From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M54fH-0000ba-Mm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 15 May 2009 21:09:59 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C08ADE026B; Fri, 15 May 2009 21:09:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from yx-out-1718.google.com (yx-out-1718.google.com [74.125.44.155]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C877E026B for ; Fri, 15 May 2009 21:09:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yx-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 36so5364487yxh.46 for ; Fri, 15 May 2009 14:09:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=zH40LxO29xlpZdEOZeowdXV2zYaQMevLL5HPNDZj9Js=; b=xRudunem6hPQJ2oQEVBI4JbCCPtRJnuwN8Ie7/Sbfc/JDpsJLs5DMsOrefVGS5oDoM xijROLudZBuFtDocobc3nCC2ym0eeQ5KlP2o+v40wOBIRisjkVtLxm4sNEtqJWWViKuP Htkq3rkVLWn3yQg2oEbvQgkVH2FSwxvZJBafk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=O7svViqvoXOC9Z9r7b8R9zofhhrWF3gwzOY/oYPYf5kDSBsw6VPDQ5eOM/J/3cjeXJ c+7BtG4T3pWEg+6w5mcRHYWyKHYRQSRMQZyUOTdUDazErTgp26n/z1AxtYisuTYjBIpv DDGkp3BwTX4P0e6xkDwLLjGu+kyRm+qaYFFNA= 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 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.70.6 with SMTP id s6mr1544343aga.67.1242421788182; Fri, 15 May 2009 14:09:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <708782.52691.qm@web31607.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <708782.52691.qm@web31607.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 14:09:48 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] help needed to connect wifi on eeeSTOKED! From: James Ausmus To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00163630f4a1588aec0469f9dd6f X-Archives-Salt: c31c7afe-d25f-4cbe-a4ae-41a8f7cf8325 X-Archives-Hash: 9fda440525a11e6d978a7e555914395f --00163630f4a1588aec0469f9dd6f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 1:53 PM, maxim wexler wrote: > > > > ifconfig wlan0 up > > > > > > iwlist wlan0 scan reveals the network name, the chan. > > > > > > iwconfig wlan0 essid "Network Name" > > > > > > iwconfig wlan0 chan 1 > > > > > > > dhcpcd wlan0 should sort this. > > > > It did, thanks Neil! Now, can you point a way forword? My eeepc is strictly > bare bones, for now, no X, haven't even written make.conf yet. > > There's some interesting stuff re: gentoo on eeepc on the eee forum but > it's rather dated. Can you suggest some sort of wiki or? > Hi Maixm- I have just (first full boot with X this morning, actually) gotten my wife's eeePC 900A switched over to Gentoo. I have a full install with kernel 2.6.29, X (1.6.1), Intel drivers (with DRI2, enabling *very* smooth and fast compositing), full KDE 4.2.3, WiFi and Wired ethernet, Firefox, Openoffice, NetworkManager, and all the usuals, all in a 2.7GB disk footprint, and without doing any compiling on the eeePC itself (I used my Core2Duo ~amd64 Gentoo box to do all the heavy lifting, then made a bootable 4GB SD card with the resulting FS - will move over to internal 4GB SSD once I've put the final touches on it). I have full eeePC hotkey support (except for an issue I've found with the rfkill (Wifi radio on/off) functionality - the HW (PHY) refuses to power back up once it's turned off. I believe it was working in the original Xandros, so I'll probably be doing some kernel hacking to get it working). If you would like, I can take some time this weekend and write up how I went about doing it and post it - interested? -James --00163630f4a1588aec0469f9dd6f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 1:53 PM, maxim w= exler <blissfix@= yahoo.com> wrote:

> > ifconfig wlan0 up
> >
> > iwlist wlan0 scan reveals the network name, the chan.
> >
> > iwconfig wlan0 essid "Network Name"
> >
> > iwconfig wlan0 chan 1
> >
>
> dhcpcd wlan0 should sort this.
>

It did, thanks Neil! Now, can you point a way forword? My eeepc is strictly= bare bones, for now, no X, haven't even written make.conf yet.

There's some interesting stuff re: gentoo on eeepc on the eee forum but= it's rather dated. Can you suggest some sort of wiki or?


Hi Maixm-

I have just (first full boot wit= h X this morning, actually) gotten my wife's eeePC 900A switched over t= o Gentoo. I have a full install with kernel 2.6.29, X (1.6.1), Intel driver= s (with DRI2, enabling *very* smooth and fast compositing), full KDE 4.2.3,= WiFi and Wired ethernet, Firefox, Openoffice, NetworkManager, and all the = usuals, all in a 2.7GB disk footprint, and without doing any compiling on t= he eeePC itself (I used my Core2Duo ~amd64 Gentoo box to do all the heavy l= ifting, then made a bootable 4GB SD card with the resulting FS - will move = over to internal 4GB SSD once I've put the final touches on it). I have= full eeePC hotkey support (except for an issue I've found with the rfk= ill (Wifi radio on/off) functionality - the HW (PHY) refuses to power back = up once it's turned off. I believe it was working in the original Xandr= os, so I'll probably be doing some kernel hacking to get it working). I= f you would like, I can take some time this weekend and write up how I went= about doing it and post it - interested?

-James


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