Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 11:29:50 -0400, JoeHill wrote: > > JoeHill wrote: > > > Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > > Try "modprobe -v wl" as root; that should either give you wlan0 or some > > > > error messages that tell us what goes wrong. (I suspect that you might > > > > need a newer kernel.) > > > > > > It worked! > > > > > > Well, I still am not on wireless, because I use WPA on my router and I'm > > > not sure how to get that configured yet on the notebook, but at least > > > this time when I repeated your instructions, I got this: > > > > > > tablet:/home/lajolla# modprobe -v wl > > > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.ko > > > install /sbin/modprobe -qr b43 ssb; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wl > > > rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/ssb/ssb.ko > > > rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia.ko > > > rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/base/firmware_class.ko > > > rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.ko > > > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko > > > tablet:/home/lajolla# iwconfig > > > lo no wireless extensions. > > > > > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > > > > > eth1 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"" Nickname:"" > > > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: > > > Not-Associated Bit Rate:14 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm > > > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > > > Power Managementmode:All packets received > > > Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm > > > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > > > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > > > Okay, now it's hosed again. When I boot up and do 'modprobe -v wl', I get no > > 'rmmod' lines, as above, it's totally different: > > tablet:/home/lajolla# modprobe -v wl > > WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it > > will be ignored in a future release. > > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.ko > > install /sbin/modprobe -qr b43 ssb; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wl > > WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it > > will be ignored in a future release. > > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko > > > > And, of course, I get no wireless :-( > > It seems that your system still does not recognize the presence of the > Broadcom device reliably. You have to check the lspci output before > anything else. (The rmmod lines for the successful attempts show that > the system had already loaded another driver for the device, which only > happens if it is recognized.) > > > Help! > > Try what I suggested earlier regarding rf switch, BIOS settings and > configuration under Windows. If nothing else helps, install a newer > kernel and rebuild the wl module.
I've been through all the BIOS options, nothing in there about wireless as far as I can tell. The switch for the wireless has no effect, other than to cause the device to disappear from lsusb. This is the weird thing: I did a reinstall of the OS yesterday to get 'clean slate' (hopefully), and when I first booted up the new install I did lspci and lsusb. lspci showed the Broadcom device as I originally posted, lsusb showed the HP integrated wireless device. I would like to try to install a newer kernel, but I'm having trouble finding where to get that. I did apt-cache search linux-image to see what was available, but nothing newer than mine was listed. Right now I have 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP. Thanks again. -- J -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
