That little monster is your wireless driver. To use it, you will also have to install firmware (which is definitely not included in Slackware), and this is where it gets a little complex. To create the firmware files, you need a program called fwcutter, which you run against a Windows driver. However, if you do a little searching you'll find there are not one, but three versions of fwcutter floating out there on the Internet. This stems from the fact that bcm43xx has been replaced by b43 and b43legacy in 2.6.24 and newer kernels. Each of those have their own version of fwcutter, and neither of them will work for bcm43xx. So what you need to do is use an old version of fwcutter and created your firmware files from that.
That is your wireless chipset, and it will work just fine with bcm43xx. The downside is that bcm43xx is limited to 802.11b speeds, so if you need to go faster, you'll have to ditch bcm43xx and use ndiswrapper, which allows Windows wireless drivers to function in Linux.

Thanks again guys. It will give me a project for this weekend.

Tink, as for my dmesg. Well I saved as a file dmesg >>dmesg.txt and it stops about 2-3 line short of the error. The error occures with in the last 10-15 lines just before the log in prompt. So in short, I had to type it. If I have left out a letter(s) and it confuses you, let me know and I'll retype.

Thanks again everyone for all the help and attention.

Starting PCMIA services:
<PCIC already loaded>
Starting sysklogd daemons: /usr/sbin/syslogd /usr/sbin/klogd –c 3 –x
Updating X font indexes: /usr/bin/fc-cache –f &
Triggering udev events: /sbin/udevtrigger –retry-failed
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
/etc/rc.d/rc.M: eth1 information: ‘Any ESSID’
Starting Internet super-server daemon: /usr/sbin/inetd
Starting OpernSSH SSH daemon: /usr/sbin/sshd
Starting ACPI daemon: /usr/sbin/aspid

If this isn't enough let me know.

Ace

All,

As I previously posted I'm getting an error on boot up. My wireless card and sound card aren't working and I don't know if this is a contributor. Does anyone know what this error refers to. I tried to capture it with dmesg but it doesn't capture the last 10-15 lines prior to login. So I had to hand type it in. It is as listed.

Starting PCMIA services:
<PCIC already loaded>
Starting sysklogd daemons: /usr/sbin/syslogd /usr/sbin/klogd –c 3 –x
Updating X font indexes: /usr/bin/fc-cache –f &
Triggering udev events: /sbin/udevtrigger –retry-failed
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
/etc/rc.d/rc.M: eth1 information: ‘Any ESSID’
Starting Internet super-server daemon: /usr/sbin/inetd
Starting OpernSSH SSH daemon: /usr/sbin/sshd
Starting ACPI daemon: /usr/sbin/aspid


Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm anxious to start using my Linux full throttle but with no sound and no networking, my experience will be limited.

Thanks
Ace

Sound issues: Have you run alsaconf? (by the way, I'm assuming you're using Slackware)

Wireless: Is the driver loaded (check lsmod) and if so, has the device been configured (iwconfig output)? If both of those are fine, did you request an IP address?


As for the SIOCSIFFLAGS error, I'm guessing it is something from udev, but that is a complete WAG.

Can you please post your /etc/rc.d/rc.M and /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf here?

To answer hangdog's question: the wireless and alsa drivers *are* loaded.
See posts above.



Cheers,
Tink

Tink. Here is the data you requested. I appreciate your attention. What exactly are these files supposed to tel you?

# /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
#
# This file contains the configuration settings for network interfaces.
# If USE_DHCP[interface] is set to "yes", this overrides any other settings.
# If you don't have an interface, leave the settings null ("").

# You can configure network interfaces other than eth0,eth1... by setting
# IFNAME[interface] to the interface's name. If IFNAME[interface] is unset
# or empty, it is assumed you're configuring eth<interface>.

