PCMCIA Wireless Network Card Not Working With Slackware 9...
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PCMCIA Wireless Network Card Not Working With Slackware 9...
Hello all!
I have a small laptop with Slackware 9 installed with a PCMCIA wireless network card that is not being recognized. I'm not really sure what the deal is or where to look to configure this. Can anyone lend a hand?
i still have the problem of no pcmcia. the card isn't blinking or showing any signs of power. i tried recompiling the kernel with 2.6.5 with pcmcia support for wireless networking, but now i'm getting a kernel panic and no love. i don't understand. i tried compiling using the following command:
make clean bzImage bzlilo modules modules_install
nothing. is there something i can do to get the card working? is it a kernel problem, or a driver problem?
Its a driver problem, or rather (as we in the linux world like to put it), its a problem caused by the lack of a working kernel module for your device. The instructions on the NdisWrapper page + a search of these forums for broadcom, wireless and ndiswrapper will give you plenty of reading material.
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