Compaq Presario 2500 freezes

[chopperman]

I am diggin Knoppiz (3.7 for now 3.8 seems to have some issues yet) I got a USB key and got the configs set up so I have my environment saved.

A couple questions:
If I unplug from A/C during a session or try to boot while running on batteries, the system freezes. A near as I can figure it is X that is locking up. The reason is that when booting while on batteries, the halt is always when it is trying to start X.

This one might need to be reposted in the winders forum. Is there an app like Net Stumbler? By "like" I mean it just detects a wireless AP and reports info on it. The included airsnort of course doesnt like my ndis wrapped built in wireless adaptor, nor does it like my old cisco 340. But I'm not looking to bust in on the APs just detect and report info.

[ghaze]

To answer your wireless question:
From a root console
iwlist wlan0 scanning

The above command should show you the available ap's and
their ssid and channel. This works with my built in broadcom
and ndiswrapper. YMMV

Have Fun

[chopperman]

To answer your wireless question:
From a root console
iwlist wlan0 scanning

The above command should show you the available ap's and
their ssid and channel. This works with my built in broadcom
and ndiswrapper. YMMV

Have Fun

sweet! I figured I would have to find and download something. Thanks

[chopperman]

To answer your wireless question:
From a root console
iwlist wlan0 scanning

The above command should show you the available ap's and
their ssid and channel. This works with my built in broadcom
and ndiswrapper. YMMV

Have Fun

crap. iwlist doesnt like my devices

iwlist scanning reports that "wlan0 Failed to read scan data : Operation not supported"

I guess it doesn like ndis wrapped adaptors?

[chopperman]

ah HA! IWLIST wasnt working because I wasnt running from the root shell. (which you had specifically noted. I am shamed)

now to figure out the freezing thing