[GRLUG] Ubuntu and Wireless

[Michael Mol]

"insmod (module file)" or "modprobe (module)"

I tend to use modprobe.

On 8/28/06, Bill Creswell <billcreswell at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would suppose that the module would be "airo" since it is an aironet card.
> (lsmod)
> I goolged "insert module into running kernel" and realised that I am not
> much of a geek.
> Obviously it is not in lib/modules or it would be there.
> How do I get this module onto the drive?
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> On 8/26/06, john-thomas richards <jtr at jrichards.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 03:42:13PM -0400, Bill Creswell wrote:
> > > I was tickled, when I ran the ubuntu live CD and my wireless card just
> > > worked.
> > > Now, it is installed, and it doesn't appear to be detecting the card.
> > > My understanding is that an install removes the hardware detection. Is
> there
> > > a way to re-run it?
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> > I suspect you may simply need to insert the module into the running
> > kernel.  If you do not know which module to insert, a bit of
> > experimentation may be necessary.  Apart from googling for the answer,
> > you could boot from the LiveCD and run 'lsmod' as root and write down
> > the modules listed.  Scratch off those you recognize.  Reboot into the
> > installed Kubuntu and run lsmod again.  Scratch off the modules that
> > are currently running.  Hopefully the remaining list is short.
> > Insert/remove them one by one until your wireless card works.
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