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

From: Marek Williams (abc_at_example.com)
Date: 08/19/05

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    Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:54:42 -0700

    On 15 Aug 2005 00:00:51 GMT, Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca> dijo:

    >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)

    Thanks for the suggestion. But before I do it, I suspect it will just
    create another problem.

    First, the ethernet is eth0 and the wireless is wlan0.

    The problem is that at home I have no wireless, but I do have
    ethernet. I always need the ethernet because my printers and my
    Windows desktop are on it.

    Away from home (usually at the university) I have no ethernet, but I
    almost always need wireless.

    So if I put the ONBOOT line into the network-script for either one,
    then that one will not be working. E.g., if I put ONBOOT=no into the
    ifcfg-eth1 script, then it should boot fine at the university, but at
    home I'll have no ethernet. If I reverse it and put the ONBOOT=no line
    into the ifcfg-wlan0 script (I'm assuming such a script exists), then
    it will boot fine at home, but at the university the wifi won't be
    working.

    Note that I made a lot of assumptions above. Did I figure that out
    correctly? 

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