mystified

Yes I use WEP but I don't have any other wireless computers.

[root@localhost mystified]# lsmod Module Size Used by ppdev 8356 0 parport_pc 32260 0 lp 10728 0 parport 33512 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp ipv6 237120 16 arc4 2656 1 ieee80211_crypt_wep 4928 1 bcm43xx 434592 0 snd_seq_dummy 3620 0 snd_seq_oss 31392 0 ieee80211softmac 27360 1 bcm43xx ieee80211 30408 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac snd_seq_midi_event 7072 1 snd_seq_oss ieee80211_crypt 5504 2 ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee80211 snd_seq 49488 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 7212 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq sis900 21120 0 mii 5664 1 sis900 snd_pcm_oss 40384 0 snd_mixer_oss 16096 1 snd_pcm_oss af_packet 17960 0 snd_intel8x0 29372 2 snd_ac97_codec 96868 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_bus 2848 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm 70116 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec snd_timer 19620 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 8712 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm snd 46500 13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac 97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 8096 1 snd video 13924 0 thermal 11240 0 processor 21448 1 thermal fan 4036 0 container 3968 0 button 5808 0 battery 8260 0 ac 4292 0 ide_cd 35776 0 binfmt_misc 9800 1 loop 15400 0 nls_utf8 2624 1 nls_cp437 6464 1 vfat 11104 1 fat 46876 1 vfat dm_mod 49944 0 pcmcia 31948 0 yenta_socket 24268 1 rsrc_nonstatic 11808 1 yenta_socket pcmcia_core 34644 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic sis_agp 7012 0 amd64_agp 10948 1 agpgart 27240 2 sis_agp,amd64_agp nvram 8104 0 usblp 12352 0 ehci_hcd 29160 0 ohci_hcd 19012 0 usbcore 113472 4 usblp,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd joydev 8928 0 evdev 8864 2 tsdev 7040 0 reiserfs 254148 2

no ndiswrapper

I'm going after a Bachelor's in Information Systems which is an IT degree from the business side. I've done my research and there are a lot of things you can do with this degree. Unfortunately not all universities offer this type of program.

No, it's not the first. Yes I went into MCC and tried. I looked at my hardware set up for the card and it shows that it's using module bcm43xx. Odd thing is that when I just go to wireless configure and connect buttons are greyed out. It's set up in modprobe.conf and I added it to modprobe.preload and rebooted and no luck.

Yes but it did the same thing using ndiswrapper and the windows driver. That's what brought up the discussion where I found out about the linux native driver.

Before I was using ndiswrapper and a windows driver and it stopped working but with the help of Greg2 he showed me that a native driver was built into the kernel. So I did modprobe bmc43xx, configured my network through mcc, went to wireless, it scanned and found my network. Now I had to reboot and I lost my connection again. I went through all of the above mentioned steps and still no wireless. Suggestions? Thanks

I agree with what Ix said. I have tried to install a non OEM package on computers before. If you're just installing windows that doesn't have the drivers you need it can be a nightmare to find those drivers and install them. So I wouldn't really say it's a linux problem but a problem with any OS.

I've seen some of those sidewalk artists on tv. Pretty amazing stuff!

I had a similar experience when trying to get my wireless card working on my laptop. It told me I needed an rpm that was only available through the Mandriva Club. I turned out I didn't need the rpm but I wasn't at all happy about this stunt from Mandriva.

Nope, I just type emerge blackdown-jre and Gentoo takes care of the rest.

Because Gentoo users like cli and don't want something like MCC. :P

That's one thing I don't understand about java and other browser plugins. In Gentoo I just emerge them and that's all I have to do. I don't understand why it has to be so complicated in Mandriva. Surely there's some way to fix this?

There is a 64 bit version from blackdown which is what I use in Gentoo. http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux-amd64.html

I don't know the answer to your problem but I would definitely use ssh over telnet since it's secure.

When I first started using Gentoo I had a 733 mhz Celeron. I could compile and do anything else I want. It's never bothered at all.

I don't see why people have a problem with compiling. It never bothers me.

Or you can use the Mandriva rpm that's available from Opera.

Wow! And I thought my desktop was plain. :P

I read the article about it and they discussed Mandriva but chose Ubuntu intead. They didn't say why.

Thanks anna!

I use Opera as my primary browser and have all my usernames and passwords stored there. My username changed on my banking site but I'm not getting a prompt to store the changes. Does anyone know if there's a way to manually edit a file in .opera and at least delete the entry so that maybe the wand will prompt me the next time?

I poked around the Gentoo forums a bit and it seems there are problems amongst the developers about which direction to take with Gentoo. Some want to make it more user friendly to appeal to the masses and others want to leave it a "geek" distro. But the veterans on the board are confident that there will be a solution and that gentoo is not in any sort of trouble and will be around a long time.

Article here

Our sql database is hosted on a separate server from the rest of the board. It appears there were some memory issues that caused the server to crash. osuosl has now set up a backup server so that we shouldn't have issues with that again.