I'm currently running mint on the desktop, but I've had no problems with
wireless/gui for several years.
josh reynolds :: chief information officer
spitwspots :: www.spitwspots.com
On 12/01/2014 05:26 PM, Tim Johnson wrote:
> * Greg Madden <gomadtroll@gci.net> [141201 14:23]:
>> On Monday 01 December 2014 13:03:43 you wrote:
>>> * Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> [141125 15:20]:
>>>
>>> After modifying the blacklist - with
>>> the hope of reducing conflicts, I found that I was living with the
>>> following :
>>>
>>> Booting from a cold start (I.E. netbook has been turned off for
>>> some time), wlan0 is not found. With an immediate reboot and
>>> subsequent reboots, wlan0 *is* found.
>>>
>>> One could presume an incipient hardware failure.
>>>
>>> I ordered an external adapter.
>>> Case closed.
>>> cheers
>> FYI, less than $.02 worth.
>>
>> I seem to have periodic issues with wireless , I use it so seldom. The
>> gui tools in whatever form are less than robust.
>>
>> What I use now is 'wicd-curses',(yea terminals) not tied to any desktop
>> environment or window manager. Authentication works which seems to be a
>> failure elsewhere.
> Yes. "Yea terminals". I've used wicd in the past. Apart from
> travel, I have used wireless infrequently and found it less than
> satisfying. However, with all these netbooks laying around, I
> intend to use local wireless connections frequently for the near
> future. Perhaps that will make it all come easier.
>
> thanks
> Peace it is....
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