On Monday 29 January 2007 23:30, Mick wrote: > On Monday 29 January 2007 23:06, James Ausmus wrote:
> > So - possible solutions: > > 1. Figure out the date/time of the emerge of the *successful* > > rt2x00-9999 package using genlop, then check out the CVS source tree > > as of that date, and build/install by hand Where do I find this? I've had a look at the website and all I can see is the daily builds. > > 2. Work with the rt2x00 developers to figure out the problem and get > > it corrected in the current version > > 3. Try what I'm currently doing with my rt2500 card (using the > > rt2x00-999 package compiled from CVS on Wed Jan 3 20:39:53 2007, > > according to genlop) - manually set the ESSID, AP, and encryption > > settings on the card, then issue a /etc/init.d/net.ra0 start/restart > > command. > > When you say configure it on the card do you mean in the /etc/conf.d/net > file? > > > BTW - If you do figure out the date/time of the successful CVS > > package, let me know, and I'll try that one on my laptop, see if it > > fixes my problems. :) > > These two worked fine for my USB adaptor: > > Sat Dec 9 08:54:56 2006 >>> net-wireless/rt2x00-9999 > Wed Dec 27 17:34:33 2006 >>> net-wireless/rt2x00-9999 > > How could I get portage to emerge a particular CVS version? I found the answer and it is using this very package as an example! http://gentoo-wiki.com/Skipping_fetch_for_CVS_packages However, still don't know where to find older tarballs. -- Regards, Mick
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