[geeks] Linux fun...

[Chris Byrne]

Lionel,

first, on the card, lucky bastard. I've never ben able to get prism support
working on a 2.2 kernel. I ended up giving the card to Brendan Kehoe, a good
friend of mine and the former senior developer for cygnus prior to the
redhat buyout, and he couldnt get it working either.  I havent yet tried on
a 2.4 kernel.

Oh and with regards to Peter Gabriel, once again, you lucky bastard.

He may be getting old, but he's still great.

Speaking thereof, Springsteen tickets sold out here in 17 minutes

Chris Byrne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lionel Peterson" <lionel4287 at yahoo.com>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 1:44 PM
Subject: [geeks] Linux fun...


> Hello all,
>
> I know many here are anti-x86, but I wanted to describe my recent
> efforts to install a wireless 802.11b card in a (classic) laptop, a
> Toshiba Tecra 8000...
>
> Short version, It Just Worked. (tm)
>
> Long version, with the laptop powered off, I inserted the card (Lucent
> Silver), and booted. No new hardware detected, hrmph. Log in as root,
> go to system settings, network, and voila! There is the card, inactive
> under hardware.
>
> So I add it to the interfaces, then activate it (set SSID, turn on
> DHCP), and I am On The Air(1).
>
> Total time - 5 minutes, *no* reading/prep work required.
>
> RH Linux has come a long way from 5.x ;^)
>
> Note: (1) I saw Peter Gabriel last night here in NJ (the Philadelphia
> show is tonight) - had great seats, he had good opening acts (The
> Blindboys from ALabama, and a coule Tanzanian folks), and the stage
> show was, as always, amazing and suprising. One note, though - he only
> played a few older songs (No Biko, no Shock The Monkey, etc.). Great
> show, but I think he is getting a bit old (who isn't - the crowd was
> nearly 80% over 35)...
>
> Anyway, just an update on recent events here,
>
>
> =====
> Lionel
>
> "Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
> programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
> Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976
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