I can't seem to get a connection to download the apt rpm file. any suggestions?
--- Scott Paul Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 04:19:02PM -0700, Alex > Esplin wrote: > > I hope you guys aren't getting completely sick of > me > > yet. > > > > I went to sourceforge but I'm not understanding > much > > of what it is telling me to do. The install > > instructions say that before installing, both > > 'firmware_class' and 'ieee80211' need to be > installed > > first. I don't know what either of these are, and > all > > I found searching under 'firmware_class' was some > > patches for older kernels than the one I'm > running. > > There are files in the ipw2200 file that I > downloaded > > that match the names, but I don't know what to do > with > > them Can anyone clarify this a little for me? > > Thanks. > > > > These are both options in the kernel. If you had > compiled your own, > you'd have to double check that these options were > set. Luckily the > Fedora Core kernels have these options enabled. One > thing you will need > to install your wireless drivesr is to have the > kernel sources > installed. I'm at a loss as to what the package name > is, check with (I > think) 'yum search kernel'. If you have apt > (http://freshrpms.net) > installed, 'apt-cache search kernel'. In the list > these provide will be > the kernel sources, and install them: 'yum install > <name>' or 'apt-get > install <name>'. > > That should get things going for compiling and > installing your wireless. > > -- > Scott Paul Robertson > http://spr.mahonri5.net > GnuPG FingerPrint: 09ab 64b5 edc0 903e 93ce edb9 > 3bcc f8fb dc5d 7601 > > ATTACHMENT part 1.2 application/pgp-signature > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
