[Nix-dev] Fwd: Installing wireless drivers

Sergey Mironov grrwlf at gmail.com
Tue Apr 1 08:16:50 CEST 2014


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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