On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 09:03:53AM -0400, Michael Werneke wrote: > > > > I tried madwifi from livna (via yum) and had zero luck. I would try FC5 > > I suppose if I had some assurance that the problem was fixed. To remind > > you, all this worked for me in FC3 but broke in FC4. > > > > > What if you reverted to FC3 again? I don't know how yum works, but with > apt-get you can put specific packages 'on hold' to keep them from being > upgraded. I learned to do this with my kernels and most recently Xorg. I > keep the kernel on hold so I don't have to recompile my vmware modules every > few weeks. And I had to 'downgrade' my xorg because Debian did something > highly irregular with their xorg packages that kept X from starting. But I > digress... > > If you revert to FC3, is it possible to put the madwifi (or whatever > packages you need to keep working) on hold and then upgrade the rest of the > bunch? >
It occurred to me that I could scrub it and drop back, but FC4 cleared up a lot of Gnome problems that were more annoying, and there is no guarantee I could roll back to whatever madwifi version I had working. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 Tcl/Tk Enthusiast -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
