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  1. [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

  2. Is this the first time you have booted since it was working with the native module?

     

    Have you tried going to MCC > Hardware > Look at and configure hardware, and setting it up there?

     

    Then go to Network and Internet > Wireless connection, and set that up.

     

    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.

     

    Make sure you add the wireless module name to /etc/modprobe.preload

     

    and make sure there is an alias in the /etc/modprobe.conf something like:

     

    alias wlan0 bcmxxxxxx

     

    or whatever the driver is called at the end of the alias line.

     

    It's set up in modprobe.conf and I added it to modprobe.preload and rebooted and no luck.

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. True. But we also discussed how to install Java last week, and yet the question still pops up.

     

    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?

  6. Because it's time-consuming, and for the period of time while you're compiling (on many systems) the system is basically unusable for all but simple tasks such as IM and possibly web browsing.

     

    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.

  7. 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?

  8. 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.

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