[SOLVED] package versions out of date, and a wireless question

archnublet · 2011-06-28 06:42:54

Hey guys,
I'm completely new to arch, have used ubuntu and fedora for a few years so im familiar with a lot of linux concepts (although im far from being a guru), and I decided to switch to arch because of the messes that are unity and gnome 3 respectively (imho, of course), and because I've always wanted to learn more about how my OS works. I did my first arch install today, got gnome 2 working and almost everything works great.
I just have 2 problems as of right now, and after being unable to find an answer in the wiki or online i decided to try the forums.

My first problem is that the versions for packages seem to be all wrong when i search or install them through pacman. For example, running pacman -S firefox installed firefox 3.6, but according to the online package list ( http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/firefox/ ), firefox 5 is the latest version in the repos... I've run pacman -Syu and pacman -Syy, but pacman says there are no updates available... so yea, i have no idea whats up with that, im a bit too used to apt i guess

my second problem is trying to get wireless internet working... ive got a broadcom BCM4318 chip, and i installed the b43 drivers from the AUR (which was a hassle in and of itself, because the package required b43-fwcutter>=0.14, and pacman assured me that 0.13 was the newest version... so you can see how my problems are intertwined to an extent). I also installed network-manager-applet, but that doesnt show up in the gnome notification area, so I'm at a loss as to how to check if i can connect to wireless networks (all the options in the gnome "network settings" program are greyed out....).

So that's where I'm stuck currently, if anyone can help I'd appreciate it
Thanks in advance

Last edited by archnublet (2011-06-28 08:03:28)

loafer · 2011-06-28 06:49:36

For the out-of-date packages just use an up-to-date mirror and then "pacman -Syyu"

Atrumfer · 2011-06-28 07:09:16

Hi,
You can see here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NetworkManager

archnublet · 2011-06-28 07:10:41

oh wow... i had just left pacman using a mirror from a college near where i live, after using the mirrorlist generator and running pacman -Syyu, seems pacman wants to dl another 500 megs and run some updates glad that seems to be working, and hopefully that will lead to something with my wireless working
thanks for the response!

Last edited by archnublet (2011-06-28 07:23:59)

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#1 2011-06-28 06:42:54

[SOLVED] package versions out of date, and a wireless question

#2 2011-06-28 06:49:36

Re: [SOLVED] package versions out of date, and a wireless question

#3 2011-06-28 07:09:16

Re: [SOLVED] package versions out of date, and a wireless question

#4 2011-06-28 07:10:41

Re: [SOLVED] package versions out of date, and a wireless question

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