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HP Omnibook 550 USB Wireless

Posted 01-11-2006 at 03:40 AM by geirh

Hi,

I need some help to configure wireless LAN (built in USB) on a omnibook 550. So far without success. So I wondered if there is somebody outhere that could give me some information.

So far I assume that following steps is necessary:

1) The correct driver. (PRISM 802.11b Wireless LAN USB driver - HP Omnibook 550?)? C-code(source code) or exe code?
2) How do I include the new driver into the kernel? I assume I must build a new kernel, then I...

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Vista Iced 'til 2010, Microsoft says.

Posted 01-10-2006 at 09:52 AM by unSpawn

Quote:

"In an effort to regain dwindling consumer trust Microsoft has decided to reschedule the release of Micosoft's Vista.
All resources are being redirected to building a more secure O.S. before introducing new bugs."

OK. So that's not going to happen, right? I think it should. Those who (are forced to) pay to use Mockerysofts products should have a vote in what should happen next instead of letting the marketoids reign.

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--init

Posted 01-10-2006 at 09:39 AM by unSpawn

This is my scratchpad.
It's not a Blog.
I don't read Blogs.

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Randomness - iPod 30GB(5g) and linux

Posted 01-08-2006 at 11:15 PM by microsoft/linux

Ok, so I got a 30 GB iPod for christmas, and I have some decent sucess with linux. Below is how I've gotten it working with debian etch.

This guy apparently is a debian developer, and has made a patch for gtkpod to allow transfer of video. This is extremely useful. I use handbrake for video conversion.

First, I made a new directory to mount it on

Code:

# mkdir /mnt/ipod

I then added this to my fstab

Code:

/dev/sda2       /mnt/ipod

...

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ftp does not open from opera and morzilla

Posted 01-08-2006 at 03:56 AM by sameerkharel

i am using fedora core 3 and vsftpd. ftp does not open from other computer i.e it is in LAN. from some computer ftp open from internet explorer. when it try to open ftp from morzilla it give "425 failed to established connection". in computer where i install it, it work perfectly, can any one say how can i solve this problem. after giving "425 failed.." if i click ok then it show index file which does not contain pub directory and other file which i kept in my ftp.

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