Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi issues with 6.1.66 kernel and rtl8723bu driver

2023-12-14 Thread Michael
On Wednesday, 13 December 2023 20:34:58 GMT Alexis Praga wrote: > Hi, > > After a recent update to the latest kernel, I'm having troubles with a > custom wifi driver [1], packaged using latest git into GURU. The laptop > does recognize and connect to my wifi (that is, my iphone). But I cannot >

[gentoo-user] Wifi issues with 6.1.66 kernel and rtl8723bu driver

2023-12-13 Thread Alexis Praga
Hi, After a recent update to the latest kernel, I'm having troubles with a custom wifi driver [1], packaged using latest git into GURU. The laptop does recognize and connect to my wifi (that is, my iphone). But I cannot access internet and NetworkManager cannot be restarted or stopped (I have

Re: [gentoo-user] wifi networks not seen by networkmanager

2022-03-20 Thread Andrés Becerra Sandoval
On Sat, 19 Mar 2022 at 14:47, MK wrote: > Thu Mar 17 09:30:09 2022 >>> net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-2.10-r1 is > more-than-likely the problem. I had the same issue yesterday and eventually > switched to iwd. There's also this thread in the forums regarding the same > issue: > >

Re: [gentoo-user] wifi networks not seen by networkmanager

2022-03-19 Thread MK
Thu Mar 17 09:30:09 2022 >>> net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-2.10-r1 is more-than-likely the problem. I had the same issue yesterday and eventually switched to iwd. There's also this thread in the forums regarding the same issue: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1147741.html Hope that

[gentoo-user] wifi networks not seen by networkmanager

2022-03-18 Thread Andrés Becerra Sandoval
Yesterday after updating my work laptop, Networkmanager is not seeing my employer wifi network anymore. Luckily, there is another wifi network for guests that I am using. Has somebody seen a similar problem? My list of updates: Thu Mar 17 09:14:03 2022 >>> dev-libs/openssl-1.1.1n Thu

Re: [gentoo-user] WiFi on old Thinkpad

2020-12-21 Thread Matt Connell (Gmail)
On Mon, 2020-12-21 at 13:21 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Is wpa-supplicant a good idea? That's what the handbook recommends, but I > think I remember > something like wicd being better. It depends on your needs. If you're only going to connect to one or two networks, using wpa_supplicant and

Re: [gentoo-user] WiFi on old Thinkpad

2020-12-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:21:59 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > What does the team think is the best way to get WiFi going? Is > wpa-supplicant a good idea? That's what the handbook recommends, but I > think I remember something like wicd being better. Last time I looked, wicd was dead with the

Re: [gentoo-user] WiFi on old Thinkpad

2020-12-21 Thread Michael
On Monday, 21 December 2020 13:21:59 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > Afternoon all, > > I'm reviving a somewhat elderly Thinkpad T61, installing from scratch after > wiping out the old Windows XP setup. It has an Intel core-2 CPU. > > What does the team think is the best way to get WiFi going? Is >

[gentoo-user] WiFi on old Thinkpad

2020-12-21 Thread Peter Humphrey
Afternoon all, I'm reviving a somewhat elderly Thinkpad T61, installing from scratch after wiping out the old Windows XP setup. It has an Intel core-2 CPU. What does the team think is the best way to get WiFi going? Is wpa-supplicant a good idea? That's what the handbook recommends, but I

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi slow motion data transfer

2015-07-29 Thread Meino . Cramer
J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org [15-07-29 16:38]: On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 05:18:25 AM meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, the AP is now up and running ... but the the transfer rates are only about 80 Kb/sec (conky). I use an Atheros based USB wifi dongle, create_ap for setup and the

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi slow motion data transfer

2015-07-28 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 05:18:25 AM meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, the AP is now up and running ... but the the transfer rates are only about 80 Kb/sec (conky). I use an Atheros based USB wifi dongle, create_ap for setup and the internet connection goes via my PC. There are no other

[gentoo-user] Wifi slow motion data transfer

2015-07-28 Thread Meino . Cramer
Hi, the AP is now up and running ... but the the transfer rates are only about 80 Kb/sec (conky). I use an Atheros based USB wifi dongle, create_ap for setup and the internet connection goes via my PC. There are no other transfers running (check with wireshark), beside occassional dns and pop3

[gentoo-user] Wifi: Hardware out of luck ?

