Problem with a Wireless PCI card
I'm running Ubuntu 9.10. I installed a Linksys 2.4GHz 802.11b PCI card model WMP 11 and got an error message. Anyone know know to install this thing? Thanks.
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Hi, it might help if you place the error message here, else there is nothing to go. Generally with the drivers will be something like README or README.txt that should tell you exactly how to install the drivers.
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Also post the output of "sudo lspci -v","lspci -n" and "lsmod". It will help us determine which which wireless device controller your card uses and which kernel module you need. Sometimes you need to install or cut out firmware for the kernel module to work. This wireless device has used 3 different chipsets in it's history, so it's important to start with lspci.
Determining which kernel driver you need (or whether you already have it) is the first step. |
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Here is sudo lspci - v:
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys, A Division of Cisco Systems WMP11v4 802.11b PCI card Subsystem: Linksys Device 0020 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 Memory at e0124000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Here's lspci -n: 00:00.0 0600: 1039:0730 (rev 02) 00:00.1 0101: 1039:5513 (rev d0) 00:01.0 0601: 1039:0018 00:01.1 0200: 1039:0900 (rev 82) 00:01.2 0c03: 1039:7001 (rev 07) 00:01.3 0c03: 1039:7001 (rev 07) 00:01.4 0401: 1039:7018 (rev 02) 00:01.6 0703: 1039:7013 (rev a0) 00:02.0 0604: 1039:0001 00:09.0 0200: 17fe:2120 01:00.0 0300: 1039:6300 (rev 31) And lsmod: lsmod Module Size Used by arc4 1660 0 ecb 2524 0 rtl8187 50624 0 mac80211 181236 1 rtl8187 led_class 4096 1 rtl8187 eeprom_93cx6 1916 1 rtl8187 cfg80211 93052 2 rtl8187,mac80211 binfmt_misc 8356 1 sis 5884 2 drm 159584 3 sis sisfb 234864 1 sis dm_crypt 12928 0 snd_wavefront 37332 0 snd_cs4236 29620 0 snd_wss_lib 26012 2 snd_wavefront,snd_cs4236 snd_opl3_lib 10396 2 snd_wavefront,snd_cs4236 snd_hwdep 7200 2 snd_wavefront,snd_opl3_lib snd_mpu401 7016 0 snd_trident 35492 2 snd_ac97_codec 101216 1 snd_trident iptable_filter 3100 0 ac97_bus 1532 1 snd_ac97_codec ip_tables 11692 1 iptable_filter x_tables 16544 1 ip_tables snd_pcm_oss 37920 0 snd_mixer_oss 16028 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 75296 5 snd_cs4236,snd_wss_lib,snd_trident,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy 2656 0 snd_page_alloc 9156 3 snd_wss_lib,snd_trident,snd_pcm snd_util_mem 4156 1 snd_trident snd_mpu401_uart 6940 4 snd_wavefront,snd_cs4236,snd_mpu401,snd_trident snd_seq_oss 28576 0 snd_seq_midi 6432 0 snd_rawmidi 22208 3 snd_wavefront,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 6940 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq 50224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 22276 4 snd_wss_lib,snd_opl3_lib,snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 6920 6 snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq ppdev 6688 0 lp 8964 0 parport_pc 31940 1 ns558 5404 0 snd 59204 21 snd_wavefront,snd_cs4236,snd_wss_lib,snd_opl3_lib,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401,snd_trident,snd_ac97_codec,sn d_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_de vice i2c_sis630 6024 0 shpchp 32272 0 gameport 11368 4 snd_trident,ns558 soundcore 7264 1 snd parport 35340 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc dm_raid45 84228 0 xor 15620 1 dm_raid45 usbhid 38208 0 sis900 19932 0 mii 5212 1 sis900 floppy 54916 0 sis_agp 6972 1 agpgart 34988 2 drm,sis_agp I've attached a png of the error message. Thanks. |
The png screenshot shows a totally different problem than wireless not working. The files that firefox is complaining about are local to your system.
As far as getting you card working, here is a nice howto that someone wrote up using the same wireless card. I would at least give it a read to better understand what is going on. http://www.majordojo.com/2004/10/linux-woes-how.php FYI, the Lynksis WMP11v4 uses the InProComm chipset, where at the WMP11v2 uses a Broadcom chipset. Make sure you are working with teh right on. |
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