A distribution bytes the dust!

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu (dsr at tao.merseine.nu)]

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 01:22:19PM -0500, Bob Keyes wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 dsr at tao.merseine.nu wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 12:17:49PM -0500, Bob Keyes wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 dsr at tao.merseine.nu wrote:
> > >
> > > What's un-nice about it is that the stable releases are lacking a lot of
> > > things, such as support for 802.11 cards, and that certain things have
> >
> > Haven't noticed that using Lucent/Orinoco cards. What were you using?
> 
> Prism2

> > > remained broken, such as a problem with old, isa based pcmcia adapters.
> >
> > Again, no problem with the two (unnamed, but both using Intel chips)
> > that I've used.
> 
> i82365 chipset? That's what I am using. "unresolved symbols" error
> results. using the yenta driver is the suggested fix, but this creates
> many other problems.

Yes, i82365 nonames. Worked fine with the i82365 module built-in to the
kernel for me.

> > > crud related to X11 I do not know. And emacs -- don't mean to get in a
> >
> > My mail server has no X on it at all.
> 
> No X server, but X libs and header files perhaps?

Nope.

> > > religious war here but why is this in the default install? There are also
> >
> > It's not. It's in an optional package list, which you should have had
> > presented to you along the way.
> 
> Oh sure, you can dselect it, but why is it default in the first place?

It's not. It's in one of the "task group" selections. I don't use those.

> > Good. Join the project, wield influence proportional to your effort.
> >
> 
> I shall. Like I said, I think what the project needs most is hands on,
> especially as far as testing goes.

Excellent.

-dsr-