Re: command line wirelss config [was: How to speed up your Mac.]

2007-12-10 Thread P Kapat
On 12/9/07, Bin Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 9, 2007 8:34 AM, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Sorry for not getting back early. Work is keeping things busy.. Thanks > > to Bin, Jörg, and Yannick for the details. I am able to connect to the > > wireless networks now :

Re: command line wirelss config [was: How to speed up your Mac.]

2007-12-09 Thread Bin Zhang
On Dec 9, 2007 8:34 AM, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry for not getting back early. Work is keeping things busy.. Thanks > to Bin, Jörg, and Yannick for the details. I am able to connect to the > wireless networks now :) I am providing the two files > /etc/network/interfaces and

Re: command line wirelss config [was: How to speed up your Mac.]

2007-12-08 Thread P Kapat
Hi, Sorry for not getting back early. Work is keeping things busy.. Thanks to Bin, Jörg, and Yannick for the details. I am able to connect to the wireless networks now :) I am providing the two files /etc/network/interfaces and /etc/wpa_suppliant.conf for reference and may be someone else will fin

Re: command line wirelss config [was: How to speed up your Mac.]

2007-12-06 Thread Yannick Roehlly
P Kapat wrote: > ok, i need more help... has anyone successfully used ifup / ifdown / > wpa_supplicant method to access wireless network from the command > line?? Hi, A simpler configuration than Jörg's (if you have a simple WPA) is to put this in your /etc/network/interfaces: auto eth

Re: command line wirelss config [was: How to speed up your Mac.]

2007-12-06 Thread Jörg Sommer
Hello P, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ok, i need more help... has anyone successfully used ifup / ifdown / > wpa_supplicant method to access wireless network from the command > line?? Yes. I use ifup eth1 and some seconds later I get the interface up. > On 12/5/07, Bin Zhang <[EMAIL PRO

Re: command line wirelss config [was: How to speed up your Mac.]

2007-12-05 Thread P Kapat
ok, i need more help... has anyone successfully used ifup / ifdown / wpa_supplicant method to access wireless network from the command line?? my idea is to start icewm and connect to one of available networks, without resorting to network-manager-kde... On 12/5/07, Bin Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: command line wirelss config [was: How to speed up your Mac.]

2007-12-05 Thread Bin Zhang
On Dec 5, 2007 4:18 PM, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i think it is better to start a new thread... > > On 12/1/07, Bin Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 1, 2007 5:15 PM, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How about the wireless? Is there any command > > > line version for N

command line wirelss config [was: How to speed up your Mac.]

2007-12-05 Thread P Kapat
i think it is better to start a new thread... On 12/1/07, Bin Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 1, 2007 5:15 PM, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How about the wireless? Is there any command > > line version for NetworkManger? In Gnome, KDE we have either nm-applet > > or network-ma

Re: How to speed up your Mac.

2007-12-01 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:20:11 +0100, P Kapat wrote: > How about the wireless? Is there any command line version for > NetworkManger? Well, for E17 you might like this: http://developer.berlios.de/projects/exalt/ Otherwise, as Bin suggested, good old ifup/ifdown will do. -- Best Regards, Jack L

Re: How to speed up your Mac.

2007-12-01 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:20:11 +0100, stuart wrote: > Does anyone think that more swap will help me( I've got 640 ram ) - and > to be honest i think my bottle neck is not the RAM(free -m tells me I'm > okay from ram...) its the CPU( so for a cpu centric option like > compiling software to suit the s

Re: How to speed up your Mac.

2007-12-01 Thread Bin Zhang
On Dec 1, 2007 5:15 PM, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1 Dec 2007 13:47:59 GMT, Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:40:10 +0100, stuart wrote: > > > > > What do you think guys? > > > > With such a slow CPU I'd get rid of both Gnome and KDE and focus on > >

Re: How to speed up your Mac.

2007-12-01 Thread stuart
On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 18:49:47 +0100, Martin Bock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 11:15:59AM -0500, P Kapat wrote: >> On 1 Dec 2007 13:47:59 GMT, Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> > On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:40:10 +0100, stuart wrote: >> > >> > > What do you think guy

Re: How to speed up your Mac.

2007-12-01 Thread Martin Bock
On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 11:15:59AM -0500, P Kapat wrote: > On 1 Dec 2007 13:47:59 GMT, Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:40:10 +0100, stuart wrote: > > > > > What do you think guys? > > > > With such a slow CPU I'd get rid of both Gnome and KDE and focus on > > l

Re: How to speed up your Mac.

2007-12-01 Thread P Kapat
On 1 Dec 2007 13:47:59 GMT, Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:40:10 +0100, stuart wrote: > > > What do you think guys? > > With such a slow CPU I'd get rid of both Gnome and KDE and focus on > lighter WM such as XFCE, E17 and Fluxbox. > > This won't make Firefox or

Re: How to speed up your Mac.

2007-12-01 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:40:10 +0100, stuart wrote: > What do you think guys? With such a slow CPU I'd get rid of both Gnome and KDE and focus on lighter WM such as XFCE, E17 and Fluxbox. This won't make Firefox or Openoffice any faster, but you can always replace them with Kazehakase (funny nam

How to speed up your Mac.

2007-12-01 Thread stuart
Hi there folks, I've recently obtained a Apple iBook - I've always wanted a mac for its RISC processor - and I confess, its way cool looks! Anyway, now that I got one(albeit a bit old - nontheless) : Apple iBook G3 500 MHZ 640 MB Ram I was wondering how I can improve its performance. I current