Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Yeeloong wireless issue dissected

2009-11-04 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 10:28:46AM +0800, fxzhang wrote: Wifi is not enabled by default because it consumes significant power and is not always used. I'd rather live with that than having to implement the daemon hack as workaround. Could you provide some indication on how can this be

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Yeeloong wireless issue dissected

2009-11-03 Thread Frederique W. Piccart
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:28:46 +0800, fxzhang fxzh...@ict.ac.cn wrote: Wifi is not enabled by default because it consumes significant power and is not always used. Wu Zhangjin 写道: Hi, On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 13:38 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: [..] So the problem with wireless is that it

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Yeeloong wireless issue dissected

2009-11-02 Thread wu zhangjin
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Robert Millan r...@aybabtu.com wrote: On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 09:30:44PM +0800, Zhang Le wrote: On 12:53 Sun 01 Nov     , Robert Millan wrote: On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 05:16:04PM +0800, Zhang Le wrote: On 22:43 Mon 26 Oct     , Robert Millan wrote:

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Yeeloong wireless issue dissected

2009-11-02 Thread wu zhangjin
Hi, Robert Could you please compile rtl8187b into the kernel(2.6.30.9), not just as a module. Just checked it, if as module, Fn+F5 will not work, but the interface /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state works! This means the relative kernel handling is broken(not really broken). but if you really want

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Yeeloong wireless issue dissected

2009-11-02 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 07:53:54PM +0800, wu zhangjin wrote: Hi, Robert Could you please compile rtl8187b into the kernel(2.6.30.9), not just as a module. Just checked it, if as module, Fn+F5 will not work, but the interface /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill0/state works! This means the relative

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Yeeloong wireless issue dissected

2009-11-02 Thread Wu Zhangjin
Hi, On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 13:38 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: [..] So the problem with wireless is that it wasn't enabled? So why not enable it by default then? No, I'm not sure, Just want to ensure it is enabled and ensure the kernel interface works and then find other problems. and of

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Yeeloong wireless issue dissected

2009-11-02 Thread fxzhang
Wifi is not enabled by default because it consumes significant power and is not always used. Wu Zhangjin 写道: Hi, On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 13:38 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: [..] So the problem with wireless is that it wasn't enabled? So why not enable it by default then? No, I'm not

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Yeeloong wireless issue dissected

2009-11-01 Thread Zhang Le
On 22:43 Mon 26 Oct , Robert Millan wrote: Try with the Linux 2.6.30.9 packages (see my other mail) For those who are not aware of: Actually, the wifi driver provided by realtek (the working one) has been integrated into lemote's git tree for quite some time, at least two months. Please

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Yeeloong wireless issue dissected

2009-11-01 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 05:16:04PM +0800, Zhang Le wrote: On 22:43 Mon 26 Oct , Robert Millan wrote: Try with the Linux 2.6.30.9 packages (see my other mail) For those who are not aware of: Actually, the wifi driver provided by realtek (the working one) has been integrated into

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Yeeloong wireless issue dissected

2009-11-01 Thread Zhang Le
On 12:53 Sun 01 Nov , Robert Millan wrote: On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 05:16:04PM +0800, Zhang Le wrote: On 22:43 Mon 26 Oct , Robert Millan wrote: Try with the Linux 2.6.30.9 packages (see my other mail) For those who are not aware of: Actually, the wifi driver provided by

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Yeeloong wireless issue dissected

2009-11-01 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 09:30:44PM +0800, Zhang Le wrote: On 12:53 Sun 01 Nov , Robert Millan wrote: On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 05:16:04PM +0800, Zhang Le wrote: On 22:43 Mon 26 Oct , Robert Millan wrote: Try with the Linux 2.6.30.9 packages (see my other mail) For those

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Yeeloong wireless issue dissected

2009-10-26 Thread Sam Geeraerts
Ted Smith schreef: On Sun, 2009-10-25 at 12:58 +, Frederique W. Piccart wrote: The solution? Keep reinstalling the base system until you end up in situation 2 I am incredibly skeptical of any solution that consists in doing the same thing over and over and anticipating different results.

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Yeeloong wireless issue dissected

2009-10-26 Thread Robert Millan
Try with the Linux 2.6.30.9 packages (see my other mail) -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all.