Lost WLAN-Card --> lspci does not find it

MaxistXXL · 09-25-2009, 03:16 PM

Hi,
I'm trying to set up the WLAN card of my netbook. The netbook is an Point of View - mobii. There is a WLAN card, it worked once, but since I changed distribution, it's not even listed in lspci anymore. I tried out several distributions, XUbuntu, KUbuntu (both 9.04, yes I know, there is no real difference), and the shipped Ubuntu 8.10, but all of them do not find the WLAN card.
So I dont know which driver to install, or how to configure.
Since mobii is quite uncomfortable to search for, I already hate the suggestion "mobil", I hope someone can help me here, and explain me how to install the driver for a card that type we yet dont know.

thx
Max

mazinoz · 09-25-2009, 07:26 PM

The only thing I can think of is to contact the manufacturer or their website and try drivers listed there for your laptop version. Also www.linux.org hardware lists or the Hardware list available on this site.

btncix · 09-25-2009, 09:26 PM

You could see if dmesg might be able to tell you the kind of wireless card you have.
# dmesg | grep -i "wireless"

You can also use scan dmesg page by page to see if you see anything
# dmesg | more

If you are able see the kind of wireless card you have, post it here.

FunkyR · 11-01-2009, 08:33 AM

I have the same problem. After doing some research I found out that the the Point of View Mobii has an JMicron JMC261 chip integrated. (supports Ethernet, WLAN, SD en MMC) However it is recognised by the (driver/kernel) as an JMC260 which only supports Ethernet. I think the problem is that both chipsets use the same driver but that there is a bug in the driver software so it can't tell the difference between the two.. I however didn't find a solution for it yet..

Is there a way to tell the kernel that it must use the JMC261 support rather then the JMC260?

FunkyR · 11-02-2009, 05:47 AM

I got them working under Debian by simply compiling the drivers. In Xubuntu 9.10 however the drivers won't compile

MaxistXXL · 11-02-2009, 08:30 AM

I solved the problem as well by asking the support and compiling the kernel on my own. If it's working on 9.10 I don't know.
However: It's not an PCI-device. It is an USB-device, and at least on my pc the card does not show it self, if one uses

Code:

$lsusb

The correspondending line is blank then.
However,

Code:

 $lsusb -v

shows the right name and everything of the card, but the output would be way to big to post here.

FunkyR · 11-03-2009, 05:05 AM

Thank, I'll have a look at that solution to.

Quite a bummer that it is an USB device though...