Thanks Greg. Putting the firmware files in /lib/firmware solved my problem. I think is because it is proprietary content.
Antonio Greg Madden wrote: > On Monday 08 May 2006 19:05, Antonio Rafael C. Paiva wrote: >> Hi all. >> >> I acquired recently a IBM Thinkpad X31 (802.11b only), but although >> the ipw2100 driver loads I cannot get it to work. >> >> Output at /var/log/messages after re-loading the module: >> --------------------------------------- >> May 8 23:01:17 localhost kernel: ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 >> Network Driver, 1.1.3 >> May 8 23:01:17 localhost kernel: ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2005 >> Intel Corporation >> May 8 23:01:17 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:02.0[A] >> -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 >> May 8 23:01:17 localhost kernel: ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless >> 2100 Network Connection >> May 8 23:01:17 localhost kernel: ipw2100Error calling register_netdev. >> May 8 23:01:17 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device >> 0000:02:02.0 disabled >> May 8 23:01:17 localhost kernel: ipw2100: probe of 0000:02:02.0 >> failed with error -5 >> --------------------------------------- >> >> I'm running Debian Etch 2.6.15 "out of the box". > > I had to download the firmware and install it , unless you did this > already, you should have an error mesage somewhere about no firmware. > This was for Etch / ipw2100. > -- António Rafael C. Paiva Graduate student Computational NeuroEngineering Laboratory Electrical & Computer Engineering Department University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 WWW: arpaiva.webhop.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
