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Hi All,
I'm giving serious thought to loading 5.1 on my Inspiron 1501 laptop, but I'm wondering about certain hardware support such as the following:
- - Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx) - - USB (Pny Memory Stick - everytime on previous version CentOS has eaten the damned things) - - pptp vpn client(s)
Any comments?
thanks,
Mark
On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 23:37 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote:
I'm giving serious thought to loading 5.1 on my Inspiron 1501 laptop, but I'm wondering about certain hardware support such as the following:
- Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx)
Last I checked not even Fedora runs this thing properly. Avoid.
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 23:37 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote:
I'm giving serious thought to loading 5.1 on my Inspiron 1501 laptop, but I'm wondering about certain hardware support such as the following:
- Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx)
Last I checked not even Fedora runs this thing properly. Avoid.
Actually Fedora 7 ran it wonderfully. I used ndiswrapper and a script to initialize the adapter during the boot process.
I'm running OpenSUSE 10.3 on this laptop right now and there is plenty to like about it, however I'm a RedHat man at heart and there are things that I'm used to on my RedHat systems that I don't want to give up. I'd like to get back to a RedHat based distro for this machine if I can.
Mark
On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 23:47 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote:
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 23:37 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote:
- Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx)
Last I checked not even Fedora runs this thing properly. Avoid.
Actually Fedora 7 ran it wonderfully. I used ndiswrapper and a script to initialize the adapter during the boot process.
That's quite an interesting definition of "wonderfully" there...
Mark Weaver wrote:
Actually Fedora 7 ran it wonderfully. I used ndiswrapper and a script to initialize the adapter during the boot process.
I'm running OpenSUSE 10.3 on this laptop right now and there is plenty to like about it, however I'm a RedHat man at heart and there are things that I'm used to on my RedHat systems that I don't want to give up. I'd like to get back to a RedHat based distro for this machine if I can.
Not sure if its relevant. I tried Ubuntu (7 something) with ndiswrapper and it worked beautifully. Tried the firmware (using bcm43xx-fwcutter) and it worked too, however the card would take longer to connect to a network.
Dont know why that happened.. i simply reverted back to ndiswrapper.
As for Centos, i have never installed it on my laptop, but only on our servers.
Anup Shukla wrote:
Mark Weaver wrote:
Actually Fedora 7 ran it wonderfully. I used ndiswrapper and a script to initialize the adapter during the boot process.
I'm running OpenSUSE 10.3 on this laptop right now and there is plenty to like about it, however I'm a RedHat man at heart and there are things that I'm used to on my RedHat systems that I don't want to give up. I'd like to get back to a RedHat based distro for this machine if I can.
Not sure if its relevant. I tried Ubuntu (7 something) with ndiswrapper and it worked beautifully. Tried the firmware (using bcm43xx-fwcutter) and it worked too, however the card would take longer to connect to a network.
Dont know why that happened.. i simply reverted back to ndiswrapper.
As for Centos, i have never installed it on my laptop, but only on our servers.
Just finished up with most of the setup a little while ago. Using both bcm43xx-fwcutter and ndiswrapper to enable and get the wireless lan adapter going.
The most likely reason you experienced weirdness with the firmware was something I've been noticing; when it attempts to load the firmware there's something in the kernel that doesn't like it and it fails to load the firmware.
So far I'm very impressed with CentOS 5.1 performance on this laptop.
Mark
Mark Weaver wrote:
- Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx)
Last I checked not even Fedora runs this thing properly. Avoid.
Actually Fedora 7 ran it wonderfully. I used ndiswrapper and a script to initialize the adapter during the boot process.
you missed the point Mark, I think Ignacio pointed out that the bcm43xx driver didnt work too well.
my experience, on centos-5, is similar. bcm43xx works fine if I set the rate to 11M, once the network connects, i can then turn it back upto 54M and it tends to stay connected. I just found it easier to leave the network at 11M permanently and things justwork.
On Jan 5, 2008 9:12 AM, Karanbir Singh mail-lists@karan.org wrote:
Mark Weaver wrote:
- Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx)
Last I checked not even Fedora runs this thing properly. Avoid.