2015-07-25 Thread Meino . Cramer
Hi, I bought a Wifi USB dongle, on which box was stated: Linux cpmpatible, driver available. As it seams, it was an advertising: The driver is a source code archive of the vendor - last updated for kernel ... 2.6.x. lsusb reports: Bus 001 Device 004: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp.

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi: Hardware out of luck ?

2015-07-25 Thread Jeremi Piotrowski
On Sat, 25 Jul 2015, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: ...under which name/config option? If I grep through 4.1.3 sources I dont find anything, which is named 'mtu760*' or which contains that... You have the answer here: Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [15-07-25 15:12]: Which apparently was

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi: Hardware out of luck ?

2015-07-25 Thread Meino . Cramer
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [15-07-25 15:12]: On Saturday 25 Jul 2015 12:49:52 Nils Larsson wrote: I've always found USB wifi dongles to be hit-n-miss on linux. But you could try the sources here: https://github.com/porjo/mt7601 Ah! Good find! This is the latest driver:

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi: Hardware out of luck ?

2015-07-25 Thread Meino . Cramer
Jeremi Piotrowski jeremi.piotrow...@gmail.com [15-07-25 16:24]: On Sat, 25 Jul 2015, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: ...under which name/config option? If I grep through 4.1.3 sources I dont find anything, which is named 'mtu760*' or which contains that... You have the answer here:

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi: Hardware out of luck ?

2015-07-25 Thread Mick
On Saturday 25 Jul 2015 12:02:56 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi Mick, THAT helps me! I already did download the driver sources...for kernel 2.6.x...ieeekkks! The driver may still work fine with current kernels. I will look for something with an Atheros chipset. I already found some

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi: Hardware out of luck ?

2015-07-25 Thread Nils Larsson
I've always found USB wifi dongles to be hit-n-miss on linux. But you could try the sources here: https://github.com/porjo/mt7601 lör 25 jul 2015 13:11 Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com skrev: On Saturday 25 Jul 2015 12:02:56 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi Mick, THAT helps me! I already did

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi: Hardware out of luck ?

2015-07-25 Thread Mick
On Saturday 25 Jul 2015 10:16:39 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I bought a Wifi USB dongle, on which box was stated: Linux cpmpatible, driver available. As it seams, it was an advertising: The driver is a source code archive of the vendor - last updated for kernel ... 2.6.x. lsusb

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi: Hardware out of luck ?

2015-07-25 Thread Meino . Cramer
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [15-07-25 12:32]: On Saturday 25 Jul 2015 10:16:39 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, I bought a Wifi USB dongle, on which box was stated: Linux cpmpatible, driver available. As it seams, it was an advertising: The driver is a source code archive of the

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi: Hardware out of luck ?

2015-07-25 Thread Mick
On Saturday 25 Jul 2015 12:49:52 Nils Larsson wrote: I've always found USB wifi dongles to be hit-n-miss on linux. But you could try the sources here: https://github.com/porjo/mt7601 Ah! Good find! This is the latest driver: https://github.com/kuba-moo/mt7601u Which apparently was

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-20 Thread Florian HEGRON
Hello list ! Yesterday, I win ! :) I just test to build as [M]odule the firmware. It's good for me because I don't want to have a permanently connexion. I think that I will test the second method just for fun : On 12/19/13 17:50, Bruce Hill wrote: I *believe* if you have the driver built

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-20 Thread Bruce Hill
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 07:17:55PM +, Mick wrote: On Thursday 19 Dec 2013 15:18:15 the wrote: On 12/19/13 17:50, Bruce Hill wrote: I *believe* if you have the driver built into your kernel: CONFIG_IPW2200=y then you need to have the firmware listed with these 2 lines:

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Florian HEGRON
On 2013-12-18 10:06, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-18 09:59, Randolph Maaßen wrote: On Dec 18, 2013 9:27 AM, Florian HEGRON hog...@iiiha.com wrote: On 2013-12-17 11:48, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Ivan T. Ivanov
Hi Florian, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: I found the line !! I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge ipw2200-firmware). #dmesg | grep 2200 [1.180583]

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 09:08:21 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: Anybody can explain to me the firmware goal ? For me a firmware is a internal software of a device. So I don't really understand. Manufacturers often move some of the internal software from the device to the driver, especially when

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Florian HEGRON
On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi Florian, Hi On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: I found the line !! I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Ivan T. Ivanov
Hi, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi Florian, Hi On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: I found the line !! I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support -

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Florian HEGRON
On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi Florian, Hi On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: I found the line !! I had to enable wireless extension option on

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Bruce Hill
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 02:19:17PM +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: This means that driver can not find ipw2200-bss.fw file (probably part of sys-firmware/ipw2200-firmware) to load it to wireless card RAM chip. Ensure that you have that file, usually it is localed in /lib/firmware.

