Re: kde / gnome / blackbox
> If you use startx without options, it will use the default 'Debian' > startup method. This is looking for alternatives (man > update-alternatives). > > logo:~# update-alternatives --list x-session-manager > /usr/bin/icewm-session > /usr/bin/gnome-session > /usr/bin/xfce4-session > > So, > update-alternatives --config x-session-manager > should be the exact command you are looking for. > > Best regards > Martin The update-alternatives, and the entire alternatives systems structure, just rocks. I'm new (very new!) to Debian, but update-alternatives is right up there with apt-get as just damn impressive and elegant handling. Thanks for the tip. /SME -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: intel pro wireless 2200: ndiswrapper/ipw2200
Hello, am Sonntag, 5. September 2004 07:48 schrieb sime: > > Would You please inform me and / or this list when You get new > > information according the the WEP-encryption with ndiswrapper? > > Do You know anything about implementing WPA and / or WPA2 into > > ndiswrapper? > > I didn't say anything about ndiswrapper. Upps, my fault. Sorry. ;) Greetings Robin -- Robin Haunschild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.tuxschild.de [EMAIL PROTECTED] .''`. Ha Psi ist gleich Eh Psi : :' :-Niemals aufgeben, niemals kapitulieren- `. `'`*Linux* - apt-get into it `- Ich bin entschieden gegen Softwarepatente! Weitere Informationen unter http://www.ffii.org Bitte senden Sie mir keine Word-, Excel- oder PowerPoint-Anhänge. Siehe http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.de.html
Re: intel pro wireless 2200: ndiswrapper/ipw2200
On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 07:54:57PM +1000, sime wrote: > > >which version? I've tried 0.4 with no success. > >anyway 0.6 was released yesterday. > > I've been running every release. Including 0.6, 0.7 is now out. Got the > same experience unable to enable WEP, but it seems it doesn't load the > wep module correclty. Which someone else has posted to the dev list, and > I'm watching the thread. > I've tried release 0.7. Now it works fine. A few notes: - ndiswrapper (and ipw2100) use wlan0 iface while ipw2200 uses eth1 (I would prefer wlan0 but that's not so important). - ndiswrapper doesn't manage WEP while ipw2200 should do. - I've experienced a higher cpu usage after installing ipw2200. but maybe there's no relation with ipw2200. - nidswrapper can manage hardware switch states (my laptop has a switch on the left side that turns off wireless lan). when I turn off wlan iface wlan0 goes down. when I turn on iface comes up. ipw2200 cannot manage that. - pay attention when removing ipw2200 modules. make uninstall deletes the whole wireless dir in /lib/modules/2.6.8-ecc/kernel/drivers/net/ this results in deleting other modules (if compiled), such as orinoco and so on. that's a 0.7 release problem: release 0.6 create its own directory called ipw and deleted that upon make uninstall. bye -- Leonardo Canducci GPG Key ID: 429683DA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian + ndiswrapper == Hair Loss!!
Hi all, I used the netinst ISO to install Debian Sarge/Testing (2.4 kernel) onto my Dell D600 Latitude laptop, which has an Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG. I need to get wireless working so I opted for ndiswrapper instead of ipw2200 because I've been told the Linux drivers are still in beta and have minimal functionality (whatever that means). Anyway, though I've been using Debian for a while, I've never built my own kernel before, and I may be doing something wrong (this is what I've picked up from Googling/IRC): # BEGIN ### # add the ndiswrapper repository echo 'deb ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net ./' >> sources.list apt-get update # get some important stuff first apt-get install build-essentials bin86 kernel-package module-init-tools libncurses-dev debhelper # this is for its config file apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.7-1-686 apt-get install kernel-source-2.6.8 ndiswrapper-source cd /usr/src tar xjf kernel*bz2 tar xzf ndis*gz # get a normal config cd kernel-source-2.6.8 cp -a /boot/config*2.6.8* .config # make oldconfig make-kpkg kernel_image modules_image cd .. mv /lib/modules/2.6.8 /lib/modules/2.6.8.old # dpkg -i kernel-image*deb # now i see a vmlinuz-2.6.8... in my /boot and I can select it from GRUB # now for ndiswrapper cd modules dpkg -i ndis*deb # END # The last command is where I get stuck. It says I need a dependency called ndiswrapper-utils-0.10-1: # BEGIN ### Selecting previously deselected package ndiswrapper-modules. (Reading database ... 18724 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking ndiswrapper-modules (from ndiswrapper-modules_0.10-1-2.6.8_i386.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ndiswrapper-modules: ndiswrapper-modules depends on ndiswrapper-utils-0.10-1; however: Package ndiswrapper-utils-0.10-1 is not installed. dpkg: error processing ndiswrapper-modules (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: ndiswrapper-modules # END # I couldn't find any ndiswrapper-utils packages in apt-cache. Now, surely I'm not the first person who has tried to use Debian + ndiswrapper on a laptop. But I don't find anything when I Google for 'ndiswrapper-modules depends on ndiswrapper-utils-0.10-1'. Other query attempts return unrelated info. Furthermore, if I try to boot into my new 2.6.8 kernel, I get a kernel panic (starting with 'VFS:') about being unable to mount the root file system. I don't know if this is related at all. Please help, don't force me down the Windows path! Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian + ndiswrapper == Hair Loss!!
