No need to CC me, I am subscribed to the list. On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:31:24 -0400 (EDT), Marc Shapiro wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> Perhaps this link will be useful to you: >> http://wiki.debian.org/rtl818x > > I had already installed wireless-tools, which did not automatically > load the module, but I did that myself. The problem appears to be > that, instead of providing wlan0 as the wireless device, this creates > pan0, which I did not look for. Running iwconfig showed me this. > If I run: > > ifconfig pan0 up > > then I get no errors and > > ifconfig > > shows the interface. Unfortunately, it DOES NOT turn my radio on > and wicd, of course, shows no wireless networks. > > I am really at a loss here. Are there any other ideas, or suggestions that I > can try?
I must admit I am disturbed by the fact that lspci shows the card under Ubuntu but not under Debian. My first thought is missing firmware. But what? Is there any evidence under /var/log/syslog or in dmesg that it is requesting any firmware? -- .''`. Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/870514848.20153501268952027763.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