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Ivan T. Ivanov
On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 14:19 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: snip I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge ipw2200-firmware). #dmesg | grep 2200 [1.180583] ipw2200: Intel(R)

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Florian HEGRON
On 2013-12-19 14:51, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 14:19 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: snip I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support, and I reboot (I already emerge ipw2200-firmware). #dmesg | grep 2200

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Ivan T. Ivanov
On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 15:09 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 14:51, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 14:19 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: snip I had to enable wireless extension option on Network Support - Wireless So I enable my card support,

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread the
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/19/13 17:19, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi Florian, Hi On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:08

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Ivan T. Ivanov
On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 18:27 +0400, the wrote: On 12/19/13 17:19, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi Florian, Hi On Thu, 2013-12-19

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Florian HEGRON
On 2013-12-19 15:39, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 18:27 +0400, the wrote: On 12/19/13 17:19, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 12:05, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2013-12-19 at 09:54 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: On 2013-12-19 09:47, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread the
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/19/13 17:50, Bruce Hill wrote: I *believe* if you have the driver built into your kernel: CONFIG_IPW2200=y then you need to have the firmware listed with these 2 lines: CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE=ipw2200-bss.fw

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-19 Thread Mick
On Thursday 19 Dec 2013 15:18:15 the wrote: On 12/19/13 17:50, Bruce Hill wrote: I *believe* if you have the driver built into your kernel: CONFIG_IPW2200=y then you need to have the firmware listed with these 2 lines: CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE=ipw2200-bss.fw

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-18 Thread Florian HEGRON
On 2013-12-17 11:48, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support Intel Pro/Wireless 2100. The kernel has a separate option for IPW2200. I don't find the ipw2200 option (nano .config, ^W

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-18 Thread Randolph Maaßen
On Dec 18, 2013 9:27 AM, Florian HEGRON hog...@iiiha.com wrote: On 2013-12-17 11:48, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support Intel Pro/Wireless 2100. The kernel has a separate

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-18 Thread Florian HEGRON
On 2013-12-18 09:59, Randolph Maaßen wrote: On Dec 18, 2013 9:27 AM, Florian HEGRON hog...@iiiha.com wrote: On 2013-12-17 11:48, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support Intel

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-17 Thread Florian HEGRON
On 2013-12-16 21:27, Mick wrote: On Monday 16 Dec 2013 15:56:35 Rick Zero_Chaos Farina wrote: On 12/16/2013 10:43 AM, Florian HEGRON wrote: My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop. And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi device on a Gnu/linux

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-17 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 Florian HEGRON wrote: When I add the support as module, it's not loaded. Where I buit-in it, the dmesg just say me that he can't load the firmware. Sounds like you need to emerge sys-firmware/ipw2100-firmware. -- Regards Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support Intel Pro/Wireless 2100. The kernel has a separate option for IPW2200. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 1: Microsoft Works signature.asc Description: PGP

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-17 Thread Florian HEGRON
oh I didn't find it. I will watch in text mode (nano .config). I hope that I could test this evening. Thank you ! On 2013-12-17 11:48, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:44:46 +0100, Florian HEGRON wrote: In fact I have the Inter Pro/Wirelles 2200BG and the kernel support Intel

[gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-16 Thread Florian HEGRON
Hello, First : I use Gentoo since few weeks. It's very technical distro. I learn about linux, and many tools. I really learn to do what I want. It's a good distro ! My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop. And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-16 Thread Mehdi Chemloul
Le 16/12/2013 15:36, Florian HEGRON a écrit : Hello, First : I use Gentoo since few weeks. It's very technical distro. I learn about linux, and many tools. I really learn to do what I want. It's a good distro ! My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop.

