironov
(Sorry, forgot to reply to all) Hi. Have you checked this wiki? https://nixos.org/wiki/WICD By the way, NetworkManager or KDE's equivalent may be a better choice for managing wireless networks. Wicd worked for me too, but it looks abandoned by it's developers. Regards, Sergey 2014-03-31 10:10

Re: [Nix-dev] Installing wireless drivers

2014-03-31 Thread Raahul Kumar
I made the following change to configuratoin.nix networking.networkmanager.enable = true; This is the error message. How do I get NetworkManager running? Or any other way of getting wireless up? starting the following units: default.target, getty.target, graphical.target, ip-up.target, local-fs

Re: [Nix-dev] Installing wireless drivers

2014-04-02 Thread Raahul Kumar
I have discovered the vmware video driver won't build. How do I dfisable this driver from being loaded? I only have an ATI card, I don't need these superflous video card drivers being built. This also explains why the wireless doesn't work .. it never finishes the upgrade. On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at

Re: [Nix-dev] Installing wireless drivers

2014-04-02 Thread Domen Kožar
Try setting "hardware.opengl.videoDrivers" On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Raahul Kumar wrote: > I have discovered the vmware video driver won't build. How do I dfisable > this driver from being loaded? I only have an ATI card, I don't need these > superflous video card drivers being built. Th

Re: [Nix-dev] Installing wireless drivers

2014-04-02 Thread Shell Turner
Relevant issue re vmware video driver not building: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/2099 (Just posted this off-list by mistake, oops.) On 2 April 2014 08:59, Raahul Kumar wrote: > I have discovered the vmware video driver won't build. How do I dfisable > this driver from being loaded? I

Re: [Nix-dev] Installing wireless drivers

2014-04-02 Thread Raahul Kumar
On 4/2/14, Domen Kožar wrote: > Try setting "hardware.opengl.videoDrivers" > > > Thanks Domen that worked for my videocard. My wireless still doesn't work as of yet, trying the earlier fix suggested. Aloha, RK. ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.sc

Re: [Nix-dev] Installing wireless drivers

2014-04-02 Thread Domen Kožar
For vmware video driver problem see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/2099 For wireless with a GUI manager, I would recommend https://nixos.org/wiki/Network_Manager On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Raahul Kumar wrote: > On 4/2/14, Domen Kožar wrote: > > Try setting "hardware.opengl.video

Re: [Nix-dev] Installing wireless drivers

2014-04-02 Thread Raahul Kumar
The wireless woes continue. My TPlink TL-Wn821N shows up in lsusb, and lsmod, but not elsewhere. I don't see it in iwlist. lsusb Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foun

Re: [Nix-dev] Installing wireless drivers

2014-04-06 Thread Raahul Kumar
I've found the cause of my wireless woes with the TPLink TL-WN821NV2. Nixos is missing the firrmware [ 4636.966046] usb 6-4: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci [ 4637.132322] usb 6-4: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=1002 [ 4637.132335] usb 6-4: New USB device strings:

Re: [Nix-dev] Installing wireless drivers

2014-04-06 Thread Shea Levy
I created https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/2145 On Sun, Apr 06, 2014 at 07:34:50PM +1000, Raahul Kumar wrote: > I've found the cause of my wireless woes with the TPLink TL-WN821NV2. > Nixos is missing the firrmware > > [ 4636.966046] usb 6-4: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-p