unsubscribe> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 23:33:26 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] [SOLVED]
PowerBook G4 wireless problems on YDL 6.0> > On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:14:46
+0200> furio ercolessi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at
08:20:18AM -0400, Derick Centeno wrote:> > > > > > [considerations on OSX
evolution]> > > [...]> > > For me this made Tiger a "downgrade" and most likely
from what you shared,> > > Leopard may be a more profoundly pretty "downgrade"
as well.> > > > I essentially agree, the OSX GUI is also getting slower due to>
> new stupid bells and whistles. But I have no choice, I have to follow> > the
world. I teach two simulation courses and my laptop has to be > > reasonably
aligned with the students' machines. I also rely heavily> > on MacPorts stuff
for the OSX side, for Panther MacPorts/DarwinPorts is> > now in a completely
abandoned state, and the maintainers' activity is > > definitely focused on
Leopard.> > > > > Thank God for TSS and their focus on function in producing
YDL6! > > > > Yes, it's very nice to have a company committed to Linux on
PowerPC.> > > > > > [...] IN both cases, by "does not work" I mean that the> >
> > interface refuses to start with> > > > > > > > > #ifconfig eth1 up> > > > >
> > > Can you tell me what you have in /etc/modprobe.conf ?> > > > > > I'm not
using the interface at all. My method, a variant of what Chris> > > Murtagh
used and demonstrated by-passes the interface entirely. The> > > challenge in
this particular situation is that you are still thinking like> > > an Apple
user where the interface is the function or application. > > > > No no no, I
was thinking UNlike an Apple user and with "interface"> > I was referring to a
"network interface" , the "if" in ifconfig!> > You can by-pass those and still
be connected only if you go back to> > Kermit on serial ports :-)> > > > >
However, just so I'm not a "stick in the mud" or non-cooperative, here's my> >
> modprobe.conf:> > > > > > alias eth0 sungem> > > alias eth1 ssb
<==============> > > > This was useful.> > > > I solved the problem. ...> >
Nice! I'll share our exchange with Chris; you've definitely provided a>
different twist in this weird existence.> > Interestingly, I did try the newer
fwcutter, but it failed probably because I> could discover what you did, that
link to the broadcom firmware! I instead> used the same version of fwcutter
which Chris used in his original instructions.> In fact, that version of
fwcutter works fine within YDL6 and I've been using it> throughout our
communications. Just so we're clear here; there appear to be> options to go and
do what you did or to proceed as I did.> > As long as you are up wirelessly,
that's the best way to be. Don't forget to> setup and use the network and Wlan
gadgets in e17. I find them, and others> most useful.> > Just a thought... why
don't you do your simulations within YDL? Of course, if> it's video based I
understand the challenge, however if it's based on coding or> other work
perhaps you can get that done best within YDL6 on the PS3. If I> were teaching
students, I'd certainly consider that path. A course involving 8> or more core
parallel processing involving a PS3 or maybe a cluster of them...> sounds nice
to me!> > Perhaps I'm brutal, but it's the best way to provide a taste of a
real> challenge - something a wee bit beyond the expected and all too common
student's> generally accepted capacity.> > I've enjoyed our exchange; I'm glad
you are up wirelessly. Do your student's a> favor which will stick with them.
Give them a real challenge to their> intellectual and perceptual skills and
concentration -- they'll be better for> it. > > All the best...> =====> "If I
were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often> think in music.
I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of> music. ... I get most
joy in life out of music." > > "What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by
George Sylvester> Viereck," for the October 26, 1929 issue of The Saturday
Evening Post.
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