Laptop WiFi manual

[Ian Malone]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Ian Malone wrote:

>>
>> What you've documented are the basic steps to take if it doesn't
>> work straight off (identify your chipset, check to see if it's
>> supported), but there are cases where more work is required.
>> Have a look at the ongoing "Add Wireless to Laptop" thread for
>> instance.
>>
>    Let us just agree to disagree. I think my writing is far superior to 
> the tiny bits of data people give a person trying to set up a wifi 
> laptop. It goes on and on like the "Add Wireless to Laptop" thread.
> 

I don't see what we're disagreeing about.  There's nothing wrong
with documenting the first things to try; it could save a lot of
people a lot of time knowing to do things that I would do
automatically[1], it's a good thing.  But I indicated the thread I
did because that's a case where we know what the driver is but
whatever the reason it isn't working is is more complex.  It is the
reason we have mailing lists: you can't cover every eventuality.

There's no point me telling someone to do X, Y and Z when
X fails to work, therefore Y isn't possible and Z doesn't
even make sense on their setup.

[1] These days things I'd do before even buying a computer.

-- 
imalone