Re: broadcom-sta-source driver problem

2010-01-19 Thread Deryk Barker
John Kapnogiannis wrote: . Oh and I forgot. No I didn't upgrade from an earlier kernel. It's a fresh install with squeeze on my new laptop :) and I am using the official 2.6.30 kernel version from testing. My fault, should have read more carefully. If it's a fresh install you certainly

Re: broadcom-sta-source driver problem

2010-01-19 Thread John Kapnogiannis
On Wednesday 20 January 2010 00:33:34 Deryk Barker wrote: > John Kapnogiannis wrote: > > On Tuesday 19 January 2010 22:53:47 Thierry Chatelet wrote: > >>> Well I checked with both and there isn't any interface for wireless. > >>> Only lo and eth0 for the ethernet. > >>> > >>> J > >> > >> I am not r

Re: broadcom-sta-source driver problem

2010-01-19 Thread John Kapnogiannis
On Wednesday 20 January 2010 00:33:34 Deryk Barker wrote: > John Kapnogiannis wrote: > > On Tuesday 19 January 2010 22:53:47 Thierry Chatelet wrote: > >>> Well I checked with both and there isn't any interface for wireless. > >>> Only lo and eth0 for the ethernet. > >>> > >>> J > >> > >> I am not r

Re: broadcom-sta-source driver problem

2010-01-19 Thread Deryk Barker
John Kapnogiannis wrote: On Tuesday 19 January 2010 22:53:47 Thierry Chatelet wrote: Well I checked with both and there isn't any interface for wireless. Only lo and eth0 for the ethernet. J I am not really good with broadcom wireless, but as far as I remember, you have to have a fi

Re: what laptop to buy

2010-01-19 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:00:18AM -0500, Tim Tebbit wrote: > Ditto to the T61/Lenovo suggestions. There is also very good > documentation on the entire ThinkPad series. > > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki > > and a great list > > http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.linux.hardware.thinkpad I'll

Re: what laptop to buy

2010-01-19 Thread Daniel Dalton
Thanks, I'll give this one a look also. I hear very good things about the thinkpads, which is excellent. Thanks for everyone's help. Daniel. On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 05:47:48PM +0100, Imre Vida wrote: > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:00:18AM -0500, Tim Tebbit wrote: > > Daniel Dalton wrote: > > > Yes

Re: broadcom-sta-source driver problem

2010-01-19 Thread John Kapnogiannis
On Tuesday 19 January 2010 23:28:50 Mark wrote: > >On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Thierry Chatelet > > wrote: > > > >I am not really good with broadcom wireless, but as far as I remember, you > >have to have a firmware to install, using bcm43xx-fwcutter. > >Hum... dont get mad at me if I am wron

Re: broadcom-sta-source driver problem

2010-01-19 Thread Mark
>On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > >I am not really good with broadcom wireless, but as far as I remember, you >have to have a firmware to install, using bcm43xx-fwcutter. >Hum... dont get mad at me if I am wrong I second this. I am supporting 3 friends' Dells with b43-f

Re: broadcom-sta-source driver problem

2010-01-19 Thread John Kapnogiannis
On Tuesday 19 January 2010 22:53:47 Thierry Chatelet wrote: > > Well I checked with both and there isn't any interface for wireless. Only > > lo and eth0 for the ethernet. > > > > J > > I am not really good with broadcom wireless, but as far as I remember, you > have to have a firmware to install

Re: broadcom-sta-source driver problem

2010-01-19 Thread Thierry Chatelet
> > Well I checked with both and there isn't any interface for wireless. Only > lo and eth0 for the ethernet. > > J > I am not really good with broadcom wireless, but as far as I remember, you have to have a firmware to install, using bcm43xx-fwcutter. Hum... dont get mad at me if I am wrong

Re: broadcom-sta-source driver problem

2010-01-19 Thread John Kapnogiannis
On Tuesday 19 January 2010 21:04:55 Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Tuesday 19 January 2010 19:56:25 John Kapnogiannis wrote: > > Hello there. Well I hope this is the correct list to post this. I got a > > dell studio 1555 with a dell wireless 1397 (broadcom 4312 rev 01) > > wificard. I am using the

Re: broadcom-sta-source driver problem

2010-01-19 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Tuesday 19 January 2010 19:56:25 John Kapnogiannis wrote: > Hello there. Well I hope this is the correct list to post this. I got a > dell studio 1555 with a dell wireless 1397 (broadcom 4312 rev 01) > wificard. I am using the broadcom driver cause as far as I know there is > no alternative.

broadcom-sta-source driver problem

2010-01-19 Thread John Kapnogiannis
Hello there. Well I hope this is the correct list to post this. I got a dell studio 1555 with a dell wireless 1397 (broadcom 4312 rev 01) wificard. I am using the broadcom driver cause as far as I know there is no alternative. I installed the driver as descirpted in debian wiki with module assist

Re: what laptop to buy

2010-01-19 Thread Imre Vida
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:00:18AM -0500, Tim Tebbit wrote: > Daniel Dalton wrote: > > Yes, thanks for sharing. > > > > I'm going to increase my budget by $800, and get a Lenovo thinkpad > > X200. Anyone got one of these, what do you think of it? > > > > I found it on amazon for $1100, which I c

Re: what laptop to buy

2010-01-19 Thread Tim Tebbit
Daniel Dalton wrote: > Yes, thanks for sharing. > > I'm going to increase my budget by $800, and get a Lenovo thinkpad > X200. Anyone got one of these, what do you think of it? > > I found it on amazon for $1100, which I could probably get shipped out > here to Australia by a third party, for un

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Re: what laptop to buy

2010-01-19 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 09:34:00PM +1300, James Clark wrote: > Daniel Dalton wrote: > >have to pay Au$2,000 to buy one locally? > > I wouldn't pay more than $1300nz for a new laptop. That way you can > get an upgrade every 18 months, by which time the hardware will be > faster, break more often,

Re: what laptop to buy

2010-01-19 Thread Andrea Ferraresi
2010/1/19 James Clark : > Daniel Dalton wrote: >> >> have to pay Au$2,000 to buy one locally? Hi daniel, I'm currently use a dell vostro 1400, it works flawlessy full functional wifi, microphone, touchpad. You can buy it with ubuntu installed on it in america or you can refuse the window license

Re: force charching in squeeze

2010-01-19 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Flo, 18.01.2010 tarihinde şöyle yazmış: > > Does any one know how to trigger charging the notebook battery? > apparently the policy with ac-adapter online is: "run down the battery, > start charging only when it's under 10%" (10% being a guess). > > Maybe this is a feature for longer battery life

Re: what laptop to buy

2010-01-19 Thread James Clark
Daniel Dalton wrote: have to pay Au$2,000 to buy one locally? I wouldn't pay more than $1300nz for a new laptop. That way you can get an upgrade every 18 months, by which time the hardware will be faster, break more often, be more closed and require MS more. I'm on a Toshiba, don't think I