# Several other parameters are available, the end of this file contains a
# comprehensive set of examples.

# =============================================================================

# Config information for eth0:
IPADDR[0]=""
NETMASK[0]=""
USE_DHCP[0]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""

# Config information for eth1:
IPADDR[1]=""
NETMASK[1]=""
USE_DHCP[1]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[1]=""

# Config information for eth2:
IPADDR[2]=""
NETMASK[2]=""
USE_DHCP[2]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[2]=""

# Config information for eth3:
IPADDR[3]=""
NETMASK[3]=""
USE_DHCP[3]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[3]=""

# Default gateway IP address:
GATEWAY=""

# Change this to "yes" for debugging output to stdout. Unfortunately,
# /sbin/hotplug seems to disable stdout so you'll only see debugging output
# when rc.inet1 is called directly.
DEBUG_ETH_UP="no"

## Example config information for wlan0. Uncomment the lines you need and fill
## in your data. (You may not need all of these for your wireless network)
#IFNAME[4]="wlan0"
#IPADDR[4]=""
#NETMASK[4]=""
#USE_DHCP[4]="yes"
#DHCP_HOSTNAME[4]="icculus-wireless"
#DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes"
#DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes"
#DHCP_KEEPGW[4]="yes"
#DHCP_IPADDR[4]=""
#WLAN_ESSID[4]=DARKSTAR
#WLAN_MODE[4]=Managed
#WLAN_RATE[4]="54M auto"
#WLAN_CHANNEL[4]="auto"
#WLAN_KEY[4]="D5A31F54ACF0487C2D0B1C10D2"
#WLAN_IWPRIV[4]="set AuthMode=WPAPSK | set EncrypType=TKIP | set WPAPSK=96389dc66eaf7e6efd5b5523ae43c7925ff4df2f8b7099495192d44a774fda16"
#WLAN_WPA[4]="wpa_supplicant"
#WLAN_WPADRIVER[4]="wext"
#WLAN_WPAWAIT[4]=30

## Some examples of additional network parameters that you can use.
## Config information for wlan0:
#IFNAME[4]="wlan0" # Use a different interface name instead of
# the default 'eth4'
#IFNAME[4]="eth0:1" # Set up an IP alias.
#HWADDR[4]="00:01:23:45:67:89" # Overrule the card's hardware MAC address
#MTU[4]="" # The default MTU is 1500, but you might need
# 1360 when you use NAT'ed IPSec traffic.
#DHCP_TIMEOUT[4]=15 # The default timeout for the DHCP client to
# wait for server resonse is 30 seconds, but
# you might want a shorter wait.
#DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes" # If you dont want /etc/resolv.conf overwritten
#DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes" # If you don't want ntp.conf overwritten
#DHCP_KEEPGW[4]="yes" # If you don't want the DHCP server to change
# your default gateway
#DHCP_IPADDR[4]="" # Request a specific IP address from the DHCP
# server
#WLAN_ESSID[4]=DARKSTAR # An example of how you can override _any_
# parameter defined in rc.wireless.conf, by
# prepending 'WLAN_' to the parameter's name.
# Useful with multiple wireless interfaces.
#WLAN_IWPRIV[4]="set AuthMode=WPAPSK | set EncrypType=TKIP | set WPAPSK=thekey"
# Some drivers require a private ioctl to be
# set through the iwpriv command. If more than
# one is required, you can place them in the
# IWPRIV parameter (separated with the pipe (|)
# character, see the example).
#WLAN_WPA[4]="wpa_supplicant" # Run wpa_supplicant for WPA support
#WLAN_WPADRIVER[4]="ndiswrapper"# Tell wpa_supplicant to specifically use the
# ndiswrapper driver (if you leave this empty
# the 'wext' driver is used by default)
#WLAN_WPAWAIT[4]=30 # In case it takes long for the WPA association
# to finish, you can increase the wait time
# (defaults to 10 seconds)

