Hi, Loz said : > OK, so I installed the -dev release, and have to say, pretty much > everything works out of the box. Perfect. I really do love it. nice:) > > However, and this isn't strictly a pure:dyne thing, so I hope you > don't mind me asking this here. My wireless network doesn't work, and > according to this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HP2133 I > need to access a program called Hardware Drivers to install it. I > cannot find this program. I've installed Synaptic Package Manager, but > still cannot find it in the available packages. I'm assuming it's a > standard Ubuntu or Debian package, but does anyone know what it's > called? >
I think you are looking for the ubuntu tool that helps you install proprietary drivers like nvidia or in your case broadcom. We should have this in for sure. I though we did actually... not sure where though. Lets see what the others think. > Thanks, > Loz > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Dan S <[email protected]> wrote: > > pure:dyne will be based on the main ubuntu distro, but it's easy to > > convert it into a "netbook remix" flavour by adding the package > > "ubuntu-netbook-remix" which gives it the special launcher etc. > > > > Dan > > > > 2009/11/22 Loz <[email protected]>: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Thanks for the reply. Think I may well switch to Ubuntu, as it does > >> seem to have more support for my netbook. > >> > >> One question, will pure:dyne work only with the main Ubuntu distro, or > >> will it also work with their "Netbook Remix?" > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Loz > >> > >> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Rob Canning <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Rob Canning said : > >>>> > >>>> not sure how you feel about this but maybe you would like to try our dev > >>>> version > >>>> which is getting very close to being very sweet :) > >>>> > >>>> its the ubuntu based version and can be installed directly from the live > >>>> dvd or > >>>> usb with sudo synaptic > >>> > >>> sudo ubiquity > >>> > >>> i meant > >>> > >>> cheers > >>> rob > >>> > >>>> > >>>> the problems you mention below are one of the reasons we have moved from > >>>> debian > >>>> - was getting way to messy pinning between stable - testing - > >>>> experimental - the > >>>> puredyne meta package was breaking when ever any little problem arose > >>>> and then > >>>> the package manager wanted to remove the whole puredyne part of the > >>>> system - > >>>> there are ways to fix this if you get into some aptitude voodo but i > >>>> would > >>>> suggest coming over to -dev land - you will be plesently suprised i think > >>>> > >>>> http://download.goto10.org/puredyne/carrot_and_coriander/puredyne-carrot_and_coriander-dev_USB_DVD.iso > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Loz said : > >>>> > Hi, > >>>> > > >>>> > I'm running Debain testing, with the p:d sources added, and I'm trying > >>>> > to install jackd on my system. > >>>> > > >>>> > For some reason it keeps telling me it needs to remove loads of > >>>> > programs to install, including Gnome, which surely cannot be right. > >>>> > I've searched around on the internet for a solution, but it seems I'm > >>>> > the only person who's having this problem. > >>>> > > >>>> > Anyone got any ideas? > >>>> > > >>>> > --- > >>>> > [email protected] > >>>> > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > >>>> > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > >>>> > > >>>> -------------- > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> rob.goto10.org > >>>> -------------- > >>>> > >>>> --- > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > >>>> irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > >>>> > >>> -------------- > >>> [email protected] > >>> rob.goto10.org > >>> -------------- > >>> > >>> --- > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > >>> irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > >>> > >> > >> --- > >> [email protected] > >> http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > >> irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > http://www.mcld.co.uk > > > > --- > > [email protected] > > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > > > > --- > [email protected] > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > -- | |'`'. .''. .. | ' .' '. .` '. |-----`.----.'------- '------------. | '..' `. ' | `..' | --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
