with slackware 13.0 i used rutilt to use my wifi card
with 13.1 it just says code 22
how are we to connect to internet if you dont support software that works.

What does it actually do? Allow you to enter your wireless keys and other settings? Can you not just use wicd?

Also, the Slackware team can't possibly test every piece of software out there to see that it works, so don't be too hard on them.

rutilt click an icon it find wifi card rt2500 and says would you like to scan for available networks

your way enter enless commands for years and never get it to work and throw away slackware
disk cursing and tell everyone you know slackware sucks after version 13.0

"Also, the Slackware team can't possibly test every piece of software out there to see that it works, so don't be too hard on them."

and y not its called a distro at least make sure software works with knows hardware at time of relese
provide a driver or something

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Why do you expect software which isn't part of the Slackware distribution to be supported and to work on Slackware? There are at least two ways to do what you want to do, wicd and the rc.inet1 scripts. I also notice that rutilt doesn't seem to have been updated in over two years so it was probably going to break at some point.

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Hi,

Apparently you need someone to hold your hand to get things done on a system. Slackware is not a hold your hand distribution. You as a user are expected to perform system configurations and administration. If you have been entering the commands for years then where or what is the problem? Most users can setup wireless with a little effort and assistance.

As to your last sentence: There is no way anyone can know every possible hardware configuration. Sure you can setup for hardware in a broad sense but there will be something out there that is not supported.

Your rant(s) have provided us no information to help you solve issues. 'jeremy' re-called all the crystal balls since each was cloudy thus not providing clear visual content. Hopefully the new issue will have audio along with instant clarification button installed so we can answer question like yours.

FYI: I suggest that you look at 'How to Ask Questions the Smart Way' so in the future your queries provide information that will aid us in diagnosis of the problem or query.

You have it backwards. RutilT's maintainers are responsible for testing their program on Slackware. Slackware's maintainers are not responsible for testing their distribution against RutilT.

Also, since Slackware has included a working alternative to RutilT for many years, your post strikes me as a silly attempt at trolling.

ill admit i was upset and said some thing.

wicd
dosnt see my wifi card even though the driver rt2500 is installed

and the rc.inet1 scripts
same as above

this is the same problem i was having before i found rutilt
and ive been using it since slackware version 12

im just tired of typing commands and following suggestions
i want something simple click icon click scan click connect

i do appreciate your help

Let's try to be constructive.

rogue_spider, please provide following information.

1) Output of:
2) Output of:
3) Output of:

OK. What version do you have and have you compiled it from source on Slackware 13.1? I just compiled version 0.18 on my Slackware 13.37 and it started up ok and found my wifi connection.

bash-4.1# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementn

eth0 no wireless extensions.

bash-4.1# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0b:db:c7:89:b1
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:17

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1800 (1.7 KiB) TX bytes:1800 (1.7 KiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:bf:78:61:33
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

bash-4.1# lspci -k|grep -i -A 3 network
01:04.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI (rev 01)
Subsystem: Linksys WMP54G 2.0 PCI Adapter
Kernel driver in use: rt2500pci
Kernel modules: rt2500pci