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-16 Thread Florian HEGRON
My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop. And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi device on a Gnu/linux distro, I have a problem. The wireless card is Intel Pro 2200BG. I tried to follow the simple wiki page : https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wifi It appears

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-16 Thread Rick Zero_Chaos Farina
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/16/2013 10:43 AM, Florian HEGRON wrote: My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop. And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi device on a Gnu/linux distro, I have a problem. The wireless card is Intel

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi, problem, problem, problem

2013-12-16 Thread Mick
On Monday 16 Dec 2013 15:56:35 Rick Zero_Chaos Farina wrote: On 12/16/2013 10:43 AM, Florian HEGRON wrote: My problem : Recently, I decided to install Gentoo on an old acer laptop. And as everydays, when I try to install my wifi device on a Gnu/linux distro, I have a problem. The

[gentoo-user] wifi connection problem

2013-09-21 Thread Bruce Hill
After moving from one location to another, changing ISPs from Metrocast to Comcast, we're having connectivity issues. But let me just state the problem with the wife's PC, peter. (My laptop, baruch, works with a static IP using wicd...nothing has worked using DHCP in Gentoo since moving to

Re: [gentoo-user] wifi connection problem

2013-09-21 Thread Mick
I can't see anything out of place, but here's some suggestions. On Saturday 21 Sep 2013 16:08:36 Bruce Hill wrote: peter ~ # cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel #ap_scan=0 #update_config=1 network={ ssid=0024A5F5271E

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi autodisable on lan

2012-04-07 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:48:09 +0200, Samuraiii wrote: I'm trying to autodisable wifi when lan cable is plugged in. I found rfkill ebuild which look like something I need but I'm clueless where to get state of the ethernet card. You could do this with ifplugd, but the easiest way is with Wicd,

[gentoo-user] «-»: [gentoo-user] Wifi autodisable on lan

2012-04-07 Thread Samuraiii
I've come across this http://johanlouwers.blogspot.com/2011/03/linux-check-interface-status.html But this isn't helping me: right now I'm on wifi only but when I run ifconfig I get this for eth0 (my lan card) eth0  Link

[gentoo-user] Wifi autodisable on lan

2012-04-06 Thread Samuraiii
Hello, I'm trying to autodisable wifi when lan cable is plugged in. I "found" rfkill ebuild which look like something I need but I'm clueless where to get state  of the ethernet card. Is there someone who can help me slove this? Thank

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi autodisable on lan

2012-04-06 Thread Michael Mol
Ifconfig or iproute2 On Apr 6, 2012 6:51 PM, Samuraiii samura...@volny.cz wrote: Hello, I'm trying to autodisable wifi when lan cable is plugged in. I found rfkill ebuild which look like something I need but I'm clueless where to get state of the ethernet card. Is there someone who can

Re: [gentoo-user] 'wifi' USE flag in firefox

2010-04-23 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: What if the Google Street View vans, in addition to taking photographs, were also scanning for wifi signals and recording their location? That would give them an impressive database of wifi hotspots. Hey, it

Re: [gentoo-user] 'wifi' USE flag in firefox

2010-04-23 Thread Stroller
On 23 Apr 2010, at 16:42, Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: What if the Google Street View vans, in addition to taking photographs, were also scanning for wifi signals and recording their location? That would give them an

Re: [gentoo-user] 'wifi' USE flag in firefox

2010-04-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:10:00 +0100, Stroller wrote: The widespread SSIDs of Linksys and Netgear must be ignored, unless it is possible to identify them by MAC address without authenticating. It is, try sudo iwlist wlan0 scan to see all APs in range, with their SSIDs and MAC addresses.

Re: [gentoo-user] 'wifi' USE flag in firefox

2010-04-21 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk wrote: On 20 Apr 2010, at 13:17, Mick wrote: ... Introduced in Gecko 1.9.1: Code with UniversalXPConnect privileges can monitor the list of available WiFi access points to obtain information about them including their

Re: [gentoo-user] 'wifi' USE flag in firefox

2010-04-21 Thread erdunand
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:01:20AM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: There are already big sites like Twitter and Google Maps that use the geolocation API. Give it a try: http://www.google.com/maps/m If it is able to get your location, it should have a little dot in the bottom-right corner that

Re: [gentoo-user] 'wifi' USE flag in firefox

2010-04-21 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 21 April 2010 16:20:57 erdun...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:01:20AM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: There are already big sites like Twitter and Google Maps that use the geolocation API. Give it a try: http://www.google.com/maps/m If it is able to get your

Re: [gentoo-user] 'wifi' USE flag in firefox

2010-04-21 Thread Stroller
On 21 Apr 2010, at 16:01, Paul Hartman wrote: ... I *believe* that a geolocation-aware browser would be able to tell the site where you are. So as soon as you open the webpage, the site will query your browser, your browser will tell it where you are and an AJAXy element on the page would

