-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrew J. Barr wrote: > Matthew K Poer wrote: >> On my old Thinkpad 600, I am attempting to install Etch via NetInst CD. >> I am having trouble with pcmcia detection, which means I cannot properly >> detect my network hardware. >> >> The main modules seem to load (pcmcia-core, pcmcia, yenta_socket), as >> well as the module for my wireless card (bcm43xx), yet "lcpcia" does not >> show my wireless card. > > This card also requires non-free firmware that needs to be extracted > from any number of sources, including the Windows driver bcmwl5.sys > file, the Mac OS X Airport Extreme driver, or the various Linux/MIPS > drivers that have come from router vendors' "GPL release" tarballs > (generally called something like wl_apsta.o) > > The bcm43xx-fwcutter tool facilitates this task, I don't know how or if > that will work with the debian-installer however, because that software > is in 'contrib' and not 'main'. > > Andrew > well, dmesg | grep "Yenta" ...yada yada yada... something about not detecting... check BIOS settings or ACPI settings...
BIOS didn't do anything odd... boot# install acpi=off That did the trick. Automatically found bcm43xx as well. Even found my network. Good night for GA. - -- Please do not use HTML mail for fully-textual messages. Matthew K Poer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Location: GA, USA Web: http://matthewpoer.freehostia.com GnuPG Public Key: 4DD0A9A6 Keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net Thinkpad 600: Debian Sarge Sony VAIO PCV-RS 520: Debian Etch -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with MultiZilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGIwXxkRdiiE3QqaYRAomhAJ99559iCEtvSXsc5A19hfRTjPhIGgCfQAHw vdaBu4IZ9kDU47iKrur5mbQ= =Lmra -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
