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James Ausmus wrote: |
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> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 1:53 PM, maxim wexler <blissfix@×××××.com |
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> <mailto:blissfix@×××××.com>> wrote: |
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> > > ifconfig wlan0 up |
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> > > iwlist wlan0 scan reveals the network name, the chan. |
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> > > iwconfig wlan0 essid "Network Name" |
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> > > iwconfig wlan0 chan 1 |
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> > dhcpcd wlan0 should sort this. |
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> It did, thanks Neil! Now, can you point a way forword? My eeepc is |
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> strictly bare bones, for now, no X, haven't even written make.conf yet. |
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> There's some interesting stuff re: gentoo on eeepc on the eee forum |
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> but it's rather dated. Can you suggest some sort of wiki or? |
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> Hi Maixm- |
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> I have just (first full boot with X this morning, actually) gotten my |
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> wife's eeePC 900A switched over to Gentoo. I have a full install with |
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> kernel 2.6.29, X (1.6.1), Intel drivers (with DRI2, enabling *very* |
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> smooth and fast compositing), full KDE 4.2.3, WiFi and Wired ethernet, |
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> Firefox, Openoffice, NetworkManager, and all the usuals, all in a 2.7GB |
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> disk footprint, and without doing any compiling on the eeePC itself (I |
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> used my Core2Duo ~amd64 Gentoo box to do all the heavy lifting, then |
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> made a bootable 4GB SD card with the resulting FS - will move over to |
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> internal 4GB SSD once I've put the final touches on it). I have full |
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> eeePC hotkey support (except for an issue I've found with the rfkill |
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> (Wifi radio on/off) functionality - the HW (PHY) refuses to power back |
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> up once it's turned off. I believe it was working in the original |
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> Xandros, so I'll probably be doing some kernel hacking to get it |
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> working). If you would like, I can take some time this weekend and write |
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> up how I went about doing it and post it - interested? |
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> -James |
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I for one would be interested in a writeup like this. I've been getting |
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gentoo onto my eee, and its going well. I'm just missing the finer |
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details like hotkeys, suspend on lid closing and tweaking the intel drivers. |
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Thanks |
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~Matt |
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