I am marcelo
<Wyzard> marcelo_: /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-686/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211.ko should exist... if it doesn't, it may have gotten removed accidentally during one of your earlier attempts at compiling drivers
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<Wyzard> marcelo_: hark is right, you should reinstall your kernel package
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<benny99> sorry for being such a noob -- used gentoo before and I all I was telling emerge what to install.. but had to wait hours then...
<blubberdiblub> benny99: if you get stuck some times more, you might be able to talk me into making up a one-liner for that task
<Wyzard> marcelo_: and there's been a security update to the kernel anyway -- 2.6.18-5-686 is the current one, so just do an apt upgrade and that'll get installed
<Wyzard> which should make modprobe "notice" that ieee80211 is now available
<Wyzard> and print some informative warnings if there's still anything missing
<marcelo_> wyzard nothing returns
<Wyzard> ok, good
<Wyzard> try loading iee80211 again
<marcelo_> mod?
<Wyzard> modprobe ieee80211
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<marcelo_> Wyzard same error as above
<Wyzard> hmm
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<Wyzard> and /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-686/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211.ko does exist, and "uname -r" says 2.6.18-4-686?
<marcelo_> yeah
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<benny99> works
<Wyzard> What does "modinfo ieee80211" say?
<blubberdiblub> benny99: great
<benny99> blubberdiblub, now there's just the "I'm unable to blacklist modules"-problem left
<hark> module not found?
<marcelo_> wyzard could not find module
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<marcelo_> -4-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch1_i386.deb
<Wyzard> h3sp4wn: with the exception that whichever drive the BIOS is configured to boot from gets bumped up to the head of the list, so it's always (hda)
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<edju> yigal, yep, 2.6.18-4-686, not -5-686
<marcelo_> Wyzard -4-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2_i386.deb
<edju> cd /usr/src
<yigal> edju: have you tried #depmod -a ?
<edju> oops - wrong keyboard
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<dvs> marcelo_: So, install that image
<marcelo_> Wyzard -4-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-12_i386.deb
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<marcelo_> Wyzard so what do I do next. im not gonna loose a load of data when i do this ?
<marcelo_> Wyzard ok
<DustyBin> gonzaloaf: check in /tmp
<Wyzard> marcelo_: Make sure the version shown ends with "12etch2"
<yigal> edju: sounds like you were building the module for the 5 not the 4 so it should exist for both 4 & 5.
<Wyzard> marcelo_: sorry, meant to say "that's what you're *probably* running", hence the double-check :-)
<gonzaloaf> DustyBin, nothing
<yigal> edju: gl, I have to enjoy the beach while its light outside, have a good one
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<marcelo_> Wyzard yeah version 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2
<Wyzard> marcelo_: OK, good
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<Wyzard> marcelo_: You currently have linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 and ipw3945-modules-2.6.18-4-686 installed, which is fine
<chrisjw> if a process is in the bg and you know it's pid (the process uses stdout), can i view stdout by loading the terminal and typing some command?
<Wyzard> marcelo_: but later, when you upgrade to linux-image-2.6.18-5-686 (which contains some security fixes), you'll need to install ipw3945-modules-2.6.18-5-686 too
<Wyzard> marcelo_: At the moment, the next step is checking whether ipw3945d is working
<marcelo_> ok im trying log this conmversation so ill make sure i do whats needed
<Wyzard> marcelo_: I think you mentioned you have the ipw3945d package installed, so see if "/etc/init.d/ipw3945d start" works
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<marcelo_> hg
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<marcelo_> hang on that gives an error . No such file or dirctory
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<Wyzard> Maybe you don't have ipw3945d installed, then... dpkg -s ipw3945d
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<marcelo_> wyzard not installed
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<Wyzard> marcelo_: That's the source code... you don't want that, you want the Debian package
<sayers> cafecubita, Sometimes it loads KDM and sometimes it just says it did not start up right
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<Wyzard> marcelo_: btw, rather than trying to transfer files via memory stick, didn't you say you have a wired connection available?
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<cafuego> sayers: That'sd not an error message I've ever seen. What does it say specifically?
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<venomgfx> would someone give me a hand on this? - "Error org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.PermissionDeniedByPolicy."
<marcelo_> Wyzard no just an ethernet cable
<Wyzard> marcelo_: If you run "ifconfig -a", you should see a new network interface corresponding to your wireless card
<marcelo_> i cant beleive you know all these codes off by heart
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<cafuego> sayers: it's a boot menu option, provided you add it to lilo or grub.
<geo-rge> did you do a surface scan of the new drive?
<psyche_> geo-rge yep
<Wyzard> marcelo_: Well, things like dpkg and ps are fairly common commands
<geo-rge> how large is the drive?
<psyche_> 160
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<geo-rge> that must have taken a LONG time...
<marcelo_> wyzard i see eth0 eth1 lo
<psyche_> but i think that i just lay down and look some anime
<Wyzard> marcelo_: "rmmod ipw3945", then run "ifconfig -a" again and see if one of them disappears
<psyche_> geo-rge i have tried to install that system like 6 hours now
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<geo-rge> psyche_: ok... but...
<psyche_> but ill check that later, im just too tired now
<geo-rge> I'll be curious to know what the problem is when you do find it
<opopanax> bonez39, you on?
