wireless in slackware
 

i am very new to slackware, and have almost no experiance with any other distros.

That being said, i dont even know how to install drivers in this operating system...

Im trying to setup a sort of internet server in my room, and have it acessable from the internet, as well as make it a network bridge.

The problem is i dont have wired internet in my room, i cannot get a wire here. However, i have a constant 60% or better wireless signal from my router.

i happen to have an ASUS WL-138g wireless card, and ive installed it in the slackware system, almong with a regular pci NIC.


The problem is that the computer does not recognise the wireless nic. if i put in dmesg, the only thing i think is related to it says
PCI: no IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 01:0d.0. Please try using pci=biosirq

I dont have a clue what to do about that, or where to try using that line :)

Anyways, after much searching i found that a mod here said that the output of sbin/lspci would make it possible to know if the card is even compatable...

01:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Galileo Technology Ltd.: Unknown device 1fa6 (rev 07)

is the only line that i would assume goes to the card.

Is it compatable? How can you tell?

If it is, where would i go for a driver, and how would i go about installing it?

google/linux wasnt of any help to me, except to time and time again send me here for something else. I also heard this is a great place from alexr186, so i figured id stop on in and see what can be done.
I hope this place is as freindly as the other forum i go to, OCforums.

Thanks in advance guys! (and gals?)

netman,

In order to use that option (pci=biosirq), you can input it at the "boot:" prompt when your system comes up (before the kernel is loaded) .
Example:
The press enter. Normally you would just press 'enter' when you see the "boot:" prompt.
For a overview of kernel boot options, see http://www.yolinux.com/HOWTO/BootPrompt-HOWTO.html

If this works, you would add this option to your bootloader's config file. There is much documentation on the 'net for this.

no luck passing that option, i diddnt set a wait period before load time so i dont get hte boot: thing. can i force it to show up like you can with windows 98 and its menu?

you can set it in your bootloader.
what will happen is your bootloader will instruct your kernel to do something specific; normally, you pass that option to the kernel with the 'boot:' prompt, but when you set it in your bootloader, the bootloader tells the kenel what to do.

if you use lilo , edit /etc/lilo.conf and add an "append=irq=pcibios" line in the section where your kernel image is selected and loaded.

There are many tutoriials if you dont understand. also if you use grub rather than lilo.
search google for "grub boot options" or "lilo boot options".

addng that line diddnt help...(at least if vmlinuz is the kernel)
niether did adding the line it asked me to... it still says to try it, so i assume the problem is still there.

I'm sorry; you have to run /sbin/lilo after you edit the lilo.conf file, and before you reboot.

after some agravation and some google/linux, i found the sintax is

append="irq=pcibios"

it makes a difference to people who dont know any better :) thank you allot , though. that lilo thing told me i had the line wrong.

however, after reboot the error still shows up is dmesg.
does this mean it diddnt run it, or does it mean that it tried it, it diddnt help, and it doesnt know anyhting better to tell me?

i know nothing about linux drivers, so im at a loss for words.
Heck, i cant even properly mount my cdrom sometimes. (sometimes.,,sometimes it works, sometimes it dont. Beats me.)

*Bump, the unversally understood thread function*

Did you rerun lilo? Changes to lilo.conf will not take effect until you also run (as root)
-- J.W.

yeah, i ran it. The project is suspended untill i have time/ knowledge to complete it :-\