Just a question about the format of the repolink. I’m sure the link is fine, but now when doing all my reading, I’ve seen several repo-links presented in different ways (not only with this one) - like in the wiki and the package search. So, with this link as an example:
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/network:/im:/signal/openSUSE_Slowroll/
# vs …
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/network:im:signal/openSUSE_Slowroll/network:im:signal.repo
Assuming both are the same, but just in different formats. Is there somewhere I can read/learn about the repo-link patterns?
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I guess I have a couple of more questions…
Wi-Fi
Going through my notes, and trying to clean them up. And when I got to Wi-Fi - I realized I need to check if my old card will work. Because, when I installed my current system (RL 8), it wasn’t supported in the kernel, so I had to use the “Elrepo” kernel instead - which is using the mainline.
Is there a way to checkout if it’s supported by default? On the HCL:Network(Wireless) page I can see an ipw3945 mentioned there, but not the iwl3945.
From one of the links at the bottom of the page, it’s listed green at: https://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_part.php?brandname=Intel (6th row).
So, I guess it’s ok then? (Based on previous experience, I thought it’d be best to ask first.)
// For reference…
Summary
$ hwinfo --wlan
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Hardware Class: network
Model: "Intel WM3945ABG MOW2"
Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
Device: pci 0x4222 "PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection"
SubVendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
SubDevice: pci 0x1001 "WM3945ABG MOW2"
Revision: 0x02
Driver: "iwl3945"
Driver Modules: "iwl3945"
Device File: wlan0
# …
$ lspci -vnn
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01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection [8086:4222] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation WM3945ABG MOW2 [8086:1001]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 26
Memory at da000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: iwl3945
Kernel modules: iwl3945
# …
VLC
Ok, so there are 3x VLC: openSuse, VideoLan, and Packman.
- The VideoLan repos (‥») doesn’t have Slowroll, so I guess it’s better to skip that one - at least until they have SR in there.
- openSuse didn’t have all the codecs, right?
- …so, I guess Packman is the way to go?
Also, I read in the spec-file on Packman there was support for ffmpeg-7. Latest I belive is ffmpeg-8. But, that’s ok. I’m more than fine with 7.
Or how do you reason about VLC? openSuse + codecs …or take everything from Packman?