Re: [gentoo-user] 'wifi' USE flag in firefox

2010-04-20 Thread Mick
On 19 April 2010 15:43, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:49 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: Any idea what the 'wifi' USE flag actually does in www-client/mozilla-firefox?  Is it merely to know when the machine is on/off line and therefore

Re: [gentoo-user] 'wifi' USE flag in firefox

2010-04-20 Thread Stroller
On 20 Apr 2010, at 13:17, Mick wrote: ... Introduced in Gecko 1.9.1: Code with UniversalXPConnect privileges can monitor the list of available WiFi access points to obtain information about them including their SSID, MAC address, and signal strength. This capability was introduced primarily to

[gentoo-user] 'wifi' USE flag in firefox

2010-04-19 Thread Mick
Any idea what the 'wifi' USE flag actually does in www-client/mozilla-firefox? Is it merely to know when the machine is on/off line and therefore try to connect to the Internet? -- Regards, Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] 'wifi' USE flag in firefox

2010-04-19 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:49 AM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: Any idea what the 'wifi' USE flag actually does in www-client/mozilla-firefox? Is it merely to know when the machine is on/off line and therefore try to connect to the Internet? It enables Necko WiFi (and depends on

[gentoo-user] Wifi connectivity redux

2010-04-19 Thread Walter Dnes
It's so easy once you know how. I did some web surfing yesterday on my netbook at the Toronto Public Library (North York Centre). The main problem turned out to be that I had to drop my firewall for a few seconds during authentication, then I could bring it back up. There is an initial

Re: [gentoo-user] WiFi access point with iwl3945

2009-11-07 Thread Florian Philipp
Mike Mazur schrieb: Hi, I'm trying to set up my laptop to be a wireless access point. It has an iwl3945 card. I followed the Atheros Ath5k Wireless Access Point article on gentoo-wiki.com[1] before realizing that it was Atheros specific. Part of the setup uses hostapd[2]. Looking at

Re: [gentoo-user] WiFi access point with iwl3945

2009-11-07 Thread Mike Mazur
Hi, On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 18:08, Florian Philipp li...@f_philipp.fastmail.net wrote: Mike Mazur schrieb: I'm trying to set up my laptop to be a wireless access point. It has an iwl3945 card. I followed the Atheros Ath5k Wireless Access Point article on gentoo-wiki.com[1] before realizing

Re: [gentoo-user] WiFi access point with iwl3945

2009-11-07 Thread Stroller
On 7 Nov 2009, at 05:21, Mike Mazur wrote: ... I'm trying to set up my laptop to be a wireless access point. It has an iwl3945 card. I followed the Atheros Ath5k Wireless Access Point article on gentoo-wiki.com[1] before realizing that it was Atheros specific. Gentoo-wiki is a mess. :( If

[gentoo-user] WiFi-Radar + GTK Problem

2008-10-28 Thread Adam Boutcher
Here is the output fro when I run wifi-radar in the terinal Gentoo-Laptop ~ $ sudo wifi-radar Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/sbin/wifi-radar, line 2094, in module import gtk, gobject ImportError: No module named gtk I have the default config file fronm emerging, I also have

Re: [gentoo-user] wifi

2008-04-15 Thread Davi Vidal
Em Monday 14 April 2008, Roger Cahn escreveu: [...] I can't have a connexion with wifi at boot. [...] My /etc/conf.d/net : config_wlan0=( dhcp ) essid_wlan0=xx mode_wlan0=managed channel_wlan0=10 key_xx=32.78 enc open How can I do to have wifi at boot?

[gentoo-user] wifi

2008-04-14 Thread Roger Cahn
Hi, I can't have a connexion with wifi at boot. To connect I have to do: -iwconfig wlan0 essid xx -/etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start But when I reboot I must do it again. I tried to make rc-update add net.wlan0 default (even boot), but it doesn't work. I have a motherboard Asus P5K-E

RE: [gentoo-user] wifi statup backgrounds

2007-05-29 Thread Adam Carter
When i start my wifi network (with wpa_supplicant in debug mode) it backgrounds and I cant see the rest of the debug messages. How do i stop the backgrounding? Make sure of two things: 1. At /etc/conf.d/net, you add the -d to the line wpa_supplicant_wlan0=whatever -d I already