_____________________ The next file _______________________

#!/bin/sh
#
# rc.M This file is executed by init(8) when the system is being
# initialized for one of the "multi user" run levels (i.e.
# levels 1 through 6). It usually does mounting of file
# systems et al.
#
# Version: @(#)/etc/rc.d/rc.M 2.23 Wed Feb 26 19:20:58 PST 2003
#
# Author: Fred N. van Kempen, <waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org>
# Heavily modified by Patrick Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>
#

# Tell the viewers what's going to happen.
echo "Going multiuser..."

# Update all the shared library links:
if [ -x /sbin/ldconfig ]; then
echo "Updating shared library links: /sbin/ldconfig &"
/sbin/ldconfig &
fi

# Screen blanks after 15 minutes idle time, and powers down in one hour
# if the kernel supports APM or ACPI power management:
/bin/setterm -blank 15 -powersave powerdown -powerdown 60

# Set the hostname.
if [ -r /etc/HOSTNAME ]; then
/bin/hostname $(cat /etc/HOSTNAME | cut -f1 -d .)
else
# fall back on this old default:
echo "darkstar.example.net" > /etc/HOSTNAME
/bin/hostname darkstar
fi

# Save the contents of 'dmesg':
/bin/dmesg -s 65536 > /var/log/dmesg

# Initialize PCMCIA devices:
#
# NOTE: This used to be started near the top of rc.S so that PCMCIA devices
# could be fsck'ed along with the other drives. This had some unfortunate
# side effects, however, since root isn't yet read-write, and /var might not
# even be mounted the .pid files can't be correctly written in /var/run and
# the pcmcia system can't be correctly shut down. If you want some PCMCIA
# partition to be mounted at boot (or when the card is inserted) then add
# the appropriate lines to /etc/pcmcia/scsi.opts.
#
# Note that the stuff in /etc/pcmcia/ is only for 2.4.x kernels using
# 16-bit PCMCIA cards (not 32-bit Cardbus cards!). For example, with a
# wireless card you might need to set options in /etc/pcmcia OR in
# /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf, or even in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf (with
# extra options if needed for the encryption key, ESSID, etc.)
#
# Hopefully this situation will be unified in the future, but for now
# that's how it is...
#
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia start
# The cards might need a little extra time here to initialize.
sleep 5
fi

# Start the system logger.
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.syslog -a -x /usr/sbin/syslogd -a -d /var/log ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.syslog start
fi

# Update the X font indexes:
if [ -x /usr/bin/fc-cache ]; then
echo "Updating X font indexes: /usr/bin/fc-cache -f &"
/usr/bin/fc-cache -f &
fi

# If we are returning from single-user mode we will need to restart
# udevd on systems that use udev:
if grep -wq sysfs /proc/mounts && grep -wq tmpfs /proc/filesystems ; then
if ! grep -wq nohotplug /proc/cmdline ; then
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.udev ]; then
/bin/sh /etc/rc.d/rc.udev start
fi
fi
fi

# Initialize the networking hardware.
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
fi

# Look for additional USB/SCSI/IEEE1394/etc devices on multiple LUNs:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.scanluns ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.scanluns
fi

# Start networking daemons:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.inet2 ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.inet2
fi

# Start the Network Time Protocol daemon:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd ]; then
sh /etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd start
fi

# Remove stale locks and junk files (must be done after mount -a!)
/bin/rm -f /var/lock/* /var/spool/uucp/LCK..* /tmp/.X*lock /tmp/core /core 2> /dev/null

# Remove stale hunt sockets so the game can start.
if [ -r /tmp/hunt -o -r /tmp/hunt.stats ]; then
echo "Removing your stale hunt sockets from /tmp."
/bin/rm -f /tmp/hunt*
fi

