[Nix-dev] Installing wireless drivers

[Shell Turner]

Relevant issue re vmware video driver not building:
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/2099

(Just posted this off-list by mistake, oops.)

On 2 April 2014 08:59, Raahul Kumar <raahul.kumar at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>> >> >
>> >> > _______________________________________________
>> >> > nix-dev mailing list
>> >> > nix-dev at lists.science.uu.nl
>> >> > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> nix-dev mailing list
> nix-dev at lists.science.uu.nl
> http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
>