[Liverpool] Liverpool Digest, Vol 204, Issue 6

[Liam]

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On 28 Nov 2009, at 12:00, liverpool-request at mailman.lug.org.uk wrote:

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>   1. Ubuntu 9.1 xserver downgrade (Liam Devine)
>   2. Re: Ubuntu 9.1 xserver downgrade (Vladimir)
>   3. Re: WPA_Supplicant doesn't. (Or, How I Learned to Stop
>      Worrying And Go Back To CAT5) (Ben Arnold)
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> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:54:44 +0000
> From: Liam Devine <dmail00 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Liverpool] Ubuntu 9.1 xserver downgrade
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> Anybody know of a workable method of downgrading xserver on 9.10 to
> enable accelerated graphics with an older ATI card? So far I have  
> had a
> few failed attempts but on a good note 9.1 is that quick to install  
> that
> it is quicker to reinstall than fix my barfed installations :)
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> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:11:30 +0000
> From: Vladimir <vladimir.jakubovskij at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Liverpool] Ubuntu 9.1 xserver downgrade
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> here's a good guide for you, but are you sure u want to downgrade  
> the whole
> distribution?
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> 2009/11/27 Liam Devine <dmail00 at gmail.com>
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>> Anybody know of a workable method of downgrading xserver on 9.10 to
>> enable accelerated graphics with an older ATI card? So far I have  
>> had a
>> few failed attempts but on a good note 9.1 is that quick to install  
>> that
>> it is quicker to reinstall than fix my barfed installations :)
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> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:34:42 +0000
> From: Ben Arnold <iamseawolf at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Liverpool] WPA_Supplicant doesn't. (Or, How I Learned to
>    Stop    Worrying And Go Back To CAT5)
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> On Friday 27 November 2009 09:43:41 Andrew Williams wrote:
>> Are you going off the status messages on the Wicd GUI? If so we  
>> have this
>> exact same issue when the Airport goes funny or the DHCP server isn't
>> doling out IP addresses. Are you sure the ecrypted AP is up and  
>> working
>> properly?
>
> No, I'm running wpa_supplicant from the command line to get it's  
> debug output.
> That's where it tells me it times-out rather than any other  
> (slightly more
> helpful) message. In Wicd, it agrees that it's doing the  
> authentication before
> gracefully giving up.
>
> The AP is WPA2 which my Fedora box and a (hasta la) Vista laptop can  
> connect
> to wonderfully. I even get better speeds than Vista :) I've tried  
> PSK & TKIP,
> WPA1 & WEP to no avail, though when unprotected it works. This is  
> what lead me
> to wpa_supplicant, as a standard connect works at a click.
>
>> Also within the Wicd settings you'll see some config setting to  
>> define
>> which backends it uses. I'd suggest switching to ioctl so wicd is  
>> poking
>> the wifi device directly.
>
> It seems this compilation of Wicd has different settings available;  
> Fedora's
> Wicd can do so (I actually use the other one but that's by-the-by)  
> but it
> doesn't seem to be there is SliTaz's one. Seems to tie up correctly  
> though,
> it's not as if a big chunk is missing.
>
>> LUG without pub? *head aslpode*
> I've been informed the rest have occasionally met at a pub, but  
> since Wrexham
> doesn't feature in the Good Beer Guide I'm not bothered :) Plus,  
> WLUG isn't
> full of the bartender-irritating, upstairs-closing anti-social  
> (sorry, M$)
> scallywags I expect at LivLUG :D
>
> Cheers
> Ben
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Valdimir
I would be interested in the link yes and I do want do downgrade X, as  
I am sure you are aware ATI do not make drivers for old cards anymore  
and the last version is not compatible with the Xserver version which  
comes as the default with 9.1