From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0DD915813A for ; Wed, 08 Jan 2025 01:07:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AA52AE0819; Wed, 08 Jan 2025 01:07:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.15.15]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 17EF1E07C9 for ; Wed, 08 Jan 2025 01:07:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmx.de; s=s31663417; t=1736298419; x=1736903219; i=warp_7@gmx.de; bh=SW9xP8TWDRiPpnp6/IP+x4SCbiwdmG75+yahe9C5VsI=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type:In-Reply-To:cc: content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:message-id: mime-version:reply-to:subject:to; b=lVQu+GNPjJQD9ZZtNCo7Y4rRH4x1JAoQXMNgGL4Ip/zrFuqCODCobd14xFXJmQPO S77pklF159bhqXjk0CHJJwDluejDV2A8lpEs8jBFA7En1ynJ15Q6D5kkIbZltT361 ma7hH39fMrgryTeHiKDfwzfP+q7dHNvSa7KYixXGs2lGiT6GTa40AEuMBYM0g+p18 1h+Bsm0UL1tAx8Mpn3DdDX7ni9NaQHkQaywh7n0f2s42oyybupVKgr9qAgWeUhdYm 3maibYGzzCTf/3r2KRKHWztXLjKzcIqdv96vyCt7AWEu+vTIUfC97Xqp7UER8Wu7G zQphafS3KAQjsSw6OA== X-UI-Sender-Class: 724b4f7f-cbec-4199-ad4e-598c01a50d3a Received: from q ([87.122.72.216]) by mail.gmx.net (mrgmx004 [212.227.17.190]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MiJV6-1tzS1F0uBC-00nnOo for ; Wed, 08 Jan 2025 02:06:59 +0100 Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 02:06:57 +0100 From: Frank Steinmetzger To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] update catch-22 with Wifi Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="uvDEY3tXvol5OqzG" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt 2.2.13; VIM - Vi IMproved 9.1 X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:0aZNOHB4wusi9VnrhDEIH4tWArY+nQbbsSheYAKfT3ZQikkO6Kz 18X9KqBN68mpFDTUv3fE3Db/zYJ2Jl8WZ4KBG9KXkLAw5C3Ti/c2PublwcnrEah9jZDqurW naN2aU00Os8na/N1QTFgRx8fZrz05rGNn1jUp8Cw2bqxIfxFeY8Y0VN6QWhvmKUvad+K+Et dYxAv+RhLeB9mnm9gYNFw== X-Spam-Flag: NO UI-OutboundReport: notjunk:1;M01:P0:82Bcaql3aYI=;BWCEOFDnbPi4xmvze69aJsMqn35 nc6GJPgd/gLQEUgRkntrOsyoMfBilYuLAsaaSY+4sY0r9RaRPfkp8Y7K2rgDK4axhAY10eOGd QWqgUiKtB8Lr0WkHwgvTELl6tsEqfqRJhNUtN1qAxuZlc8KvJ7Zxwl3PJ1rrG+q1g/EWCilIo kIRFOeWRqvrMqEL1L4c8pfworST0z+6emFMCddXFFo0EkOiEOik3GGd4aSQ08vLbHliBWDqDw wEHDDAYDqU4e+gw0j2Y1xqC8I9lpDnAFI0QpkpOA0kZblHr7CBYhISkeYixxLkDId22f/kFWD 10Z0Z0w18xBbeFJWWN0fXvZVC/2VvZ0Ni86VzWXVrsPnwwujAPfITPuUd6u5bxLhB8uRT2laP g6Q0Bi1H9na8yI365DeSPh6yBRt/d06Q/rRhFFY7/q2C+HONoUDAKIzul5UH9Kb1GozJ/CRUS jv2knil7IKnHCWH8bJvGwx3qpd17L2qBHogV7URP8IBtb3Js4t9Vke5j5VjsDomNe/osQt3Io 5JCkZ/LQvoXuRJSpcTupx3IB4CrqQqsTfYoOS4b7hLavpejRxOMIgqG02sAseheWCD/RF1xm6 ZncokjDvFJXeZFso31q55twUsnL0IpJOsOYco4eTf08eCBDK+8vk8OTjirW6/0EKLbNNyO39e yBOXKbRn6AQkpfEFI0ZT3OLX1rpfVkRpmYk29+fgYfqQyAJmZLjpj4LOeUXB+Gnv00OP0mukQ Q8siPTyFVHOI0Jj7FBlLnhEAe/hUnBkNsi1u/bYDJHbVGuo3cmufpP73WFMFsMYheHGyLxaNR tAFsezr2Pj3fNOD1XBRDBl5AFRDpPlbdrEPcUknYKaejuePK5QJMtYPL0iwV9rIo7H+cWS3Yf AEZNHN5rqiRcZYA6LQSPlGFnmwNUg27hQCz9HT1wsOjWPISUnY5N6dzc724Ipi+gEAq7eT96q WDG8AWokyGwm4MqExVONC9EDRnU/gwgqRSccogH11/2WbjFaMULAy/9FxTXI1PmlXG4p7J0um 9tAidFh7o/eJmX60MelkvLVAOQODftIqaE59B3zWHwxKAFhVKwdfSAOz9t8i6OqzHJ2F9Kd+y Col1Fu5IolqPwUqXMTpnv/gE9Yoxtv X-Archives-Salt: 3b1219df-cb5d-4d6f-be37-9daa697dc7d9 X-Archives-Hash: c832c3a2cf5ea75c0ef6ceb8f691502d --uvDEY3tXvol5OqzG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 06:45:43PM -0500 schrieb Philip Webb: > I no longer have a landline available (even via friends) > & rely on Wifi for I/net service, incl software downloads. >=20 > I've been a happy Gentoo user since 2003, > but want to be able to use Wifi with my 15 yr-old netbook (32-bit), > which has always had Gentoo installed & whose hardware incl's Wifi. > This presents a Catch-22 : how can I install Wifi software ? > -- I need the I/net to download the files, > but can't access the I/net without that software installed. >=20 > Is there any way around it ? -- eg could I download files on my desktop, > then transfer them to the netbook & get that system to use them ? >=20 > Can anyone offer suggestions ? That=E2=80=99s not really a Gentoo-specific problem, right? When I had lousy Internet, I did my usual emerge command, but with=20 --fetchonly -pv. That way, emerge prints out what it would like to download= ,=20 i.e. the actual concrete URLs with versions and mirrors filled in. I put th= e=20 output into a textfile on a USB drive and carried it to a connected machine= ,=20 where I would run wget --input-file on said drive. I=E2=80=99d been keeping= a small,=20 old copy of wget for Windows around for exactly that purpse. --=20 Gr=C3=BC=C3=9Fe | Greetings | Salut | Qapla=E2=80=99 Please do not share anything from, with or about me on any social network. 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