# Ensure basic filesystem permissions sanity.
chmod 755 / 2> /dev/null
chmod 1777 /tmp /var/tmp

# Start APM or ACPI daemon.
# If APM is enabled in the kernel, start apmd:
if [ -e /proc/apm ]; then
if [ -x /usr/sbin/apmd ]; then
echo "Starting APM daemon: /usr/sbin/apmd"
/usr/sbin/apmd
fi
elif [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.acpid ]; then # otherwise, start acpid:
. /etc/rc.d/rc.acpid start
fi

# Start D-Bus:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.messagebus ]; then
sh /etc/rc.d/rc.messagebus start
fi

# Start HAL:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.hald ]; then
sh /etc/rc.d/rc.hald start
fi

# Start Bluetooth:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.bluetooth ]; then
sh /etc/rc.d/rc.bluetooth start
fi

# Start dnsmasq, a simple DHCP/DNS server:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.dnsmasq ]; then
/etc/rc.d/rc.dnsmasq start
fi

# Start the print spooling system. This will usually be LPRng (lpd) or CUPS.
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.cups ]; then
# If HPLIP (HP's complete print/scan/fax system) is installed,
# then it should be run first:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.hplip ]; then
# Start HPLIP:
/etc/rc.d/rc.hplip start
fi
# Start CUPS:
/etc/rc.d/rc.cups start
elif [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.lprng ]; then
# Start LPRng (lpd):
. /etc/rc.d/rc.lprng start
fi

# Start netatalk. (a file/print server for Macs using Appletalk)
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.atalk ]; then
/etc/rc.d/rc.atalk
fi

# Start smartd, which monitors the status of S.M.A.R.T. compatible
# hard drives and reports any problems. Note some devices (which aren't
# smart, I guess will hang if probed by smartd, so it's commented out
# by default.
#if [ -x /usr/sbin/smartd ]; then
# /usr/sbin/smartd
#fi

# If we're using udev, make /dev/cdrom and any other optical drive symlinks
# if some udev rule hasn't made them already:
if grep -wq sysfs /proc/mounts && grep -wq tmpfs /proc/filesystems; then
if ! grep -wq nohotplug /proc/cmdline ; then
if [ -x /lib/udev/rc.optical-symlinks -a -x /etc/rc.d/rc.udev ]; then
/bin/sh /lib/udev/rc.optical-symlinks
fi
fi
fi

# Monitor the UPS with genpowerd.
# To use this, uncomment this section and edit your settings in
# /etc/genpowerd.conf (serial device, UPS type, etc). For more information,
# see "man genpowerd" or the extensive documentation in the
# /usr/doc/genpower-1.0.3 directory.
# You'll also need to configure a similar block in /etc/rc.d/rc.6 if you want
# support for stopping the UPS's inverter after the machine halts.
#if [ -x /sbin/genpowerd ]; then
# echo "Starting genpowerd daemon..."
# /sbin/genpowerd
#fi

# Turn on process accounting. To enable process accounting, make sure the
# option for BSD process accounting is enabled in your kernel, and then
# create the file /var/log/pacct (touch /var/log/pacct). By default, process
# accounting is not enabled (since /var/log/pacct does not exist). This is
# because the log file can get VERY large.
if [ -x /sbin/accton -a -r /var/log/pacct ]; then
/sbin/accton /var/log/pacct
chmod 640 /var/log/pacct
echo "Process accounting turned on."
fi

# Start crond (Dillon's crond):
# If you want cron to actually log activity to /var/log/cron, then change
# -l10 to -l8 to increase the logging level.
if [ -x /usr/sbin/crond ]; then
/usr/sbin/crond -l10 >>/var/log/cron 2>&1
fi

