take me off the sending list please On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Derick Centeno <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Stephanie, > Start with redirecting where yum "looks" for repositories, meaning sites > where software which yum recognizes as available for download for YDL. > Getting the right software installed will get your network up and > running faster. > > Here's the link: http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=3017 > I messed up my install of YDL such that it's fine for programming, but > not much else unfortunately. However, there exists another link which > could be helpful to you which addresses wicd. See here: > http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=7236&p=37327 > > By the way, remember to extract the Airport Extreme (AE) firmware from > OS X! Although yum can help you acquire the tools to do the extraction > of AE firmware you also need to check to see if you have AE installed on > your laptop at all. Remember Airport Extreme is not the same as the > standard Airport card Apple installed in that era. So if AE isn't > present, the whole effort is useless. You might be better off looking > for a wireless card to fit into the PCMCIA slot. See more here: > http://www.ydl.net/support/solutions/ydl_general/pcmcia-nic.shtml > > Of course, if you do have AE proceed with the instructions here: > http://www.ydl.net/support/solutions/ydl_6.x/airport-extreme.shtml > > Good Luck, Derick. > > On 9/25/11 8:23 PM, Stephanie Loup wrote: > > I am a new Yellow Dog Linux user, and am having a hard time getting my > > computer to recognize my wireless network. I went to applications -> > > internet -> wicd network manager, but it will not recognize our > > wireless network, or any network in our neighborhood, for that > > matter. But the internet does work connected through our ethernet > > cable. > > > > I have a very old ibook and tried one of the troubleshooting hints to > > install firmware, but the command > > yum groupinstall "Development Tools" > > was rejected as an error. > > > > Any tips? I'm feeling very frustrated! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] > > Unsuscribe info: > http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' > > > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] > Unsuscribe info: > http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' >
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