hi guys i have a sony vgn A195EP Laptop european style it doesn support*PAE* it has Intel pro/wireless 2200BG card software drivers*BSD for it,
i istalled first Debian 7 Wheezy then could not install the 2200BG drivers it doesn't except repositories,now i installed Xunbuntu it works good and also like it but don't know where to get the wireless
drivers i tryed the pakages but the Broadcom software is not there,

So anybody can help me on this one, or tell me which Distro i can install in this sony vaio with no PAE with 1GB Ram,Intel Pentium*M 1.50Ghz CPU 60GB hard Drive

Are you looking for Broadcom or the IPW2200? The IPW2200 doesn't take broadcom drivers, the drivers are in most modern kernels, but it needs the firmware-intel (intel-firmware, firmware-iwlwifi, something like that, I'm not on Debian/Kubuntu at the moment) to work.

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Have you tried using Additional Drivers from xubuntu settings. The Additional Drivers scans for hardware requiring activation or firmwares.

It can be found by right-clicking on the desktop and choose Applications > Settings Manager > Software & Updates.
Click on the tab Additional Drivers. If it sees your wireless card follow the on screen instructions.

Thanks WHITE_POWER;when i go to the place where the additinal drivers it sais therś no availabe,
ok my terminal info is this, hope you make somthing of it thanks,


dmesg [options]

Options:
-C, --clear clear the kernel ring buffer
-c, --read-clear read and clear all messages
-D, --console-off disable printing messages to console
-d, --show-delta show time delta between printed messages
-E, --console-on enable printing messages to console
-f, --facility restrict output to defined facilities
-h, --help display this help and exit
-k, --kernel display kernel messages
-l, --level restrict output to defined levels
-n, --console-level set level of messages printed to console
-r, --raw print the raw message buffer
-s, --buffer-size buffer size to query the kernel ring buffer
-T, --ctime show human readable timestamp (could be
inaccurate if you have used SUSPEND/RESUME)
-t, --notime don't print messages timestamp
-u, --userspace display userspace messages
-V, --version output version information and exit
-x, --decode decode facility and level to readable string

Supported log facilities:
kern - kernel messages
user - random user-level messages
mail - mail system
daemon - system daemons
auth - security/authorization messages
syslog - messages generated internally by syslogd
lpr - line printer subsystem
news - network news subsystem

Supported log levels (priorities):
emerg - system is unusable
alert - action must be taken immediately
crit - critical conditions
err - error conditions
warn - warning conditions
notice - normal but significant condition
info - informational
debug - debug-level messages

frank@VGN-A195EP-PT:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
tifm_sd 17566 0
joydev 17393 0
snd_intel8x0 33455 3
snd_ac97_codec 110213 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 12642 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 80916 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25424 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
pcmcia 39826 0
radeon 733914 2
snd_seq 51592 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28931 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
psmouse 96718 0
tifm_7xx1 12937 0
snd 62218 13 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,sn d_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
tifm_core 15040 2 tifm_sd,tifm_7xx1
ipw2200 146210 0
libipw 46732 1 ipw2200
cfg80211 178877 2 ipw2200,libipw
ttm 65344 1 radeon
soundcore 14635 1 snd
serio_raw 13027 0
yenta_socket 27428 0
pcmcia_rsrc 18367 1 yenta_socket
drm_kms_helper 45466 1 radeon
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
lib80211 14040 2 ipw2200,libipw
pcmcia_core 21511 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
drm 197641 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
sony_laptop 39681 0
parport_pc 32114 0
mac_hid 13077 0
rfcomm 38139 4
bnep 17830 2
bluetooth 158479 10 rfcomm,bnep
ppdev 12849 0
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 radeon
asus_laptop 23693 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 asus_laptop
input_polldev 13648 1 asus_laptop
shpchp 32265 0
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid 41937 0
hid 77428 1 usbhid
firewire_ohci 40180 0
firewire_core 56940 1 firewire_ohci
e100 36289 0
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core
frank@VGN-A195EP-PT:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11bg ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0
Retry limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

eth0 no wireless extensions.

frank@VGN-A195EP-PT:~
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I've used that method when I configured my laptop in the past. Of course, I was using a broadcomm type card. Actually, I did get the no driver found message the first time I did this. After I installed the bcmwl-kernel-source firmware and repeated the Additional Drivers step, my card was listed and activated. Do not install this firmware unless your card is a Broadcomm type.

Wireless cards are very tricky in linux. I do notice that the ipw2200 module is loaded from the lsmod output. So all you need is the firmware as Timothy Miller suggested.

I found this link on doing this: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi

Check if xubuntu has iwlwifi in the repository before doing it manually from the link above.

After you install the iwlwifi firmware, repeat the Additional Drivers steps and it should be listed for activation.

[QUOTE=WHITE_POWER;4964317]I've used that method when I configured my laptop in the past. Of course, I was using a broadcomm type card. Actually, I did get the no driver found message the first time I did this. After I installed the bcmwl-kernel-source firmware and repeated the Additional Drivers step, my card was listed and activated. Do not install this firmware unless your card is a Broadcomm type.

Wireless cards are very tricky in linux. I do notice that the ipw2200 module is loaded from the lsmod output. So all you need is the firmware as Timothy Miller suggested.

I found this link on doing this: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi

Check if xubuntu has iwlwifi in the repository before doing it manually from the link above.

After you install the iwlwifi firmware, repeat the Additional Drivers steps and it should be listed for activation.[/QUote

Thanks bro;I already fix the problem ,not sure how but i've been loading unloading software till my finguer hurt of so much hiting the keyboard keys,that's the price you pay when you try to learn things by yourself,some times i don't have a clue of what i'm doing but in the end with patience i get the job done,one thing i know if i had to gain my living of this stuff i would starve to death,though i remenber that i download some pakages from the restricted ubuntu software, don't know if that had anything to do with the success,whatever it was i don't know,but i'm good and i love this xubuntu desktop i love everthing about it.thanks again for trying to assist me, without forums like these i would never do it.oh you said that i shoul have in the software IWIWIFI i only have iw these are wireless tools i had to tick this one like i ticked a few of the just to try and uploaded them.