Re: Other Linux compatible Mini PCI 802.11g (Was: Re: 17 inch powerbook 1.33Ghz problems)

2003-12-31 Thread Hubert Figuiere
On mer, 2003-12-31 at 17:15, vinai wrote: > Okay - so we're SOL if we go with Apple's 802.11g solution as far as > Linux support goes, as Broadcom does not want their driver specs "out > in the wild" > > But what about other mini-PCI cards ? Googling for "mini PCI 802.11g" > gave the company "Net

Other Linux compatible Mini PCI 802.11g (Was: Re: 17 inch powerbook 1.33Ghz problems)

2003-12-31 Thread vinai
Okay - so we're SOL if we go with Apple's 802.11g solution as far as Linux support goes, as Broadcom does not want their driver specs "out in the wild" But what about other mini-PCI cards ? Googling for "mini PCI 802.11g" gave the company "Netgate" as the 2nd or 3rd option. And on this page:

Re: 17 inch powerbook 1.33Ghz problems

2003-12-31 Thread Hubert Figuiere
On mer, 2003-12-31 at 10:40, Colin Charles wrote: > If I get an iBook G4 with the Airport Extreme card, can I just replace > it with an Airport card and it'll work? Not at all. These are *physically* different. Look at : http://www.apple.com/airport/specs.html They definitely don't look

Re: 17 inch powerbook 1.33Ghz problems

2003-12-31 Thread Colin Charles
On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 19:52, Ryan Verner wrote: > > AFAIK, Airport Extreme aren't like older Airport cards thus they are > > not > > physically compatible. > > But a standard PCCard Wifi card should work in the PCCard slot on the > > PowerBook. > > Nod, I can confirm both these statements. The

Re: 17 inch powerbook 1.33Ghz problems

2003-12-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 10:22:19PM +1030, Ryan Verner wrote: > > On 23/12/2003, at 9:49 PM, Hubert Figuiere wrote: > > >On mar, 2003-12-23 at 10:51, Sven Luther wrote: > > > >>>* Airport Extreme: forget it ;-) > >> > >>Can one of the older non Extreme airport card be used in one of the > >>newer

Re: Caution when choosing PCMCIA wireless cards (was Re: 17 inch powerbook 1.33Ghz problems)

2003-12-23 Thread Ryan Verner
On 24/12/2003, at 1:38 AM, Barry Hawkins wrote: 1.) Not all Orinoco cards are equal. I just found this out the hard way when I bought an Orinoco Silver 802.11b/g card after hearing that an Orinoco Silver card should work fine for Mac OS and Linux. If you are looking to buy one of those, be su

Caution when choosing PCMCIA wireless cards (was Re: 17 inch powerbook 1.33Ghz problems)

2003-12-23 Thread Barry Hawkins
On Dec 23, 2003, at 6:52 AM, Ryan Verner wrote: On 23/12/2003, at 9:49 PM, Hubert Figuiere wrote: On mar, 2003-12-23 at 10:51, Sven Luther wrote: * Airport Extreme: forget it ;-) Can one of the older non Extreme airport card be used in one of the newer ibook/powerbooks ? AFAIK, Airport

Re: 17 inch powerbook 1.33Ghz problems

2003-12-23 Thread Ryan Verner
On 23/12/2003, at 9:49 PM, Hubert Figuiere wrote: On mar, 2003-12-23 at 10:51, Sven Luther wrote: * Airport Extreme: forget it ;-) Can one of the older non Extreme airport card be used in one of the newer ibook/powerbooks ? AFAIK, Airport Extreme aren't like older Airport cards thus they

Re: 17 inch powerbook 1.33Ghz problems

2003-12-23 Thread Hubert Figuiere
On mar, 2003-12-23 at 10:51, Sven Luther wrote: > > * Airport Extreme: forget it ;-) > > Can one of the older non Extreme airport card be used in one of the > newer ibook/powerbooks ? AFAIK, Airport Extreme aren't like older Airport cards thus they are not physically compatible. But a standard P

Re: 17 inch powerbook 1.33Ghz problems

2003-12-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 09:00:34PM +0100, Luis Sanjuan wrote: > On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 04:12:17PM +, Dan Field wrote: > > Hi list. > > > > I've been playing with this for a few days now but only really got > > somewhere near working today. > > > > I currently have a stable booting (via yabo

Re: 17 inch powerbook 1.33Ghz problems

2003-12-22 Thread Luis Sanjuan
On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 04:12:17PM +, Dan Field wrote: > Hi list. > > I've been playing with this for a few days now but only really got > somewhere near working today. > > I currently have a stable booting (via yaboot in the bootsector) > 2.4.21benh kernel and a 2.6.0-test11-benh kernel (bu

Re: 17 inch powerbook 1.33Ghz problems

2003-12-21 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Dan Field writes: > 2.6.0-test11 is booting up ok now but the framebuffer is a little > odd. I can't quite describe the problem but it involves what I can > only describe as black scanlines appearing and making the > framebuffer flicker. 2.4.21benh has no such issues. > > I was just wonder

17 inch powerbook 1.33Ghz problems

2003-12-21 Thread Dan Field
Hi list. I've been playing with this for a few days now but only really got somewhere near working today. I currently have a stable booting (via yaboot in the bootsector) 2.4.21benh kernel and a 2.6.0-test11-benh kernel (built from rsync today). I compiled up XFree86 4.3.1 from the stable tarba