On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 09:08:46AM -0800, Matthew Jarvis wrote: > T. Joseph CARTER wrote: > >On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 12:47:28AM -0800, Jacob Meuser wrote: > > > >>http://www.openbsd.org/ > >> > >>boot the ISO: ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.8/i386/cd38.iso > >> > >>either your card will be working or it won't. no silly binary wrappers, > >>no messy modules, and definitely no bloat. > > > > > >Most likely, it won't. I don't see how that's an improvement.
well, it doesn't take 45 minutes to get to a command prompt ;) IMO, the benefits are what I wrote above. either your hardware is supported or it isn't; no need to figure out what modules to load. > > Well, it appears I was mistaken.... > > Ubuntu does in fact come to life after I log in with the user account I > set up - it just takes 45 minutes to do so.... this is a good thing > really, since I've been wanting to slow down and smell the roses more > often..... <g> > > Clearly this isn't the machine to be running Ubuntu, or prolly anything > else w/ a rich GUI.... since it's just a "sit on the couch and surf the > net" machine I'll need to try Plan B.... > > Is it seeing the wireless card and the network properly? No clue really > - stuff took so long to load up I never could really tell what was > available to tweek. I do know that when I eventually got into a browser > that I couldn't go anywhere... pinging didn't work either.... > > BSD appeared to load up just fine - I watched it zoom past dealing with > the wireless card and then landed me at the shell... groovy - now what? if you choose 's', then yes, you get a shell. if you choose 'i', then you start running the install script, which will ask you for (among other things) your network parameters, IP address, gateway, etc. http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html for installation instructions. > If I knew what to do at this point I could fix Ubuntu (at least before I > found out how slow it would be).... pinging the world didn't work... well, yes, you will need to at least configure your network parameters before you can ping anything. http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Wireless for wireless network configuration (follow the links for the specific cards). I thought the problem was that Ubuntu didn't recognize your wireless card. guess I misread your email. -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Small Damn Linux seemed usable if I could just get on the wireless > network... any chance I can bring it to the next meeting and maybe get > some help? By the way, when/where is the next meeting? > > I know the wireless router that this thing used to connect to before > replacing my DSL router is alive, since I have another notebook on site > that can see it, so I know it's broadcasting.... > > Matthew S. Jarvis > IT Manager > Bike Friday - "Performance that Packs." > www.bikefriday.com > 541/687-0487 x140 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
