Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-15 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 02:36:12PM +1300, Mike Beattie wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 02:33:52AM +0100, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > This is because of Debian specific patch which is making hotplug messy. > > I think this is bug like Thomas. So I suggest killing the last part of > > the script and use

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-15 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 02:36:12PM +1300, Mike Beattie wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 02:33:52AM +0100, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > This is because of Debian specific patch which is making hotplug messy. > > I think this is bug like Thomas. So I suggest killing the last part of > > the script and use

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-14 Thread Mike Beattie
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 02:33:52AM +0100, Osamu Aoki wrote: > This is because of Debian specific patch which is making hotplug messy. > I think this is bug like Thomas. So I suggest killing the last part of > the script and use hotplug to initiate ifup/ifdown. (no auto) Why use hotplug? This is h

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-14 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 08:53:56AM +1300, Mike Beattie wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:53:29AM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: > No. the pcmcia scripts will call ifup/ifdown whenever a card is problem > inserted/removed, and it deems the card is

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-14 Thread Mike Beattie
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 02:33:52AM +0100, Osamu Aoki wrote: > This is because of Debian specific patch which is making hotplug messy. > I think this is bug like Thomas. So I suggest killing the last part of > the script and use hotplug to initiate ifup/ifdown. (no auto) Why use hotplug? This is h

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-14 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 08:53:56AM +1300, Mike Beattie wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:53:29AM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: > No. the pcmcia scripts will call ifup/ifdown whenever a card is problem > inserted/removed, and it deems the card is

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Tim Folger
Thanks Mike, Joey, and Osamu. You've saved me a lot of extra work. This mailing list has been great. I don't know why debian is said to be difficult to install. I'm quite new to Linux, just an average desktop user, and managed the installation relatively smoothly. (Although I was at first inti

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Tim Folger
Thanks Mike, Joey, and Osamu. You've saved me a lot of extra work. This mailing list has been great. I don't know why debian is said to be difficult to install. I'm quite new to Linux, just an average desktop user, and managed the installation relatively smoothly. (Although I was at first inti

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Mike Beattie
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:53:29AM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: > Thanks very much for your advice, Joey. At this point I've altered the > configuration files so much that I might have to reinstall debian to > straighten things out, so I think I'll wait for the (imminent?) release > of sarge and the

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:41:22PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: > Thanks again for all your help. I'll try to tackle it this weekend. With > any luck debian will soon be my main os. ... > >>, so I think I'll wait for the (imminent?) release > >>of sarge and then start over again. Assuming I'm able to

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Mike Beattie
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:53:29AM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: > Thanks very much for your advice, Joey. At this point I've altered the > configuration files so much that I might have to reinstall debian to > straighten things out, so I think I'll wait for the (imminent?) release > of sarge and the

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:41:22PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: > Thanks again for all your help. I'll try to tackle it this weekend. With > any luck debian will soon be my main os. ... > >>, so I think I'll wait for the (imminent?) release > >>of sarge and then start over again. Assuming I'm able to

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Tim Folger
Thanks again for all your help. I'll try to tackle it this weekend. With any luck debian will soon be my main os. Tim Joey Hess wrote: Tim Folger wrote: Thanks very much for your advice, Joey. At this point I've altered the configuration files so much that I might have to reinstall debian

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Joey Hess
Tim Folger wrote: > Thanks very much for your advice, Joey. At this point I've altered the > configuration files so much that I might have to reinstall debian to > straighten things out Hardly, you just need to dpkg --force-depends --purge pcmcia-cs and then reinstall it with apt. > , so I thin

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Tim Folger
Thanks again for all your help. I'll try to tackle it this weekend. With any luck debian will soon be my main os. Tim Joey Hess wrote: Tim Folger wrote: Thanks very much for your advice, Joey. At this point I've altered the configuration files so much that I might have to reinstall debian t

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Joey Hess
Tim Folger wrote: > Thanks very much for your advice, Joey. At this point I've altered the > configuration files so much that I might have to reinstall debian to > straighten things out Hardly, you just need to dpkg --force-depends --purge pcmcia-cs and then reinstall it with apt. > , so I thin

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Tim Folger
Thanks very much for your advice, Joey. At this point I've altered the configuration files so much that I might have to reinstall debian to straighten things out, so I think I'll wait for the (imminent?) release of sarge and then start over again. Assuming I'm able to configure the card using o

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Tim Folger
Thanks very much for your advice, Joey. At this point I've altered the configuration files so much that I might have to reinstall debian to straighten things out, so I think I'll wait for the (imminent?) release of sarge and then start over again. Assuming I'm able to configure the card using o

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Joey Hess
Tim Folger wrote: > I'm a linux newbie, and have just installed debian woody with the 2.4.18 > kernel on a fujitsu laptop. I've installed wireless tools and pcmcia > support. I have an orinoco gold card that I'm trying to configure, and > think I"m almost there. I've entered my network essid, e

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Joey Hess
Tim Folger wrote: > I'm a linux newbie, and have just installed debian woody with the 2.4.18 > kernel on a fujitsu laptop. I've installed wireless tools and pcmcia > support. I have an orinoco gold card that I'm trying to configure, and > think I"m almost there. I've entered my network essid, e

re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-12 Thread M. Kirchhoff
Quoting Tim Folger: >>Are there some other parameters or commands I need to enable internet >>access for my wireless network? >> >>Thanks in advance. >> >>Tim I never messed with *any* config files to get my Orinoco Gold-based Dell Truemobile 1150 Wireless PCMCIA card. I simply activated the Her

re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-12 Thread M. Kirchhoff
Quoting Tim Folger: >>Are there some other parameters or commands I need to enable internet >>access for my wireless network? >> >>Thanks in advance. >> >>Tim I never messed with *any* config files to get my Orinoco Gold-based Dell Truemobile 1150 Wireless PCMCIA card. I simply activated the Her