Actually Fedora 7 ran it wonderfully. I used ndiswrapper and a script to initialize the adapter during the boot process.
you missed the point Mark, I think Ignacio pointed out that the bcm43xx driver didnt work too well.
If someone decided to go for the ndiswrapper route instead of the bcm43xx driver, this forum post may help:
http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=11985&forum=4...
Akemi
Karanbir Singh wrote:
Mark Weaver wrote:
- Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx)
Last I checked not even Fedora runs this thing properly. Avoid.
Actually Fedora 7 ran it wonderfully. I used ndiswrapper and a script to initialize the adapter during the boot process.
you missed the point Mark, I think Ignacio pointed out that the bcm43xx driver didnt work too well.
my experience, on centos-5, is similar. bcm43xx works fine if I set the rate to 11M, once the network connects, i can then turn it back upto 54M and it tends to stay connected. I just found it easier to leave the network at 11M permanently and things justwork.
I've not experienced that at all so far. it's working flawlessly.
Mark
Barry Brimer wrote:
- Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx)
Works in CentOS 5.1 ... requires firmware. _______________________________________________
sweet... is there a tool available on the DVD to extract said firmware? I know there was on the OpenSUSE DVD.
I don't believe CentOS provides bcm43xx-fwcutter. It is available from many sources.
Barry
Barry Brimer wrote:
Barry Brimer wrote:
- Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx)
Works in CentOS 5.1 ... requires firmware. _______________________________________________
sweet... is there a tool available on the DVD to extract said firmware? I know there was on the OpenSUSE DVD.
I don't believe CentOS provides bcm43xx-fwcutter. It is available from many sources.
Barry
That'll work... wasn't sure if that utility was unique to this distro or more widely available for others as well. It wasn't until I loaded SUSE that I introduced to this one.
Mark
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Mark Weaver wrote:
I'm giving serious thought to loading 5.1 on my Inspiron 1501 laptop, but I'm wondering about certain hardware support such as the following:
- Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx)
- USB (Pny Memory Stick - everytime on previous version CentOS has eaten
the damned things)
- pptp vpn client(s)
Any comments?
I can't attest to your pptp vpn and wireless question, but I just used a PNY memory stick yesterday on CentOS 5.1 with no troubles. I've never had any issues with PNY on 4.5 either, though.
Regards, Max
On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 23:37 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote:
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Hi All,
I'm giving serious thought to loading 5.1 on my Inspiron 1501 laptop, but I'm wondering about certain hardware support such as the following:
- Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx)
- USB (Pny Memory Stick - everytime on previous version CentOS has eaten
the damned things)
- pptp vpn client(s)
Any comments?
It seems everybody already answered the first two points ... Regarding the pptp vpn client, i've rebuilt the pptpconfig pptp client (gtk interface) and all the deps and they are now also on http://centos.karan.org/el5/extras/testing/i386/RPMS/ ...
Fabian Arrotin wrote:
On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 23:37 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote:
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Hi All,
I'm giving serious thought to loading 5.1 on my Inspiron 1501 laptop, but I'm wondering about certain hardware support such as the following:
- Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx)
- USB (Pny Memory Stick - everytime on previous version CentOS has eaten
the damned things)
- pptp vpn client(s)
Any comments?
It seems everybody already answered the first two points ... Regarding the pptp vpn client, i've rebuilt the pptpconfig pptp client (gtk interface) and all the deps and they are now also on http://centos.karan.org/el5/extras/testing/i386/RPMS/ ...
very nice... thank you very much for that information and the time you've spent on all those packages. It's greatly appreciated.
Now I can get my vpn connections setup again and actually get some work done. It's good to have CentOS on this machine.
Mark
Fabian Arrotin wrote:
It seems everybody already answered the first two points ... Regarding the pptp vpn client, i've rebuilt the pptpconfig pptp client (gtk interface) and all the deps and they are now also on http://centos.karan.org/el5/extras/testing/i386/RPMS/ ...
Hi Fabian,
I've been trying to work through this for some hours now, including a very valiant attempt at building the packages myself, with nothing to show for my trouble, but a headache.