# Start atd (manages jobs scheduled with 'at'):
if [ -x /usr/sbin/atd ]; then
/usr/sbin/atd -b 15 -l 1
fi

# Slackware-Mini-Quota-HOWTO:
# To really activate quotas, you'll need to add 'usrquota' and/or 'grpquota' to
# the appropriate partitions as listed in /etc/fstab. Here's an example:
#
# /dev/hda2 /home ext3 defaults,usrquota 1 1
#
# You'll then need to setup initial quota files at the top of the partitions
# to support quota, like this:
# touch /home/aquota.user /home/aquota.group
# chmod 600 /home/aquota.user /home/aquota.group
#
# Then, reboot to activate the system.
# To edit user quotas, use 'edquota'. See 'man edquota'. Also, the
# official Quota Mini-HOWTO has lots of useful information. That can be found
# here: /usr/doc/Linux-HOWTOs/Quota

# Check quotas and then turn quota system on:
if grep -q quota /etc/fstab ; then
if [ -x /sbin/quotacheck ]; then
echo "Checking filesystem quotas: /sbin/quotacheck -avugm"
/sbin/quotacheck -avugm
fi
if [ -x /sbin/quotaon ]; then
echo "Activating filesystem quotas: /sbin/quotaon -avug"
/sbin/quotaon -avug
fi
fi

# Start the SASL authentication server. This provides SASL
# authentication services for sendmail:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.saslauthd ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.saslauthd start
fi

# Start the sendmail daemon:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.sendmail ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.sendmail start
fi

# Load ALSA (sound) defaults:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa
fi

# Load a custom screen font if the user has an rc.font script.
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.font ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.font
fi

# Load a custom keymap if the user has an rc.keymap script.
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.keymap ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.keymap
fi

# Start the MySQL database:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld start
fi

# Start Apache web server:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd start
fi

# Start OpenLDAP:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.openldap ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.openldap start
fi

# Start Samba (a file/print server for Win95/NT machines).
# Samba can be started in /etc/inetd.conf instead.
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.samba ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.samba start
fi

# Start the GPM mouse server:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.gpm ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.gpm start
fi

# If there are SystemV init scripts for this runlevel, run them.
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.sysvinit ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.sysvinit
fi

# Start the local setup procedure.
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.local ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.local
fi

# All done.



Thanks again.

Well ... just goes to show that I've never actually tried to use
wireless yet. I totally overlooked the fact that we'd need to
look at rc.wireless.conf ... not that I see a reference to your
particular card in there, mind you.

But if you google for "SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory"
you'll find a few threads (apart from your own ;}) that deal with
both the message and your card on varied mailing lists.


As for the sound-card. What do you see when you start alsamixer?
Something like this (in colour)?
Now, if you get something like this, and instead of OO in the red
area you have MM that channel is muted. Un-mute it with the M key.


Cheers,
Tink

Tink,

Here is the read out. Thanks again.

# Wireless LAN adapter configuration
#
# Theory of operation :
#
# The script attempts to match a block of settings to the specific wireless
# card inserted, the *first* block matching the card is used.
# The address format is "hwaddr", with * as a wildcard.
# 'hwaddr' is the unique MAC address identifier of the wireless card.
# The MAC address is usually printed on the card, or can be found via ifconfig.
# Some examples here use only half of the MAC address with a wildcard to
# match a whole family of cards...
#
# All the Wireless specific configuration is done through the Wireless
# Extensions, so we will just call 'iwconfig' with the right parameters
# defined below.
# Of course, you need to have iwconfig installled on your system.
# To download iwconfig, or for more info on Wireless Extensions :
# http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_...nux/Tools.html
#
# Note : you don't need to fill all parameters, leave them blank, in most
# cases the driver will initialise itself with sane defaults values or
# automatically figure out the value... And no drivers do support all
# possible settings...
#
# -- This is a modified '/etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts' script --
# -- I added sections for Prism/GT and Atheros based cards --
# -- (supported by the prism54 and madwifi drivers) --
# -- 16/sep/2004 * Eric Hameleers --
#

VERBOSE=1

case "$HWADDR" in

## NOTE : Comment out the following five lines to activate the samples below ...
## --------- START SECTION TO REMOVE -----------
## Pick up any Access Point, should work on most 802.11 cards
*)
INFO="Any ESSID"
ESSID="any"
;;
## ---------- END SECTION TO REMOVE ------------