overbored wrote: > I used the netinst ISO to install Debian Sarge/Testing (2.4 kernel) onto my Dell D600 Latitude laptop, which has an Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG. I need to get wireless working so I opted for ndiswrapper instead of ipw2200 because I've been told the Linux drivers are still in beta and have minimal functionality (whatever that means). Anyway, though I've been using Debian for a while, I've never built my own kernel before, and I may be doing something wrong (this is what I've picked up from Googling/IRC): IMO ndiswrapper should drop whatever Debian specific stuff they have in their package, and direct people toward Erik Rigtorp's packages. In fact, it would be really neat if these packages were included in Debian itself! deb http://rigtorp.se/debian/ unstable/ Install ndiswrapper-source and read "/usr/share/doc/ndiswrapper-source/README.Debian". It's the usual procedure for installing drivers: install an appropriate kernel-headers package, then pick between module-assistant, debian/rules binary-module, or make-kpkg. > vu Regards, -- Sam Morris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: intel pro wireless 2200: ndiswrapper/ipw2200
Would You please inform me and / or this list when You get new information according the the WEP-encryption with ndiswrapper? Do You know anything about implementing WPA and / or WPA2 into ndiswrapper? I didn't say anything about ndiswrapper. -sime
Re: kde / gnome / blackbox
> If you use startx without options, it will use the default 'Debian' > startup method. This is looking for alternatives (man > update-alternatives). > > logo:~# update-alternatives --list x-session-manager > /usr/bin/icewm-session > /usr/bin/gnome-session > /usr/bin/xfce4-session > > So, > update-alternatives --config x-session-manager > should be the exact command you are looking for. > > Best regards > Martin The update-alternatives, and the entire alternatives systems structure, just rocks. I'm new (very new!) to Debian, but update-alternatives is right up there with apt-get as just damn impressive and elegant handling. Thanks for the tip. /SME
Re: intel pro wireless 2200: ndiswrapper/ipw2200
Hello, am Sonntag, 5. September 2004 07:48 schrieb sime: > > Would You please inform me and / or this list when You get new > > information according the the WEP-encryption with ndiswrapper? > > Do You know anything about implementing WPA and / or WPA2 into > > ndiswrapper? > > I didn't say anything about ndiswrapper. Upps, my fault. Sorry. ;) Greetings Robin -- Robin Haunschild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.tuxschild.de [EMAIL PROTECTED] .''`. Ha Psi ist gleich Eh Psi : :' :-Niemals aufgeben, niemals kapitulieren- `. `'`*Linux* - apt-get into it `- Ich bin entschieden gegen Softwarepatente! Weitere Informationen unter http://www.ffii.org Bitte senden Sie mir keine Word-, Excel- oder PowerPoint-Anhänge. Siehe http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.de.html
Re: intel pro wireless 2200: ndiswrapper/ipw2200
On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 07:54:57PM +1000, sime wrote: > > >which version? I've tried 0.4 with no success. > >anyway 0.6 was released yesterday. > > I've been running every release. Including 0.6, 0.7 is now out. Got the > same experience unable to enable WEP, but it seems it doesn't load the > wep module correclty. Which someone else has posted to the dev list, and > I'm watching the thread. > I've tried release 0.7. Now it works fine. A few notes: - ndiswrapper (and ipw2100) use wlan0 iface while ipw2200 uses eth1 (I would prefer wlan0 but that's not so important). - ndiswrapper doesn't manage WEP while ipw2200 should do. - I've experienced a higher cpu usage after installing ipw2200. but maybe there's no relation with ipw2200. - nidswrapper can manage hardware switch states (my laptop has a switch on the left side that turns off wireless lan). when I turn off wlan iface wlan0 goes down. when I turn on iface comes up. ipw2200 cannot manage that. - pay attention when removing ipw2200 modules. make uninstall deletes the whole wireless dir in /lib/modules/2.6.8-ecc/kernel/drivers/net/ this results in deleting other modules (if compiled), such as orinoco and so on. that's a 0.7 release problem: release 0.6 create its own directory called ipw and deleted that upon make uninstall. bye -- Leonardo Canducci GPG Key ID: 429683DA
Debian + ndiswrapper == Hair Loss!!
