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cbagger01

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Posted: April 26 2005,03:08

I was not trying to give you a smart-ass reply. Was my first answer a smart-ass reply, or was it helpful? Read my other posts. I don't try to put people down. When I suggest that they look in the forums for an answer, it is because I believe that there is an answer to their problem in there somewhere. Usually, they find it themselves.

Since I don't own a broadcom network card, I don't need to manually load up my network drivers and manually configure DHCP. I can't give you an answer that I don't have.

However, I do know that in the past other people have done this (loaded a network driver and then bring the network configuration up using a boot script) and they have explained how to do it somewhere in the forums.

This is why I suggested that you should search the forums for the information. I even went through the trouble to explain how the search function works because the search function here does not work like most other forums.

Now just because I once saw the answer to your question in the forums doesn't mean that I'M GONNA SEARCH FOR HOURS ON YOUR BEHALF TO FIND IT. If you can't do the rest of the legwork then maybe you should sit and wait for someone else to help you out. I'm sure that others are lining up to be insulted by you as I write.

How to use the Backup / Restore / Filetool process is a VERY commonly asked question that is explained in both the documentation and in the forums. You can't possibly miss this one.

As for the MY problem, MY system thing, the first post was an answer for YOUR system. Your second request to make the "fixes" permanent is a GENERIC problem for ANY system that requires a manual driver install and network configuration. It is also commonly performed by people who have static IP addresses and do not wish to go through the netcardconfig script every time they boot up the machine.

I'll shut up now.

DeeJay

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Posted: April 26 2005,07:25

To save others the frustration of having to read documentation and be subjected to smart-ass answers, perhaps the original poster will write up what he has learned about detecting and configuring his network card, and saving the resulting changes, and submit them to the documentation maintainers, or as a How To, for the benefit of those who come after him with similar queries? Please.

DeeJay

ke4nt1

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Posted: April 26 2005,13:06

DeeJay,
Are you suggesting a how-to for every possible combination of hardware?
No need to duplicate - There are many available now - seek google..
try this for example - using a google search I quickly found this..
http://www.pcc.com/staff/phil/usb_howto.txt
see - section 6.1
[note] You and I should get a thread going about sound/recording software for DSL.

Jimbo62,
Rather than complain about the "lousy help" here, and wait to be spoon-fed
answers to your issues, try using cbagger01's instructions to get what you need.

In the time it took you to type that lousy, insulting response to my friend there,
I did a quick search in the forums for a few terms like ..

broadcom AND 440 - all open forums - from the beginning
save AND network - all open forums - from the beginning

...and whadda you know, everything you need to configure, save,
and backup your broadcom 440 configuration permanently is right there
at your fingertips..

The most amusing part of all this, is that most of the information you need
was written by either the same guy you just called "smart ass" .. or by me..

If you come into a real challenge, and you show the folks here that you've
already done your homework, searched google, read the forums, etc. ,
and STILL can't find a solution, just by demonstrating you DID the legwork,
you'll get much more valuable help and TIME from others..

Since your looking for someone to provide you with
direct, concise answers to your issues, count me out..
I already used my time and effort helping out people
who had the exact same questions you have ..
Both the questions, and the answers, of previous help sessions
are stored in the forums for you to read, and to everyone's benefit.

But, here is a link to get you started...
http://awphuch2000.dyndns.org:1079/linux/smart-questions/#before

..and if you guys are really bothered by reading a little documentation,
I suggest using a microsoft-based, wizard filled, point&click OS for your needs,

73
ke4nt

jimbo62

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Posted: April 26 2005,14:55

Yes, the last few posts are typical of Linux geeks. "Hey newbie, go find the answer yourself, I am much too busy to share my vast knowledge of Linux with the likes of you." If it was easy, I wouldn't be asking for help in a HELP FORUM. And if you Linux experts don't want to be bothered by newbie questions, don't hang around HELP FORUMS.

jimbo

ke4nt1

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Posted: April 26 2005,16:23

Geek!! Expert!! WoW!! thanks....

Actually, I consider myself a n00b at so many things linux,

Not long ago, I was typing my 11th post just like you have done...

Without any documentation areas to browse..
With only a few hundred posts in the forums..
Without the benefit of ndiswrapper, prism, or netcardconfig scripts.
(..you know the story, uphill both ways, in the snow, barefoot..)

Just a keyboard, a search engine, a biz card CD, and a desire to learn.
Fortunately, most everything in DSL has been done before in knoppix,
so there's a fairly good chance of you finding the answers you seek
from a number of sources and searches..

You know, just by the entries posted in this thread,
I see all the answers to your questions about saving/restoring
your broadcom config. So we've not only pointed you to the
information you need to do it, we've hand delivered it to you
in your own thread..

.. " give a man a fish, and he eats for a day " ..
.. " teach a man how to fish, and he eats for a lifetime " ..

Time to go fish, jimbo62..
And welcome to the forums..

73
ke4nt

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