!$@#%!! 802.11G cards

[Cyber Source]

although this is my first real test of USB printing.....
That says it all right there.


Robert Meyer wrote:

>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:
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>>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:
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>>>OK, so I went to one of the local computer outlets with my laptop with
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>>Mandrake
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>>>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
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>>broadcom
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>>>chip, Dlink and both types with stock and their proprietary 'enhanced'
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>>802.11G
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>>>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
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>>and
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>>>which ones will work?  I decided to quit trying to do anything yesterday
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>>after
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>>>the PCMCIA situation and then I tried a USB printer.  It printed the first
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>>job
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>>>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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