Hi all, I used the netinst ISO to install Debian Sarge/Testing (2.4 kernel) onto my Dell D600 Latitude laptop, which has an Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG. I need to get wireless working so I opted for ndiswrapper instead of ipw2200 because I've been told the Linux drivers are still in beta and have minimal functionality (whatever that means). Anyway, though I've been using Debian for a while, I've never built my own kernel before, and I may be doing something wrong (this is what I've picked up from Googling/IRC): # BEGIN ### # add the ndiswrapper repository echo 'deb ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net ./' >> sources.list apt-get update # get some important stuff first apt-get install build-essentials bin86 kernel-package module-init-tools libncurses-dev debhelper # this is for its config file apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.7-1-686 apt-get install kernel-source-2.6.8 ndiswrapper-source cd /usr/src tar xjf kernel*bz2 tar xzf ndis*gz # get a normal config cd kernel-source-2.6.8 cp -a /boot/config*2.6.8* .config # make oldconfig make-kpkg kernel_image modules_image cd .. mv /lib/modules/2.6.8 /lib/modules/2.6.8.old # dpkg -i kernel-image*deb # now i see a vmlinuz-2.6.8... in my /boot and I can select it from GRUB # now for ndiswrapper cd modules dpkg -i ndis*deb # END # The last command is where I get stuck. It says I need a dependency called ndiswrapper-utils-0.10-1: # BEGIN ### Selecting previously deselected package ndiswrapper-modules. (Reading database ... 18724 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking ndiswrapper-modules (from ndiswrapper-modules_0.10-1-2.6.8_i386.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ndiswrapper-modules: ndiswrapper-modules depends on ndiswrapper-utils-0.10-1; however: Package ndiswrapper-utils-0.10-1 is not installed. dpkg: error processing ndiswrapper-modules (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: ndiswrapper-modules # END # I couldn't find any ndiswrapper-utils packages in apt-cache. Now, surely I'm not the first person who has tried to use Debian + ndiswrapper on a laptop. But I don't find anything when I Google for 'ndiswrapper-modules depends on ndiswrapper-utils-0.10-1'. Other query attempts return unrelated info. Furthermore, if I try to boot into my new 2.6.8 kernel, I get a kernel panic (starting with 'VFS:') about being unable to mount the root file system. I don't know if this is related at all. Please help, don't force me down the Windows path! Thanks!
Re: Debian + ndiswrapper == Hair Loss!!
overbored wrote: > I used the netinst ISO to install Debian Sarge/Testing (2.4 kernel) onto my Dell D600 Latitude laptop, which has an Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG. I need to get wireless working so I opted for ndiswrapper instead of ipw2200 because I've been told the Linux drivers are still in beta and have minimal functionality (whatever that means). Anyway, though I've been using Debian for a while, I've never built my own kernel before, and I may be doing something wrong (this is what I've picked up from Googling/IRC): IMO ndiswrapper should drop whatever Debian specific stuff they have in their package, and direct people toward Erik Rigtorp's packages. In fact, it would be really neat if these packages were included in Debian itself! deb http://rigtorp.se/debian/ unstable/ Install ndiswrapper-source and read "/usr/share/doc/ndiswrapper-source/README.Debian". It's the usual procedure for installing drivers: install an appropriate kernel-headers package, then pick between module-assistant, debian/rules binary-module, or make-kpkg. > vu Regards, -- Sam Morris
