On 1/23/2010 10:51 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:35:32 -0600, Programmer In Training > <p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> wrote: >> I hope ifconfig will help more then dmesg as I have no way of getting >> files (like dmesg.log that I created) off the box (floppy drive isn't >> even hooked up, IIRC) and rl0 is my wired NIC, non-internal. > > The ifconfig program (often used as "ifconfig -a") tells > you only about NICs that are already connected to a driver. > Most wireless NICs require loading a specific kernel module > (which is not in the GENERIC kernel), and therefore it's > helpful to know what exact model it is, so you can load the > correct driver. There are of course programs that help you > with this: "pciconf -lv" and "usbdevs -v" are common tools <snip>
Thanks, this probably wouldn't be such an issue if I hadn't thrown away
the box two-three weeks ago (at least, I think I threw it out; I've had
the card for about a two years).
no...@pci0:2:2:0: class 0x20000 card=0x1faa11ab chip=0x00351033 rev=0x43
hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Marvell Semiconductor (Was: Galileo Technology LLC)'
device = 'Marvell Libertas 02.llb/g Wireless (8335)'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
I can't find any wlan modules in /boot/kernel that aren't already loaded.
P.S.: I'm subscribed to the list, no need to CC me.
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