[Nix-dev] Installing wireless drivers

[Raahul Kumar]

I have discovered the vmware video driver won't build. How do I dfisable
this driver from being loaded? I only have an ATI card, I don't need these
superflous video card drivers being built. This also explains why the
wireless doesn't work .. it never finishes the upgrade.


On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Sergey Mironov <grrwlf at gmail.com> wrote:

> Probably, you have made a mistake in the configuration.nix. Here is my
> config which enables wicd, please re-check your layout.
>
> https://github.com/grwlf/nixpkgs/blob/local/machines/samsung-np900x3c.nix
>
> And here is another config, this time containing NetworkManager
>
>
> https://github.com/grwlf/nixpkgs/blob/local/machines/samsung-np900x3c-v2.nix
>
> Hope, they help.
>
> Regards,
> Sergey
>
> 2014-04-01 5:39 GMT+04:00 Raahul Kumar <raahul.kumar at gmail.com>:
> > I have Sergey, unfortunatley nixos is saying it doesn't recognize those
> > options.
> >
> > error: user-thrown exception: The option `wicd' defined in
> > `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix' does not exist.
> > (use `--show-trace' to show detailed location information)
> > building the system configuration...
> > error: The option `wicd' defined in `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix' does
> not
> > exist.
> >
> > Looks like all the options have changed. So how do I setup using
> > NetworkMangager?
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Sergey Mironov <grrwlf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi. Have you checked this wiki?
> >>
> >> https://nixos.org/wiki/WICD
> >>
> >> By the way, NetworkManager or KDE's equivalent may be a better choice
> >> for managing wireless networks. Wicd worked for me too, but it looks
> >> abandoned by it's developers.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Sergey
> >>
> >>
> >> 2014-03-31 10:10 GMT+04:00 Raahul Kumar <raahul.kumar at gmail.com>:
> >> > Hi guys,
> >> >
> >> > i've recently switched to a wireless configuration. Where can I
> download
> >> > the
> >> > WICD and other wireless packages? I'm on 64bit nixos. And after
> >> > downloading,
> >> > how do I install them? I do have a windows laptop to download packages
> >> > with.
> >> >
> >> > Aloha,
> >> > RK.
> >> >
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> >
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