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  1. i have followed step below to setting my wireless on my laptop in slackware.but it show error.can anyone explent to me.. like where to put file@module correctly that file belong

     

    Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG

     

    I wanted to get my wireless card working, because I'm always on the go with my laptop and I need to be able to access wireless internet at home and at school. So, I went to the IPW2200 project page at SourceForge which was originally created by Intel to enable support for the 2200BG and 2915ABG wireless miniPCI adapters.

     

    To use this driver, you will need Kernel v2.6.8+, Wireless Extensions & Tools, the IPW2200 driver and the IPW2200 binary firmware image. Since we already have Kernel 2.6.14.5 installed, it already comes with Wireless Extensions(v19) which was implemented in the 2.6.13 kernel version. Wireless Tools(v27) is also included in Slackware, and we won't have to bother installing it.

     

    We will need the following options set in our .config and compiled into the kernel, and for the support of wireless encryption you will need a few more options enabled, so be sure you have this set before you go any furthur

     

    CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y

    CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y

    CONFIG_CRYPTO=y

     

    Optional support for WEP

     

    CONFIG_CRYPTO_ARC4=y

    CONFIG_CRC32=y

     

    Optional support for WPA, you will also need the previous options from WEP enabled as well

     

    CONFIG_CRYPTO_MICHAEL_MIC=y

    CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_586=y

     

    We need to have sysfs mounted. This facility is used to query and control the operation of the ipw2200 driver. You can do this by adding an entry to /etc/fstab if it hasn't already been done so.

     

    none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0

     

    If the /sys directory does not already exist, you will need to create and mount it

     

    mkdir /sys

    mount -a

     

    Install the ieee80211 modules error show after i type this.

     

    tar xfvz ieee80211-1.1.6.tgz

    cd ieee80211-1.1.6

    make

    make install

     

    Now we will build and install the driver

     

    tar xfvz ipw2200-1.0.8.tgz

    cd ipw2200-1.0.8

    make

    make install

     

    Let's install the firmware now. The INSTALL document suggests that we install firmware to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware, however it also says to check /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent to determine the specific location where you install firmware to in your specific distribution. After checking the firmware.agent file, I determined that /lib/firmware is the directory to where to install for Slackware, however that directory has not been created.

     

    Create /lib/firmware directory (if it does not already exist) and extract the binary firmware images

     

    mkdir /lib/firmware

    tar xfvz ipw2200-fw-2.4.tgz

     

    Now, you should be all set and you could reboot and it should load properly. To check this do

     

    dmesg

     

    If you have any errors at the end like this, chances are your firmware is installed to the wrong directory. Double check /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent on where to install firmware images to

     

    ipw2200: Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.0.8

    ipw2200: Copyright© 2003-2004 Intel Corporation

    ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection

    ipw2200: ipw-2.4-boot.fw load failed: Reason -2

    ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: 0xFFFFFFFE

    ipw2200: failed to register network device

    ipw2200: probe of 0000:00:0b.0 failed with error -5

  2. i run/install linux slackware through virtual pc.

    running the cli is ok but when i startx to run kde gui it seem not loading the page.

    is it a prob with my display driver with the slackware?

    what are the action that i should take?

    because when i install mandriva on same virtual pc there is no prob at all.

     

     

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  3. To explore though, you need to know what to achieve! So if you're building, well just a server, then a minimal install is all you need.

     

    Although, this won't do anything for you until you realise what you need next. So, if you want a web server, you need apache. If you want a proxy server, you need squid.

     

    Can't explore unless you know what you're trying to achieve.

     

    i`m interested to make a server but i do not realy know what i suppose to do. all i know is playing games and download music and video.what is the 1 step for someone who doesn`t know anything about server.

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