Anyone have any experience with the Jacklab distro?

I'm currently backing up my system to jump ship. This is taking awhile, as I ran out of cash/DVD+R's and have switched to CD-R's. Man, I have a lot of crap on this thing...

Later: Hell. I think I have to run a 32bit OS in order to play well with VST's. This sucks...I was looking forward to finally being able to use my 64bit system. Any ideas? If I can find some good LADSPA's, I'm dumping my VST requirement...

Another question here for any linux vets, but first some background:

I recently installed xubuntu on my wife's laptop, and just recently after getting it back from the shop (ram slots had to be re-soldered) I have begun getting into the OS to get things working. Printing is now working, and I installed gnome power manager (as the xfce power manager had almost nothing to it).

And now the question:

When I close the lid I have power manager set up so the laptop goes into sleep mode. When I bring the laptop out of sleep mode, the wireless internet won't work. I ran ifconfig, and there was no ip address listed for the device. It appears that the adapter won't try to get another ip address. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks!

unarmedman wrote:Another question here for any linux vets, but first some background:

I recently installed xubuntu on my wife's laptop, and just recently after getting it back from the shop (ram slots had to be re-soldered) I have begun getting into the OS to get things working. Printing is now working, and I installed gnome power manager (as the xfce power manager had almost nothing to it).

And now the question:

When I close the lid I have power manager set up so the laptop goes into sleep mode. When I bring the laptop out of sleep mode, the wireless internet won't work. I ran ifconfig, and there was no ip address listed for the device. It appears that the adapter won't try to get another ip address. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks!

Try 'iwconfig' to set the parameters of your wireless card

Hey Glenn, thanks for the quick reply.

I looked through iwconfig and there was one setting that seems to apply. You can set 'power' to 'on' or 'off', meaning the power management features of the device. I tried setting it to on, but got a strange error. I'll try and repost it when I get a chance, but does it sound like I'm at least barking up the right tree here?

unarmedman wrote:Hey Glenn, thanks for the quick reply.

I looked through iwconfig and there was one setting that seems to apply. You can set 'power' to 'on' or 'off', meaning the power management features of the device. I tried setting it to on, but got a strange error. I'll try and repost it when I get a chance, but does it sound like I'm at least barking up the right tree here?

I think that you're getting close. I believe that this is a bug that is being worked on.

Try this:
(in a terminal)

iwconfig
(to determine your interface name - should be something like eth1,ath0, or wlan0)

then:
iwconfig <interface> essid <channel> (channel can be determined with 'iwlist <interface> scan')

This SHOULD allow you to associate with the access point. (if no, try (as root) 'ifup <interface> - this will force a connection but nothing can be configured)

to change power settings:
iwconfig <interface> power <value setting>
(Example:
iwconfig eth1 power min period 2 power max period 4)

I hope that I helped!

Damn...is there currently no way you can run VST's in a 64-bit system? I'm insisting on the 64-bit, and I really only need one plug-in...but I cannot find a LADSPA that corresponds with the VST I'm looking for. It seems that I either go with 32-bit architecture, or dump piles of cash into improving my recordings' front end (which I will not be able to do for around a year, at this point).

Glenn W. Turner wrote:I think that you're getting close. I believe that this is a bug that is being worked on.

Try this:
(in a terminal)

iwconfig
(to determine your interface name - should be something like eth1,ath0, or wlan0)

then:
iwconfig <interface> essid <channel> (channel can be determined with 'iwlist <interface> scan')

This SHOULD allow you to associate with the access point. (if no, try (as root) 'ifup <interface> - this will force a connection but nothing can be configured)

to change power settings:
iwconfig <interface> power <value setting>
(Example:
iwconfig eth1 power min period 2 power max period 4)

I hope that I helped!

Hey Glenn, I tried using the first command you listed and it didn't give me any errors, but it didn't work either. I haven't tried those power settings you have there, because I wanted to ask what the 'power min period 2 power max period 4' stood for?

Thanks again for all your help!

unarmedman wrote:

Glenn W. Turner wrote:I think that you're getting close. I believe that this is a bug that is being worked on.

Try this:
(in a terminal)

iwconfig
(to determine your interface name - should be something like eth1,ath0, or wlan0)

then:
iwconfig <interface> essid <channel> (channel can be determined with 'iwlist <interface> scan')

This SHOULD allow you to associate with the access point. (if no, try (as root) 'ifup <interface> - this will force a connection but nothing can be configured)

to change power settings:
iwconfig <interface> power <value setting>
(Example:
iwconfig eth1 power min period 2 power max period 4)

I hope that I helped!

Hey Glenn, I tried using the first command you listed and it didn't give me any errors, but it didn't work either. I haven't tried those power settings you have there, because I wanted to ask what the 'power min period 2 power max period 4' stood for?

Thanks again for all your help!

Not 100% sure, but I think it means that the power management is disabled for a minimum of 2 seconds and a maximum of 4 seconds while scanning for new broadcasts.
The subject of linux power management is fairly complicated. I know very little about it. Remember that you can always use man if you're unsure about a particular command. Example: man iwconfig

Well, I was wondering when Microsoft would start laying the groundwork to attack Linux.

Pure scumbags.

What's the best distro these days for laptops? At some point, I want to make my Dell Inspiron laptop a linux machine - just wondering what flavor has the best updated device drivers etc.

Ubuntu? Anybody done this?