Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Acer Aspire 5002

2006-02-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 04:05:29 +, Felipe Ribeiro wrote: > The wlan interface is: > Broadcom 4318 This is the same as the Apple Airport Extreme, and is now supported natively - http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-409194.html -- Neil Bothwick It may be that your sole purpose in life is simp

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Acer Aspire 5002

2006-02-11 Thread Felipe Ribeiro
Also found something at: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Acer_Aspire_5024#WiFi Felipe On 2/11/06, Sergio Polini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Felipe Ribeiro: > > I'm thinking about buying the Acer Aspire 5002. > > Does any of you have one? Did you have problems to set things up? > > (video, wlan,

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Acer Aspire 5002

2006-02-11 Thread Sergio Polini
Felipe Ribeiro: > I'm thinking about buying the Acer Aspire 5002. > Does any of you have one? Did you have problems to set things up? > (video, wlan, etc) You should look at: http://www.linux-laptop.net/ which sends you to: http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/acer.html and then to: http://roguestar.dy

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Acer Aspire 5002

2006-02-11 Thread Stroller
Broadcom wireless cards have been traditionally horrible under Linux, but it looks like you should now be ok. A Google indicates that Ubuntu 5.10 supports this chipset out of the box. http://linux-bcom4301.sourceforge.net/ http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ Stroller. On 11 Feb 2006, at 04:05, Fel

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Acer Aspire 5002

2006-02-10 Thread Felipe Ribeiro
The wlan interface is: Broadcom 4318 Felipe On 2/11/06, Devraj Mukherjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would recommend you confirming if the wlan interface is supported > under Linux. > > Devraj > > Felipe Ribeiro wrote: > > I'm thinking about buying the Acer Aspire 5002. > > > > Does any of yo

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo on Acer Aspire 5002

2006-02-10 Thread Devraj Mukherjee
I would recommend you confirming if the wlan interface is supported under Linux. Devraj Felipe Ribeiro wrote: I'm thinking about buying the Acer Aspire 5002. Does any of you have one? Did you have problems to set things up? (video, wlan, etc) Is there any thing i shoul take into consideratio

[gentoo-user] Gentoo on Acer Aspire 5002

2006-02-10 Thread Felipe Ribeiro
I'm thinking about buying the Acer Aspire 5002. Does any of you have one? Did you have problems to set things up? (video, wlan, etc) Is there any thing i shoul take into consideration before buying? Cheers, Felipe -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list