Will Stephenson wrote: > On Monday 05 February 2007 04:20, J Sloan said: >> #1 - wireless connections via network manager: In gnome, I can connect to >> the secure wireless networks in my house, but with kde network manager I >> can't connect to either of them. The gnome applet allows me to choose all >> the correct parameters, while the kde applet allows fewer options, and does >> not allow me to enter e.g. the correct the key type as in gnome. If only >> the kde network manager applet provided all the functionality of the gnome >> one, we'd be set. > > There's not a lot to go on here. Speaking as one of the knetworkmanager > authors, I thought we had parity with nm-applet. We need to know exactly > which options are missing, for which type of wireless > encryption/authentioncation, and what the network hardware in the dv6000 > actually is. Please report these in a bug at bugzilla.novell.com.
Actually, I was able, after several trials, to get knetworkmanager to connect to the wireless access points. I had to make some guesses (for instance, where kde says "40 bit key" it really means 64 bits) and it was less intuitive than the gnome version, but I must admit that it was possible after all to connect. > >> #3 - display problems - Despite the fact that this is an intel 945 graphics >> chipset with 100% FOSS drivers, I can't get anything more than 1024x768 >> resolution, although it's capable of 1440x900. Any attempt to set a higher >> resolution than 1024x768 gets a corrupted xmd screen, and I have to fall >> back to the basic 1024x768 to get up and running again. > > Sounds like you need to use 915resolution to patch the video bios so that it > reports that it's capable of 1440x900. There's plenty of info on the web on > how this works, and the readme in our 915resolution package (rpm -ql > 915resolution) is quite helpful, but note that we now > provide /etc/sysconfig/videobios where you can add the right parameters so > that 915resolution is run on boot. Yep, the 915resolution package did the trick, with a 1-line modification to /etc/sysconfig/videobios as you suggested. So, the non-working function keys in gnome are now a non-issue, since everything works in kde, and that's all I need. Thanks for the tips - Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
