On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 14:28:13 -0400, JoeHill wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 11:29:50 -0400, JoeHill wrote: > > > 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.)
[...] > > > Okay, now it's hosed again. When I boot up and do 'modprobe -v wl', I get > > > no > > > 'rmmod' lines, as above, it's totally different: > > > 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 > > > > > > And, of course, I get no wireless :-( [...] > > Try what I suggested earlier regarding rf switch, BIOS settings and > > configuration under Windows. If nothing else helps, install a newer > > kernel and rebuild the wl module. > > I've been through all the BIOS options, nothing in there about wireless as far > as I can tell. The switch for the wireless has no effect, other than to cause > the device to disappear from lsusb. Since you keep ignoring my questions about this device under Windows, I will assume that you do not have Windows installed on this laptop. > This is the weird thing: I did a reinstall of the OS yesterday to get 'clean > slate' (hopefully), and when I first booted up the new install I did lspci and > lsusb. lspci showed the Broadcom device as I originally posted, lsusb showed > the HP integrated wireless device. I do not understand why you are not posting the relevant part of the "lspci -knn" output; I have asked for it repeatedly. > I would like to try to install a newer kernel, but I'm having trouble finding > where to get that. I did apt-cache search linux-image to see what was > available, but nothing newer than mine was listed. Right now I have > 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP. If you run Squeeze then it should be possible to install a 2.6.30 kernel from Sid; backports.org has 2.6.30 kernel images for Lenny. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