# Here are a few examples with a few Wireless LANs supported...
# The matching is done on the first 3 bytes of the MAC address

# SMC2835W EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Adapter
00:04:E2:*)
INFO="SMC2835W EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Adapter"
# ESSID (extended network name) : My Network, any
ESSID="any"
# NWID/Domain (cell identifier) : 89AB, 100, off
NWID=""
# Operation mode : Ad-Hoc, Managed, Master, Repeater, Secondary, auto
MODE="Managed"
# Frequency or channel : 1, 2, 3 (channel) ; 2.422G, 2.46G (frequency)
FREQ=""
CHANNEL="7"
# Sensitivity (cell size + roaming speed) : 1, 2, 3 ; -70 (dBm)
SENS=""
# Bit rate : auto, 1M, 11M,54M
RATE="auto"
# Encryption key : 4567-89AB-CD, sassword
# Example for 40-bit encryption:
#KEY="883e-aa67-21 [1] key 5501-d0da-87 [2] key 91f5-3368-6b [3] key 2d73-31b7-96 [4]"
# Example for 104-bit encryption (aka 128-bit WEP):
#KEY="d5ad2f05abd048ecf10b1c80c7"
KEY=""
# RTS threshold : off, 500
RTS=""
# Fragmentation threshold : off, 1000
FRAG=""
# Other iwconfig parameters : power off, ap 01:23:45:67:89:AB
IWCONFIG=""
# iwspy parameters : + 01:23:45:67:89:AB
IWSPY=""
# iwpriv parameters : set_port 2, set_histo 50 60
IWPRIV=""
;;

# Multiband Atheros based 802.11a/b/g universal NIC cards
00:05:4E:*)
INFO="Multiband Atheros based 802.11a/b/g universal NIC"
# ESSID (extended network name) : My Network, any
ESSID=""
# Operation mode : Ad-Hoc, Managed, Master, Repeater, Secondary, auto
MODE="Managed"
# Frequency or channel : 1, 2, 3 (channel) ; 2.422G, 2.46G (frequency)
FREQ=""
CHANNEL="7"
# Bit rate : auto, 1M, 11M,54M
RATE="auto"
# Encryption key : 4567-89AB-CD, sassword
# Example for 40-bit encryption:
#KEY="883e-aa67-21 [1] key 5501-d0da-87 [2] key 91f5-3368-6b [3] key 2d73-31b7-96 [4]"
# Example for 104-bit encryption (aka 128-bit WEP):
#KEY="d5ad2f05abd048ecf10b1c80c7"
KEY=""
# Other iwconfig parameters : power off, ap 01:23:45:67:89:AB
IWCONFIG=""
# iwspy parameters : + 01:23:45:67:89:AB
IWSPY=""
# iwpriv parameters : set_port 2, set_histo 50 60
IWPRIV=""
;;

# Lucent Wavelan IEEE (+ Orinoco, RoamAbout and ELSA)
# Note : wvlan_cs driver only, and version 1.0.4+ for encryption support
00:60:1D:*|00:02:2D:*)
INFO="Wavelan IEEE example (Lucent default settings)"
ESSID="Wavelan Network"
MODE="Managed"
#RATE="auto"
KEY="s:secu1"
# To set all four keys, use :
#KEY="s:secu1 [1] key s:secu2 [2] key s:secu3 [3] key s:secu4 [4] key [1]"
# For the RG 1000 Residential Gateway: The ESSID is the identifier on
# the unit, and the default key is the last 5 digits of the same.
#ESSID="084d70"
#KEY="s:84d70"
;;

