A comment says they are using it with the latest kernel, and working fine. They just adjusted the makedepends inside the PKGBUILD file. It's not that out of date, just hasn't been updated since Aug 2011.
Jeremiah E. Bess Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.six On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 08:18, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote: > Ah - Now I remember what the issue was: > > Tarball :: PKGBUILD > This package has been flagged out of date. (Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:12:09 > +0000) > > Has that been patched? > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The only dependency I see is a kernel between 3.0.1 and 3.1.0. >> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=49710 >> >> >> Jeremiah E. Bess >> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.six >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 08:08, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I have a couple of Atheros based cards, but the Madwifi driver has a >>> dependency that I've never been able to get working. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Jeremiah Bess >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I'm not sure. I know I was frustrated with the steps I had to do to get >>>> my broadcom working, but once I fugured out it's just a few simple steps, >>>> it's a breeze now. I can offer a better suggestion than using a hardwire: >>>> get a new wireless card. They are cheap ($10ish), and simple to install >>>> (usually a panel under the laptop, or just under the keyboard). >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.google.com/search?gcx=c&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=wireless+card+minipci#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&tbm=shop&source=hp&q=broadcom+wireless+card+minipci&pbx=1&oq=broadcom+wireless+card+minipci&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=4334l5869l1l6025l9l7l0l0l0l1l242l1008l0.6.1l7l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=efe7f116b0055b02&biw=1680&bih=923 >>>> >>>> Jeremiah E. Bess >>>> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.six >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 07:39, Scott Vargovich >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yes - I've done that and searched through the FAQ and all other >>>>> documentation trying to find answers, but have come up empty-handed. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected] >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Did you install the firmware according to the wiki? >>>>>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup#ipw2100_and_ipw2200 >>>>>> >>>>>> Jeremiah E. Bess >>>>>> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.six >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 07:29, Scott Vargovich <[email protected] >>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I so wish I could get Arch working on my laptop. I've tried the >>>>>>> last 2 releases and whenever I connect to wifi - my wifi chipset is >>>>>>> ipw2100 >>>>>>> - whenever I try to put a large amount of info through it - like >>>>>>> streaming >>>>>>> a video, the connection always drops. BTW - my router is a Linksys >>>>>>> WRT54G2 >>>>>>> with dd-wrt firmware. I'm using WPA2 encryption and have tried both >>>>>>> Network Manager and Wicd. I've tried asking on the Freenode #archlinux >>>>>>> channel and all they can say is to physically connect my laptop to the >>>>>>> router when I want to watch streaming media. That is just not an option >>>>>>> for me. Do you possibly have any words of wisdom, Mr Bess... or anybody >>>>>>> else for that matter??? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Jeremiah Bess < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm not one of them, but there seems to be a huge flock of people >>>>>>>> to Linux Mint. I see tons of blog reviews and Google+ >>>>>>>> postings<https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/linuxmint>about it. I >>>>>>>> personally have moved from Mandriva to Arch Linux on my desktop >>>>>>>> and ArchBang on my lappy. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jeremiah E. Bess >>>>>>>> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.six >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 07:10, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I have tried openSuSE 12.1. There are pluses and minuses for an >>>>>>>>> Ubuntu >>>>>>>>> user. OpenSuSE has GNOME Shell 3.2 which is available for Ubuntu >>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>> KDE 4.7.3, same as Kubuntu. Those are neither pluses nor minuses, >>>>>>>>> but >>>>>>>>> show that your desktop environment should not dictate your move. >>>>>>>>> Rather you need to choose based on community, support, available >>>>>>>>> packages, package management, etc. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> OpenSuSE is one of the premier implementations of Btrfs. It is the >>>>>>>>> default file system. KDE is the default desktop, but you can choose >>>>>>>>> GNOME, XFCE or LXDE versions. Btrfs is more complicated to setup, >>>>>>>>> but >>>>>>>>> it has a nice feature to do snapshots and rollbacks. It has >>>>>>>>> something >>>>>>>>> called Snapper to enable this. OpenSusE also features something >>>>>>>>> called >>>>>>>>> Tumbleweed that in effect can change it to a rolling release. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> OpenSuSE 12.1 has some exciting features, but on the downside is >>>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>>> it is an unfamiliar package management system for Ubuntu users (rpm >>>>>>>>> and Yast). It can be tricky to run for newbies. There is a bit of a >>>>>>>>> learning curve that you should be prepared for. It can become >>>>>>>>> unstable >>>>>>>>> quickly if you do not know what you are doing, in my experience. >>>>>>>>> Support is good, but not as good as Ubuntu. The community is much >>>>>>>>> smaller. You also have smaller repositories and lose PPAs. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> As with all distros it comes down to choice and what you expect >>>>>>>>> and want. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Roy >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Using Kubuntu 11.10, 64-bit >>>>>>>>> Location: Canada >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 7 December 2011 21:59, Kari <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> > Actually I was thinking the same thing. I haven't looked >>>>>>>>> outside of Ubuntu >>>>>>>>> > in quite a while -- it is time to try something new. OpenSuSE >>>>>>>>> would be fun >>>>>>>>> > to try. >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > And I think the group is just quiet. >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > ~kari >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:25 PM, Ben Chavez <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> >> Did the group got quiet or am I exclude from receiving mail >>>>>>>>> from it? Has >>>>>>>>> >> anyone tried the new OpenSuSE release yet? I think it is the >>>>>>>>> 12.1 release. I >>>>>>>>> >> have been thinking on get away from Ubuntu after 3 years using >>>>>>>>> it so I am >>>>>>>>> >> thinking on an rpm base distro just to learn something >>>>>>>>> different. >>>>>>>>> >> LinuxMint which is ranking up high I think is just second after >>>>>>>>> Ubuntu it >>>>>>>>> >> is actually a derivative from ubuntu so installing that it wont >>>>>>>>> get me much >>>>>>>>> >> far from ubuntu. >>>>>>>>> >> Take care and happy hollidays! >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> >> -- >>>>>>>>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>>>>>>> Linux Users >>>>>>>>> >> Group. >>>>>>>>> >> To post a message, send email to >>>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>>> >> To unsubscribe, send email to >>>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> >> For more options, visit our group at >>>>>>>>> >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>>>>>>>> >> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> >> Please remember to abide by 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