Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 16:22:40 -0400, JoeHill wrote: > > Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > > > Try "modprobe -v wl" as root; that should either give you wlan0 or some > > > error messages that tell us what goes wrong. (I suspect that you might > > > need a newer kernel.) > > > > Tried again after a reboot: > > > > tablet:/home/lajolla# modprobe -v wl > > WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it > > will be ignored in a future release. > > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.ko > > install /sbin/modprobe -qr b43 ssb; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wl > > WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it > > will be ignored in a future release. > > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko > > > > tablet:/home/lajolla# lsmod | grep -E 'bcm|b43|wl|ndis' > > wl 1267176 0 > > ieee80211_crypt 5124 1 wl > > > > but still: > > > > tablet:/home/lajolla# iwconfig > > lo no wireless extensions. > > > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > > > tablet:/home/lajolla# ifconfig wlan0 up > > wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device > > Note: There is no point in trying to ifup the device as long as it is > not listed by iwconfig.
Heh, okay. > So, your kernel does load the module without obvious problems, but no > new network device becomes available. This means that the kernel does > not recognize your hardware as supported by this module (or by any other > driver that it knows). Is that maybe remedied by a newer kernel? > Please post the output of this: > > lspci -knn | grep -iEA2 'broadcom|bcm|wireless|wifi' No output :-( -- J -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