# Cisco/Aironet 4800/3x0
# Note : MPL driver only (airo/airo_cs), version 1.3 or later
00:40:96:*|00:02:8A:*)
INFO="Cisco/Aironet example (Cisco default settings)"
ESSID="any"
# To set all four ESSID, use iwconfig v21 and the same trick as above
MODE="Managed"
#RATE="11M auto"
#KEY="d5ad2f05abd048ecf10b1c80c7"
KEY="off"
;;

# Samsung MagicLan (+ some other PrismII cards)
# Note : Samsung binary library driver, version 1.20 or later
00:00:F0:*|00:02:78:*)
INFO="Samsung MagicLan example (Samsung default settings)"
ESSID="any"
MODE="Managed"
CHANNEL="4"
RATE="auto"
#KEY="883e-aa67-21 [1] key 5501-d0da-87 [2] key 91f5-3368-6b [3] key 2d73-31b7-96 [4]"
#IWCONFIG="power on"
;;

# Raytheon Raylink/WebGear Aviator2.4
# Note : doesn't work yet, please use for debugging only :-(
00:00:8F:*|00:00:F1:*)
INFO="Raylink/Aviator2.4 example (Aviator default ad-hoc setting)"
ESSID="ADHOC_ESSID"
MODE="Ad-Hoc"
RATE="auto"
IWPRIV="set_framing 1"
;;

# Old Lucent Wavelan
08:00:0E:*)
INFO="Wavelan example (Lucent default settings)"
NWID="0100"
MODE="Ad-Hoc"
FREQ="2.425G"
KEY="off"
;;

# Netwave (Xircom Netwave/Netwave Airsurfer)
00:80:C7:*)
INFO="Netwave example (Netwave default settings)"
NWID="100"
KEY="00"
;;

# Proxim RangeLan2/Symphony (what is the MAC address ???)
XX:XX:XX:*)
INFO="Proxim RangeLan2/Symphony example"
NWID="0"
MODE="Master"
CHANNEL="15"
IWPRIV="setsubchan 1"
;;

# No Wires Needed Swallow 550 and 1100 setting (what is the MAC address ???)
XX:XX:XX:*)
INFO="NWN Swallow example"
ESSID="session"
KEY="0000-0000-00 open"
;;

# Symbol Spectrum24 setting (what is the MAC address ???)
XX:XX:XX:*)
INFO="Symbol Spectrum24 example"
ESSID="Essid string"
;;

# Generic example (decribe all possible settings)
*)
INFO="Fill with your own settings..."
# ESSID (extended network name) : My Network, any
ESSID=""
# NWID/Domain (cell identifier) : 89AB, 100, off
NWID=""
# Operation mode : Ad-Hoc, Managed, Master, Repeater, Secondary, auto
MODE=""
# Frequency or channel : 1, 2, 3 (channel) ; 2.422G, 2.46G (frequency)
FREQ=""
CHANNEL=""
# Sensitivity (cell size + roaming speed) : 1, 2, 3 ; -70 (dBm)
SENS=""
# Bit rate : auto, 1M, 11M
RATE=""
# Encryption key : 4567-89AB-CD, sassword
KEY=""
# RTS threshold : off, 500
RTS=""
# Fragmentation threshold : off, 1000
FRAG=""
# Other iwconfig parameters : power off, ap 01:23:45:67:89:AB
IWCONFIG=""
# iwspy parameters : + 01:23:45:67:89:AB
IWSPY=""
# iwpriv parameters : set_port 2, set_histo 50 60
IWPRIV=""
;;
esac

Well I have sound working. Some of it was info from you guys and some of it is a mystery. I used alsaconf to get the mute off my card and keep it off. They I used play to verify the sound worked with sound files. Well thinking i had the problem fixed, I logged on to KDE 3.5 but the sound didn't work. I tried various configuration areas and all the media/audio players but nothing helped. I shut down and rebooted, but same thing. Then for no reason that I can tell, it just started working. It cracked and popped for a few secs and then BAM there was sound. Let hope It holds huh LOL.

Thanks for the help
Ace