On Tuesday 07 March 2006 21:16, Juanjavier Martínez wrote:
>On Tuesday 07 March 2006 06:15, Juanjavier Martínez wrote:
>> Does anyone know what chipset uses this laptop for wireless?
>>
>> Is any specific kernel needed? I have got 2.6.8-2-686 (for Celeron)
>> kernel installed.
>>
>>
>> Just asking.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Juanjavier Martínez.
>
>lspci is your friend here. It will list all the PCI attached devices on
>your laptop. But it is possible that the wireless chip is either USB
>in which case use lsusb or is behind an "enable wireless" button.
>The acerhk package might help with the enable wireless button,
>otherwise more extreme methods may be needed.
Is there a way to know if lspci or lsusb is needed? Apart from try and
error, y'know...:-) What about the "enable wireless" button? What is that
all about?
Where can I find information on this? You know, I've just purchased the
laptop and feel naturally worried....:-)
Thanks in advance...
Juanjavier Martínez.
Firstly the button. Look in the manual (there will be one online if you
do not have a physical one).
Where?
(...) is worth installing the acerhk package to see if it enables the button.
I found it in the «unstable» debian repository in www.kanotix.com.
I am currently running «sarge» on the notebook. Is there any chance I could
install it w/no updates?
lspci and lsusb are very general utilities. The first one to try is lspci
and look in the output to see if there is anything that looks like a
wireless card.
lspci told me I have got a Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [Airforce One] 54g 802,11g Wireless LAN
Controller (rev 02), as you can see in the attached lspci.txt file.
David
So the questions stays still there: How do I install acerhk?
Thank you so much,
Juan Javier Martínez.
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express
Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile
915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML
Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
0000:00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation
82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97
Modem Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface
Bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus
Controller (rev 03)
0000:06:05.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One
54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
0000:06:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:06:09.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller (rev
01)
