Re: 8086:008a wifi vostro v131

2012-08-13 Thread Brian
On Sun 12 Aug 2012 at 22:34:36 -0300, Dr Beco wrote: I will move to Wheezy instead of using Backports. I hope I can get this right. I tried to install kernel 3.2 but synaptic gave me some dependency errors. As Wheezy is already in beta-1, maybe its usable. You'll likely hit a bug involving

8086:008a wifi vostro v131

2012-08-12 Thread Dr Beco
Dear linuxers, I just got a DELL vostro v131, intel i5, and am trying to configure wireless card. It's a 8086:008a intel. $lshw gives: *-network UNCLAIMED description: Network controller product: Intel Corporation vendor: Intel Corporation

Re: 8086:008a wifi vostro v131

2012-08-12 Thread Brian
On Sun 12 Aug 2012 at 19:24:12 -0300, Dr Beco wrote: lspci -nn gives: 09:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:008a] (rev 34) The device is listed at http://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi but under Supported Devices for Wheezy. Could be you need a newer kernel. The

Re: 8086:008a wifi vostro v131

2012-08-12 Thread Dr Beco
From: Brian Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:09:53 +0100 The device is listed at http://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi but under Supported Devices for Wheezy. Could be you need a newer kernel. The Backports archive for that. Brian, I will move to Wheezy instead of using Backports. I hope I can get

Re: 8086:008a wifi vostro v131 (solution)

2012-08-12 Thread Dr Beco
On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Dr Beco r...@beco.cc wrote: I will move to Wheezy instead of using Backports. I hope I can get this right. I tried to install kernel 3.2 but synaptic gave me some dependency errors. As Wheezy is already in beta-1, maybe its usable. Thanks! Beco Dear