Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to set up wireless lan - followed documentation

2009-11-15 Thread Hung Dang
I would suggest to find out which wireless card you have and configure the correct kernel driver for it. Then you can emerge wireless toll such as wicd and let it configure your wireless connection. Hung Stroller wrote: On 14 Nov 2009, at 17:55, Nelis Botha wrote: ... I need some help. I am

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to set up wireless lan - followed documentation

2009-11-15 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 15 November 2009 02:29:09 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:13:52 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Is this a desktop machine? What difference does that make? It might be inconvenient to run the wicd client on a headless box If so, dump the net.* scripts and just run wicd.

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to set up wireless lan - followed documentation

2009-11-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:40:57 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Is this a desktop machine? What difference does that make? It might be inconvenient to run the wicd client on a headless box You could run the curses version over SSH, provided you could avoid tripping over the various chickens

[gentoo-user] Unable to set up wireless lan - followed documentation

2009-11-14 Thread Nelis Botha
Hey list I need some help. I am trying to set up my wireless lan on gentoo. I have recompiled kernel. Every attempt at configuring /etc/conf.d/net end in faed to configure wireless for wlan0 i have folowed the advice given when it fails and give info/advice to resolve but nothing has worked thus

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to set up wireless lan - followed documentation

2009-11-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 14 November 2009 19:55:15 Nelis Botha wrote: Hey list I need some help. I am trying to set up my wireless lan on gentoo. I have recompiled kernel. Every attempt at configuring /etc/conf.d/net end in faed to configure wireless for wlan0 i have folowed the advice given when it

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to set up wireless lan - followed documentation

2009-11-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:13:52 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Is this a desktop machine? What difference does that make? If so, dump the net.* scripts and just run wicd. Why? Because it just works. Agreed, but on laptops and netbooks too. -- Neil Bothwick Why is it that when you transport

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to set up wireless lan - followed documentation

2009-11-14 Thread Stroller
On 14 Nov 2009, at 17:55, Nelis Botha wrote: ... I need some help. I am trying to set up my wireless lan on gentoo. I have recompiled kernel. Every attempt at configuring /etc/conf.d/net end in faed to configure wireless for wlan0 i have folowed the advice given when it fails and give

Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to set up wireless lan - followed documentation

2009-11-14 Thread Zeerak Waseem
On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:25:13 +0100, Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk wrote: On 14 Nov 2009, at 17:55, Nelis Botha wrote: ... I need some help. I am trying to set up my wireless lan on gentoo. I have recompiled kernel. Every attempt at configuring /etc/conf.d/net end in faed to