Re: taking the plunge -- version 1.1

Hi Mike,

On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 14:17, jmneedham-mqiTH3uDUMEAvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
wrote:
> Hi Chris:
> Yeah, I would love help setting it up and wondered if there was a way to set 
> it up during the installation of Gentoo so it can get the latest drivers over 
> the lan, but first things first:  Where do I download those drivers?  I 
> believe my card is the same card you have.
> WMP11 Version 4 is my Linksys Model Number.
Version 4 uses a different chipset than the other versions, and is not
supported by linux-wlan.  People on the linux-wlan list have said that
they were able to contact Linksys and get a version 3.  Here is a link
to drivers for the Realtek RTL8180L, which, I believe, the Ver 4 is
supposed to be.  
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloads1-3.aspx?software=True&compamodel=RTL8180L#2002121Unix
 (Linux)

> I am assuming (though I have never done it) that I will need to recompile the 
> kernel to include the driver?
Most likely.

> I have a little bit of a chicken and egg senario going on as I have a 
> "LIVECD" of Gentoo 1.4 for P4 which is my machine and I suppose I can use the 
> "canned" tar for installation and update later (you Gentoo folks feel free to 
> answer this!)  for the Portage part of the install... but would prefer the 
> latest builds.  so getting the wireless up is like the first priority.
The portage on your gentoo CD should be fine.

> Thanks for responding about my Elite Duo, I was wondering not about them 
> working so much as is there an iTouch like program for Linux to run the 
> programmable keys is my real question with it.
xev shows that they are valid keycodes, so it should be possible to map
them to a command.
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Chris

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