Re: AMD64-based laptops from HP/Compaq are crippled

From: Unruh (unruh-spam_at_physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 08/15/05

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    Date: 15 Aug 2005 00:00:51 GMT

    Marek Williams <abc@example.com> writes:

    >On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:32:53 -0400, General Schvantzkoph
    ><schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> dijo:

    >It took a long time (because I'm a n00b), but I finally got the wifi
    >working with ndiswrapper. There's still a problem though. It works
    >fine, but ever since getting it working the bootup process hangs for
    >three minutes on "configuring network interfaces," or whatever that
    >line says. I just hit Ctrl-c to continue. But then the wireless is not

    It is the dhcp getting the ip address from the access point. Now I also do
    not know why it takes so long, but it usually does.
    If you would rather not wait, put
    ONBOOT=no
    into /etc/sysconfig/network-script/ifcfg-eth1
    (assuming your wireless is eth1)

    >functioning after it finishes booting. I have to do ifup wlan0, and
    >that takes awhile to finish too. I went to a local Linux clinic for
    >beginners and one of the gurus got it working without the delay. But a
    >few days later it was back to the delay. Unfortunately, what he did
    >took him a while to figure out, and I didn't keep notes. (OK, not only
    >am I a n00b, I'm kinda dumb.)

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