It's called jockey. I ended up just installing it with synaptic package manager in the end (which is also missing from your release - surely a useful addition?)
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Antonios Galanopoulos <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
