[arch-dev-public] [signoff] moving wicd to extra
Hi guys, I'd like to move wicd to extra now. After I fixed some errors in the PKGBUILD, I haven't received any more complaints, and I've successfully moved it to /usr from the default /opt. I asked for a signoff on this a while ago, but no one responded, and I assume its cause I forgot to add the "[signoff]" to the subject line. Specifically, I'd like to know how it fares with encrypted wireless networks. From what I've seen, this program seems to be one of the easiest ways to get onto wireless networks. Available for both architectures in testing. signoff please. Varun
Tuesday 20 November 2007, Varun Acharya wrote: | I'd like to move wicd to extra now. After I fixed some errors in | the PKGBUILD, I haven't received any more complaints, and I've | successfully moved it to /usr from the default /opt. I asked for a | signoff on this a while ago, but no one responded, and I assume | its cause I forgot to add the "[signoff]" to the subject line. | Specifically, I'd like to know how it fares with encrypted | wireless networks. From what I've seen, this program seems to be | one of the easiest ways to get onto wireless networks. | | Available for both architectures in testing. signoff please. i just tested it. it seems to work. once you connect to a network, how do you disconnect? the blue "Connect" is still a possible link/button in the gui. the disconnect button at top does the job, but the interface is chaotic. and you also cannot connect eth0 and wlan0 at the same time. if you connect to a wlan0, it disalbes eth0 as far i see. apart from that, i can signoff this pkg. - D -- .·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´ ° ° ° ° ° ° ><((((º> ° ° ° ° ° <º)))>< <º)))><
On Nov 20, 2007 1:57 PM, Damir Perisa
i just tested it. it seems to work. once you connect to a network, how do you disconnect? the blue "Connect" is still a possible link/button in the gui. the disconnect button at top does the job, but the interface is chaotic. and you also cannot connect eth0 and wlan0 at the same time. if you connect to a wlan0, it disalbes eth0 as far i see.
apart from that, i can signoff this pkg.
Yes, its still in the early stages of development, but for many laptops I've worked on, this seems to be the only way to get online. Thanks, Varun
Tuesday 20 November 2007, Varun Acharya wrote: | Yes, its still in the early stages of development, but for many | laptops I've worked on, this seems to be the only way to get | online. for me wlassistant worked always. wicd didn't for some times and some networks. should we provide this also? its in AUR now. - D -- .·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´ ° ° ° ° ° ° ><((((º> ° ° ° ° ° <º)))>< <º)))><
Am Dienstag, 20. November 2007 12:03:38 schrieb Damir Perisa:
Tuesday 20 November 2007, Varun Acharya wrote: | Yes, its still in the early stages of development, but for many | laptops I've worked on, this seems to be the only way to get | online.
for me wlassistant worked always. wicd didn't for some times and some networks.
should we provide this also? its in AUR now.
- D
We have Networkmanager with frontend for Gnome and KDE which is fine for laptops, too. -- archlinux.de
On Nov 20, 2007 4:54 PM, Pierre Schmitz
Am Dienstag, 20. November 2007 12:03:38 schrieb Damir Perisa:
Tuesday 20 November 2007, Varun Acharya wrote: | Yes, its still in the early stages of development, but for many | laptops I've worked on, this seems to be the only way to get | online.
for me wlassistant worked always. wicd didn't for some times and some networks.
should we provide this also? its in AUR now.
- D
We have Networkmanager with frontend for Gnome and KDE which is fine for laptops, too.
and oddly enough, networkmanager was never consistent for me :( , and from what I've read online, a few other users too. sigh.... wireless in linux still isn't where it should be :( Varun
Am Dienstag, 20. November 2007 13:49:56 schrieb Varun Acharya:
and oddly enough, networkmanager was never consistent for me :( , and from what I've read online, a few other users too. sigh.... wireless in linux still isn't where it should be :(
Since I do not use ndiswrapper any more I don't have any problems. And I just thought about moving knetworkmanager into [extra]. But you are right: The initscript of the networkmanager has some bugs. (problems during shutdown; wrong order of stopping services.) -- archlinux.de
On Tue, November 20, 2007 22:24, Pierre Schmitz wrote:
Am Dienstag, 20. November 2007 12:03:38 schrieb Damir Perisa:
Tuesday 20 November 2007, Varun Acharya wrote: | Yes, its still in the early stages of development, but for many | laptops I've worked on, this seems to be the only way to get | online.
for me wlassistant worked always. wicd didn't for some times and some networks.
should we provide this also? its in AUR now.
- D
We have Networkmanager with frontend for Gnome and KDE which is fine for laptops, too.
*waves hands* we have netcfg2 too!!
Am Mittwoch, 21. November 2007 10:48:35 schrieb James Rayner:
*waves hands* we have netcfg2 too!!
Good point. I'll have a look at it. Nice to see that it supports hooks (which I really need). The only downside I see atm is that it is very static compared to NetworkManager. -- archlinux.de
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Damir Perisa
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James Rayner
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Pierre Schmitz
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Varun Acharya