modprobe airo seems to have executed, but there is no output.<br><br><p><DEFANGED_div><DEFANGED_span class="gmail_quote">On 8/30/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Godwin</b> <<a href="mailto:geektoyz@gmail.com">geektoyz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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Use "modprobe" as it will do some param stuff *automagically*. One<br>thing I've learned about Ubuntu and wifi cards, there exists a<br>directory "/lib/hotplug" or "/lib/firmwares" or<br>"/lib/hotplug/firmwares" (I don't have access to my box right now),
<br>which contains a plethora of wifi card firmwares under a directory<br>named "2.6.15..." or whatever kernel version you have.<br><br>I've always kept a tar'ed up copy of that dir as it tends to disapear<br>after kernel upgrades. I simply untar my copy, rename it to match the
<br>kernel and reboot. Magically, the firmware for my Intel 2200bg wifi<br>card gets downloaded onto the card and it works like a charm with WPA.<br><br>I recall having to do that with Warty a while ago. It's now embedded
<br>in my ubuntu brain... :-) On a diff topic, Novell (gnome) SuSE 10<br>rocks!!! ;-)<br><br>flames > /dev/null<br><br>G-<br><br><br>On 8/29/06, Michael Mol <<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a>
> wrote:<br>> "insmod (module file)" or "modprobe (module)"<br>><br>> I tend to use modprobe.<br>><br>> On 8/28/06, Bill Creswell <<a href="mailto:billcreswell@gmail.com">billcreswell@gmail.com
</a>> wrote:<br>> > I would suppose that the module would be "airo" since it is an aironet card.<br>> > (lsmod)<br>> > I goolged "insert module into running kernel" and realised that I am not
<br>> > much of a geek.<br>> > Obviously it is not in lib/modules or it would be there.<br>> > How do I get this module onto the drive?<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On 8/26/06, john-thomas richards <
<a href="mailto:jtr@jrichards.org">jtr@jrichards.org</a>> wrote:<br>> > > On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 03:42:13PM -0400, Bill Creswell wrote:<br>> > > > I was tickled, when I ran the ubuntu live CD and my wireless card just
<br>> > > > worked.<br>> > > > Now, it is installed, and it doesn't appear to be detecting the card.<br>> > > > My understanding is that an install removes the hardware detection. Is<br>
> > there<br>> > > > a way to re-run it?<br>> > ><br>> > > I suspect you may simply need to insert the module into the running<br>> > > kernel. If you do not know which module to insert, a bit of
<br>> > > experimentation may be necessary. Apart from googling for the answer,<br>> > > you could boot from the LiveCD and run 'lsmod' as root and write down<br>> > > the modules listed. Scratch off those you recognize. Reboot into the
<br>> > > installed Kubuntu and run lsmod again. Scratch off the modules that<br>> > > are currently running. Hopefully the remaining list is short.<br>> > > Insert/remove them one by one until your wireless card works.
<br>> > > --<br>> > > john-thomas<br>> > > ------<br>> > > Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the<br>> > > argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
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