!$@#%!! 802.11G cards

[Robert Meyer]

Well, actually, I was probing the hardware and it found the devices but there
were no drivers for them.  Very annoying.

As far as the whole printing issue, as I recall, you had the same problem with
the various species of RedCrap  that you played with :-)  In fact, I remember
watching several reinstalls after printing in Fedora got hosed over by many
flavors of printing software trying to print to an Epson something or other, so
don't even go there.  This is the first time that I've had a problem with
printing, although this is my first real test of USB printing.

As I recall, there is a bug in the CUPS code that may require a patch to fix. 
You really can't research this stuff when you're in the store, trying to figger
something out.

Cheers!

Bob
--- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
> If this will make it through to the list,
> Printing is one of the first reasons I stopped using Mandrake. But, I 
> know how you love it and will defend it to the death, so.....
> I gained great admiration for gimp-print when it was the only thing that 
> got that piece of crap epson printer working that I was fooling with 
> forever. I would give the latest gimp-print a shot, if you havent 
> already that is.
> As far as the wireless, never tried it but I will say this....
> I have noticed that the start of service for the pcmcia comes rather 
> late and alot of times come AFTER the initialization of eth0, etc. That 
> could be a quick fix but I am sure you already checked into it, just a 
> thought in case you lost sight due to frustration....
> 
> Robert Meyer wrote:
> 
> >OK, so I went to one of the local computer outlets with my laptop with
> Mandrake
> >10.0 community on it and started shoving 802.11G PCMCIA cards in it.  Not a
> >single one worked.  I tried Linksys (Cisco) which it turns out was a
> broadcom
> >chip, Dlink and both types with stock and their proprietary 'enhanced'
> 802.11G
> >cards.  WE ARE NOT AMUSED!
> >
> >Yesterday was my birthday and I wanted to buy myself a present, namely a
> >wireless card, but I can't find one that works.
> >
> >Does anyone know where I can find an 802.11G card that will work with Linux
> and
> >which ones will work?  I decided to quit trying to do anything yesterday
> after
> >the PCMCIA situation and then I tried a USB printer.  It printed the first
> job
> >and then started saying that the printer was not connected and refused to do
> >anything more.  It's a good thing I don't drink...  Maybe I should start.
> >
> >Anyway, I want a portable printer and an 802.11G card that both work with
> >Linux.  Any ideas?
> >
> >Cheers!
> >
> >Bob
> >
> >
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