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zeruitle 08-21-2012 02:34 PM
Slackware newbie one....
 
now working on config wireless, and my goal to use slackware is to study linux and programming since I'm CS major... I'll need to set C/C++, java, haskell, and lisp environment in my slackware, any suggestions that might help? thanks a lot!

stureedy 08-21-2012 02:49 PM
I am a bit unclear what the question is here. If the question is how to configure wireless networking, and you've installed X and are using the GUI, just install wicd from /extra and you can use wp_gui to connect to wireless networks with the default config files (as long as your user is a member of netdev).

guyonearth 08-21-2012 02:52 PM
If you had installed Mint, your wireless would probably have already been up and running.

zeruitle 08-21-2012 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by stureedy (Post 4760379)
I am a bit unclear what the question is here. If the question is how to configure wireless networking, and you've installed X and are using the GUI, just install wicd from /extra and you can use wp_gui to connect to wireless networks with the default config files (as long as your user is a member of netdev).
Never mind... I'm just trying to configure wireless from command line... it's much more fun...

TobiSGD 08-21-2012 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by guyonearth (Post 4760384)
If you had installed Mint, your wireless would probably have already been up and running.
Please refrain from posts like that. We all know that you prefer the more "user-friendly" distros, but the OP is not asking for advice choosing a distro. Keep in mind that you have read and opted to adhere to the LQ Rules:
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frankbell 08-21-2012 09:00 PM
The Slackbook has a good chapter on Slackware and wireless:

http://www.slackbook.org/html/book.h...ATION-WIRELESS

One important thing is to find out what kind of wireless chip you have. If you have Broadcom, for example, you may have to take a couple of extra steps to get it working. Run the command lspci in a terminal; it should report that information.


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