<marcelo_> wyzard no nothing went
<infinity0> y'know what i just realised?
Wyzard> marcelo_: sure, if you don't mind typing them
<Wyzard> marcelo_: I don't know whether they'll be any help though
<marcelo_> hang on w fucked about with the interface file
<gonzaloaf> Wyzard, I'm going to set a svn server on that P1 with 32M of RAM, how much RAM will it need?
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<Wyzard> gonzaloaf: no idea... I don't run any SVN servers
<reiser2> i am funning lx-viewer, but after some seconds making zoom in/out, pan, etc, it close
<geo-rge> Wyzard: there any way to make the driver messages more verbose?
<Wyzard> marcelo_: The interfaces file has nothing to do with the stuff we're doing at this point
<reiser2> i get this "*** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (!prev): 0x08777de8 ***Abortado"
<Wyzard> geo-rge: not unless the module itself provides a verbosity option (check with modinfo)
<Wyzard> reiser2: bug in the program
<marcelo_> enabling device 0000:06:00.0 (0000 ->0002)
<reiser2> hummm
<reiser2> ok
<Wyzard> marcelo_: OK, that's just a PCI bus ID
<marcelo_> PCI enabling device 0000:06:00.0 (0000 ->0002)
<Wyzard> marcelo_: If you run lspci, you'll see that 06:00.0 is your ipw3945 device
<marcelo_> ok
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<Wyzard> marcelo_: If you just type "/var/log/syslog" the shell thinks you want to run it as a script, and it doesn't have execute permission (since it isn't a script and shouldn't be run)
<marcelo_> what am i looking foir
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<Wyzard> marcelo_: Anything mentioning the 3945
<thingfish> I've been trying to do an etch netinstall, and the install goes well, however it fails to find the swap partition even after it's been manually set up during the partitioning portion of install. What should I do?
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<Wyzard> marcelo_: At least, anything mentioning the 3945 that isn't just the same stuff you've already seen in dmesg
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<marcelo_> ipw3945.ucode load failed: reon 2
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<Octopssy> Anyone might be willing to help me for a sec?
<Octopssy> "Verifying DMI Pool data" "Disk BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER"
<Octopssy> Get those messages at boot, although BIOS is saying disks are up&running
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<Octopssy> This I had on my debian system after installing Oracle 10g server
<marcelo_> Wyzard yeah dont we need to load the ucode
<Wyzard> marcelo_: aha... I don't know what "reon 2" is, but
<Wyzard> marcelo_: OK, good, just checking --
http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/ says you need 1.1.11 or newer, so you're OK on that front
<thingfish> petemc: no
<Wyzard> marcelo_: (Only if that number was older than 1.1.11 would you need to do the ieee80211-source stuff you were trying to do earlier)
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<marcelo_> ok
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<marcelo_> ipw3945.ucode load failed: reason -2 ipw3945 could not read microcode: -2 ACPI : PCI interrupt for device 0000:06:00.0 disabled ipw3945: probe of 0000:06:00.0 failed with error 2
<petemc> balsagoth: /msg dpkg why is foo not in testing
<marcelo_> Wyzard thats the error it gives
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<Wyzard> marcelo_: yeah... and the -2 means that the reason is because it couldn't find the firmware file
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<Wyzard> marcelo_: according to
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/3/4/267
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<marcelo_> Wyzard yeah they are
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<marcelo_> let me see if it in the hotplug
<balsagoth> petemc: i don't get any answer
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<petemc> balsagoth:
http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/testing.pl?package=foo
<petemc> balsagoth: adjust foo to suit
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<marcelo_> Wyzard udev has a hotplug.functions file
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<Wyzard> marcelo_: yeah, and if you run "head /lib/udev/hotplug.functions", you'll see that one of the first few lines is FIRMWARE_DIRS='/lib/firmware /usr/local/lib/firmware /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware'
<Wyzard> marcelo_: Those are the directories where the system looks for firmware files, in that order
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<balsagoth> petemc: thanks a lot
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<marcelo_> ok dpkg -s firmware-ipw3945 version 0.4
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<marcelo_> the head code returns what you said
<Wyzard> *current time
<marcelo_> at th bottom
<rahul> stoned: yes
<Wyzard> OK, so it's still failing to load the firmware
<stoned> how was your vacation
<rahul> going to arlene's grocery in a bit
<rahul> awesome
<stoned> hell yeah
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<stoned> its my niece's birthday tomorrow, wanna come?
<rahul> eew
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<rahul> !penixstrike petemc
<dpkg> A towering Penix descends from the heavens, knocking petemc to the ground and leaving a large wet spot.
<Wyzard> marcelo_: That's probably the whole reason why it isn't working now, but I can't think of why it's failing to load the firmware
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<rahul> stoned: gonna be at a bbq in astoria
<pipeline_> rahul: you know there actually was a penix, right?
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<stoned> word
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<rahul> pipeline_: well, duh
<stoned> !seen penix
<dpkg> penix is currently on #debian, last said: '!spank deb-ice'.
<Wyzard> marcelo_: You're at the point now where the modules, ipw3945d daemon, and firmware are all correctly installed (as far as we know), and just trying to figure out why the daemon isn't finding the firmware file
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