I was finally able to get your repository working, but I'm running into a problem:
Error: Missing Dependency: php4-pcntl >= 4.3.9-2 is needed by package pptpconfig Error: Missing Dependency: /bin/php4-pcntl is needed by package pptpconfig Error: Missing Dependency: php4-pcntl-gtk is needed by package pptpconfig
I can't seem to find a package for "php4-pcntl" to save my life.
Have any suggestions?
Mark
On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 13:06 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote:
Fabian Arrotin wrote:
It seems everybody already answered the first two points ... Regarding the pptp vpn client, i've rebuilt the pptpconfig pptp client (gtk interface) and all the deps and they are now also on http://centos.karan.org/el5/extras/testing/i386/RPMS/ ...
Hi Fabian,
I've been trying to work through this for some hours now, including a very valiant attempt at building the packages myself, with nothing to show for my trouble, but a headache.
I was finally able to get your repository working, but I'm running into a problem:
The repository i pointed you to isn't my repository ... but sorry if i pointed you to and that it didn't contain all the deps .. (i'll manage with Karanbir to have all the deps there too ...)
Error: Missing Dependency: php4-pcntl >= 4.3.9-2 is needed by package pptpconfig Error: Missing Dependency: /bin/php4-pcntl is needed by package pptpconfig Error: Missing Dependency: php4-pcntl-gtk is needed by package pptpconfig
I can't seem to find a package for "php4-pcntl" to save my life.
Have any suggestions?
Yep, i built all these deps and you can find them on my 'little and temp' repo : http://rpms.arrfab.net/centos/5/i386/repodata/ (see http://rpms.arrfab.net to know how to use it ) I'm sure everything is there becausei needed it to connect to some customers' networks that use that stupid and poor pptp/mppe protocol .. ;-)
Fabian Arrotin wrote:
Yep, i built all these deps and you can find them on my 'little and temp' repo : http://rpms.arrfab.net/centos/5/i386/repodata/ (see http://rpms.arrfab.net to know how to use it ) I'm sure everything is there becausei needed it to connect to some customers' networks that use that stupid and poor pptp/mppe protocol .. ;-)
Ok... I finally got everything installed, however when ever I run the client and establish a connection, the moment any data begins to pass back and forth the entire system locks up tight and requires a hardboot to clear things up.
I wonder since this laptop is an Athlon X2 (x86_64) based system is it possible that mixing i386 and x86_64 packages could make the system unstable?
btw.. thank you very much for the info directing me to your repo. emmensely helpful.
Mark
On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 05:58:35PM -0500, Mark Weaver wrote:
Fabian Arrotin wrote:
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Ok... I finally got everything installed, however when ever I run the client and establish a connection, the moment any data begins to pass back and forth the entire system locks up tight and requires a hardboot to clear things up.
I wonder since this laptop is an Athlon X2 (x86_64) based system is it possible that mixing i386 and x86_64 packages could make the system unstable?
Yep : the mppe module is unstable on x86_64 (but it's stable on i386) : see the bug report : http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2076
btw.. thank you very much for the info directing me to your repo. emmensely helpful.
You're welcome .. :-)
Fabian Arrotin
fabian.arrotin@arrfab.net wrote:
On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 05:58:35PM -0500, Mark Weaver wrote:
Fabian Arrotin wrote:
<snip> > Ok... I finally got everything installed, however when ever I run the > client and establish a connection, the moment any data begins to pass > back and forth the entire system locks up tight and requires a hardboot > to clear things up. > > I wonder since this laptop is an Athlon X2 (x86_64) based system is it > possible that mixing i386 and x86_64 packages could make the system > unstable? Yep : the mppe module is unstable on x86_64 (but it's stable on i386) : see the bug report : http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2076 > btw.. thank you very much for the info directing me to your repo. > emmensely helpful.
You're welcome .. :-)
Fabian Arrotin
Ah well... since it's the only thing that isn't working and everything else works so awesomely (not sure that's even a word) I'm not going to complain, but will work on a solution...
Overall it feels REAL good to get back into a RedHat (CentOS) system. OpenSUSE 10.3 is nice and all, but it ain't CentOS!
Mark
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