[gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless

2011-07-18 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi all, I haven't used built-in wireless on Linux in years but come Thursday I'll likely have to spend 12 or more hours waiting around in a hospital so I'm making an attempt to get it working. Can someone point me at instructions oriented toward sitting down in a place like Starbucks on a

Re: [gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless

2011-07-18 Thread luis jure
on 2011-07-18 at 18:17 Mark Knecht wrote: What sort of apps are available to discover a public network ESSID? Something GUI based would be appreciated if it's in portage. i got good results with wicd in the past. i got it to work fine on a gentoo laptop for exactly what you need, if

Re: [gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless

2011-07-18 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:41 PM, luis jure l...@internet.com.uy wrote: on 2011-07-18 at 18:17 Mark Knecht wrote:   What sort of apps are available to discover a public network ESSID? Something GUI based would be appreciated if it's in portage. i got good results with wicd in the past. i got

Re: [gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless

2011-07-18 Thread Srdjan Rakic
I've been using NetworkManger for quite long time now. You might want to check it out. On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:41 PM, luis jure l...@internet.com.uy wrote: on 2011-07-18 at 18:17 Mark Knecht wrote: What sort

Re: [gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless

2011-07-18 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 19 Jul 2011 04:03:46 Mark Knecht wrote: On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:41 PM, luis jure l...@internet.com.uy wrote: on 2011-07-18 at 18:17 Mark Knecht wrote: What sort of apps are available to discover a public network ESSID? Something GUI based would be appreciated if it's in