Re: [gentoo-user] wifi statup backgrounds

2007-05-28 Thread Fabio A Correa
Hello Adam, Adam Carter wrote: Hi All, When i start my wifi network (with wpa_supplicant in debug mode) it backgrounds and I cant see the rest of the debug messages. How do i stop the backgrounding? Make sure of two things: 1. At /etc/conf.d/net, you add the -d to the line

[gentoo-user] wifi statup backgrounds

2007-05-27 Thread Adam Carter
Hi All, When i start my wifi network (with wpa_supplicant in debug mode) it backgrounds and I cant see the rest of the debug messages. How do i stop the backgrounding? debug snipped wpa_driver_madwifi_del_key: keyidx=1 wpa_driver_madwifi_del_key: keyidx=2 wpa_driver_madwifi_del_key: keyidx=3

Re: [gentoo-user] WiFi adaptor playing up

2007-02-01 Thread James Ausmus
On 2/1/07, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 01 February 2007 08:46, James Ausmus wrote: On 1/29/07, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 29 January 2007 23:06, James Ausmus wrote: When you say configure it on the card do you mean in the /etc/conf.d/net file? Nope - I mean:

Re: [gentoo-user] WiFi adaptor playing up

2007-01-30 Thread Mick
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- package using genlop, then check out the CVS source tree as of that date, and build/install

[gentoo-user] WiFi adaptor playing up

2007-01-29 Thread Mick
My only consolation is that this fault is not intermittent. :-( Here's what happened. I emerged a different (to my tried tested rt2x00- wireless driver). Then I uninstalled rt2x00-, but I couldn't get the new driver to work. So, I unmerged it, remerged rt2x00- (this is a CVS

Re: [gentoo-user] WiFi adaptor playing up

2007-01-29 Thread James Ausmus
On 1/29/07, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My only consolation is that this fault is not intermittent. :-( Here's what happened. I emerged a different (to my tried tested rt2x00- wireless driver). Then I uninstalled rt2x00-, but I couldn't get the new driver to work. So, I unmerged

[gentoo-user] WiFi needs ESSID to connect?

2007-01-16 Thread Mick
Hi All, I am unable to connect to a wireless access point unless it is set to announce its ESSID. The error I get in the logs is: == Jan 16 09:42:22 lappy wlan0: starting scan Jan 16 09:42:24 lappy wlan0: scan completed Jan 16 09:42:24 lappy rc-scripts:

Re: [gentoo-user] WiFi needs ESSID to connect?

2007-01-16 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:50:26 + Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am unable to connect to a wireless access point unless it is set to announce its ESSID. Not announcing the ESSID won't help much, anyway. FWIW, if there are no beacons in the air, how should your WiFi client tell what

Re: [gentoo-user] WiFi needs ESSID to connect?

2007-01-16 Thread Mick
Thanks HW, On Tuesday 16 January 2007 13:28, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:50:26 + Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am unable to connect to a wireless access point unless it is set to announce its ESSID. [snip...] FWIW, if there are no beacons in the air, how should

Re: [gentoo-user] WiFi needs ESSID to connect?

2007-01-16 Thread Robin Atwood
On Wednesday 17 January 2007 02:43, Mick wrote: How is one meant to configure /etc/conf.d/net to be able to associate with different APs, some with no encryption, some with WEP, some with WAP. I don't mind using a gui if this is going to offer some interactivity, to enable me to achieve

[gentoo-user] Wifi Monitor

2006-01-16 Thread Ryan Viljoen
Hi all Could someone suggest a descent wifi monitor preferably one that fits in the taskbar. I am using the following: Fluxbox Torsmo So anything that fits in with those 2 will be great. Cheers Rav -- Ryan Viljoen Bsc(Eng) (Electrical) Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more

Re: [gentoo-user] Wifi Monitor

2006-01-16 Thread Rumen Yotov
On (17/01/06 00:24), Ryan Viljoen wrote: Hi all Could someone suggest a descent wifi monitor preferably one that fits in the taskbar. I am using the following: Fluxbox Torsmo So anything that fits in with those 2 will be great. Cheers Rav -- Ryan Viljoen Bsc(Eng) (Electrical)

[gentoo-user] Wifi with ndiswrapper and wpa_supplicant

2005-12-06 Thread Jean-Jacques FABRE
Hi, I use ndiswrapper with wpa_supplicant. I am stuck and I can't access to my wireless lan. I have no idea what to do next need some advise I have an Acer travelmate 4400, with turion 64. My Wireless card is a Broadcom Corporation BCM4318: fabre-linux ~ # lspci 06:05.0 Network controller: