Re: [gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless

2011-07-18 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 19 Jul 2011 04:03:46 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:41 PM, luis jure wrote: > > on 2011-07-18 at 18:17 Mark Knecht wrote: > >> What sort of apps are available to discover a public network ESSID? > >> > >>Something GUI based would be appreciated if it's in portage. > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless

2011-07-18 Thread Srdjan Rakic
I've been using NetworkManger for quite long time now. You might want to check it out. On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:41 PM, luis jure wrote: > > on 2011-07-18 at 18:17 Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > > >> What sort of apps are available to discove

Re: [gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless

2011-07-18 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:41 PM, luis jure wrote: > on 2011-07-18 at 18:17 Mark Knecht wrote: > > >>   What sort of apps are available to discover a public network ESSID? >>Something GUI based would be appreciated if it's in portage. > > i got good results with wicd in the past. i got it to work f

Re: [gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless

2011-07-18 Thread luis jure
on 2011-07-18 at 18:17 Mark Knecht wrote: > What sort of apps are available to discover a public network ESSID? >Something GUI based would be appreciated if it's in portage. i got good results with wicd in the past. i got it to work fine on a gentoo laptop for exactly what you need, if underst

[gentoo-user] Need to turn on wireless

2011-07-18 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi all, I haven't used built-in wireless on Linux in years but come Thursday I'll likely have to spend 12 or more hours waiting around in a hospital so I'm making an attempt to get it working. Can someone point me at instructions oriented toward sitting down in a place like Starbucks on a pu