Issues w/ Asus G50Vt and Debian 5.0

captkrill · 12-30-2009, 02:13 AM

1. I am have some issues with my laptop not being able to playback music.

2. Also, KNetwork Manager cannot see my wireless connection.

When ever i use this /sbin/iwconfig in root terminal this is what i get in return

Code:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

3. I was hoping to get KDE4.3 on Deb 5.0, is that possible?

Thanks in advance

-Tony

Also, after lspci | grep -E 'Ether|Net'

Code:

 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)

evo2 · 12-30-2009, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by captkrill

1. I am have some issues with my laptop not being able to playback music.

Have you unmuted all the channels?

Code:

alsamixer

Quote:

2. Also, KNetwork Manager cannot see my wireless connection.

When ever i use this /sbin/iwconfig in root terminal this is what i get in return

Code:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

Also, after lspci | grep -E 'Ether|Net'

Code:

 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)

A quick google seems to indicate that you need to use a newer kernel. Please try the following:
http://wiki.debian.org/iwlagn

Quote:

3. I was hoping to get KDE4.3 on Deb 5.0, is that possible?

Probably possible with backports: but I'd have to check.

Cheers,

EVo2.

captkrill · 12-30-2009, 12:20 PM

Ok,

I got the correct kernel through synaptic and restarted as suggested from the Lenny wiki.

Code:

debian:/home/pyrocide# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          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

Thanks for the help by the way.

Got the sound working...master was WAY down.

EDIT> Checked my wireless network and can at least configure a wireless network now, but not only does it not pick up, but it also shuts off my ethernet access as well.

EDIT2> got it working, had a few things along with my old passphrase mixed up in my little red book of codes...thanks for the help evo2.