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Yea, just like that without the ham.</blockquote><p><DEFANGED_div><br><br>This is definitely a flaw in Ubu performance. It "just worked" as live! </p><DEFANGED_div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" DEFANGED_style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex">
godwin@birdofpray:~$ iwconfig<br>lo no wireless extensions.<br>eth0 no wireless extensions.<br>sit0 no wireless extensions.<br>ham0 no wireless extensions.<br><br>godwin@birdofpray:~$<br><br><br>On 8/31/06, Bill Creswell <
<a href="mailto:billcreswell@gmail.com">billcreswell@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> On 8/30/06, Michael Mol <<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > That's normal for modprobe. Type lsmod, and you should see the module
<br>> loaded.<br>><br>><br>> And so it is. But I still need somehow to detect the wireless card, right?<br>> If you know of a good place where I can learn some of this stuff, and<br>> thereby keep a little of my dignity as an IT professional, that wood be good
<br>> to. I took the grcc unix classes about 5+ years ago, and that was about it<br>> for what I know, other than what's in the gui. Synaptic says I have the<br>> wireless tools installed, but the network interface doesn't show the wlan0.
<br>><br>><br>> > On 8/30/06, Bill Creswell <<a href="mailto:billcreswell@gmail.com">billcreswell@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > > modprobe airo seems to have executed, but there is no output.<br>
> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > On 8/30/06, Godwin < <a href="mailto:geektoyz@gmail.com">geektoyz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > > > 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
<br>> aironet<br>> > > card.<br>> > > > > > (lsmod)<br>> > > > > > I goolged "insert module into running kernel" and realised that I<br>> am<br>> > > 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<br>
> card<br>> > > just<br>> > > > > > > > worked.<br>> > > > > > > > Now, it is installed, and it doesn't appear to be detecting<br>> the<br>> > > card.
<br>> > > > > > > > My understanding is that an install removes the hardware<br>> > > 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<br>> 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<br>> > > answer,<br>> > > > > > > you could boot from the LiveCD and run 'lsmod' as root and write
<br>> > > down<br>> > > > > > > the modules listed. Scratch off those you recognize. Reboot<br>> into<br>> > > the<br>> > > > > > > installed Kubuntu and run lsmod again. Scratch off the modules
<br>> 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.<br>> It is<br>> > > the
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