hi, first of all, this new distro is nice ! ESPECIALLY if you do
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yum update
followed by
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yum update
the new kernel and login screens are worth it. ok, once done you want to get your intel wireless to work don't you ? well it wont until you download the intel drivers from here or alternatively i'll post the driver/firmware and ieee crypt drivers in this post for your convenience (they were the ones I used). Unzip the attached file and in there you'll have the three tarballs namely
Quote:-rw-rw-r-- 1 anyweb anyweb 66280 Jan 18 13:22 ieee80211-1.1.9.tgz-rw-rw-r-- 1 anyweb anyweb 125280 Jan 18 13:15 ipw2200-1.0.10.tgz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 anyweb anyweb 270419 Jan 18 13:17 ipw2200-fw-2.4.tgz
once done, read the INSTALL from intel, if you don't then don't blame me if you run into 'fatal errors' when trying to
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modprobe ipw2200
I know that, because I did get those errors, so I RTFM'd and all was well after that.
I want to help a friend rig up a new laptop with Linux, but preferably without wiping off the current Windows installation. The distro of choice is likely to be SUSE. The reason this is a Windows question is that there is this weird partition already on the laptop in addition to the C: drive which I don't know what does and that I haven't seen before.
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Is it safe to wipe off that second partition and put Linux in that space? If not, how will it be possible to resize the partition? I'm confused, because I never use the images of Windows that come preinstalled, I always wipe and start from scratch.
I would like you know if there is a rule of thumb or a chart that could feel me how the server is coping.
I have a Bandwidth hourly monitor, and in shell using "TOP" i can see the load and the CPU usage and Memory usage.
What i would like to know is, for example:
the server is using 1Mbit of the connection constantly, the load fluctuates from 0.85 - 1.57 and the CPU is about 30% including Hyper-Threading
How would i know, maybe by a calculation if the server is coping well or not with the values given. I do not have a problem with the server, but i would like to know more on how to see if there is a problem with the capabilities of the server at anytime if a problem comes up, and if its the server doing to much or not.
sure looks like a nice os, if i can get wireless working properly (didnt have time to figure out whats wrong) then i'll stick with this for a week or more until i get a clear picture of the updates !
but in brief, for the first time ever standby works ! (remember i've gone through fcr1,2,3,4 and now this test release of 5t2)
also the 'locked screen' username/pass dialog box is just plain gorgeous !
when i get more time to look at it i'll try and put a short review together
You all might know that i have not been on here nor IRC for a while, i've been busy all the time but now i am starting to FIND a spare time :) finally... my agenda is very busy this month - but i'll be more available next month in the evenings.
I missed this forum & IRC!!! I am no longer use Intel computer ;) quit! Now i am using Apple Mac OSX Tiger (it got Unix/link commands in it) I installed IRSSI on my G4 mac laptop.. it neat!
I'll post the screen shot of my Mac ;) in general screenshot.
hey all. I have 2 really boring and really easy computer classes at school. Like every web-site that isnt school related is blocked, its crazy. Sometimes I use proxy sites, but those only work to a certain extent. I even tried running a Linux Live cd on the computer, and tried going on the net on that, still the web sites were blocked, which means its all on the schools sever. I want to be able to surf the web freely, and play games and stuff.
Is there anyway I could use my computer at home as a sever or something and go to the internet through it?
anyone know how to do this?
I have a 1 gig flash drive, so storing data and stuff shouldnt be a problem.