On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 21:09 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > I would try to load the module and check the syslog for messages, i.e. > > modprobe -v b43 > > grep -i b43 /var/log/syslog >
monad:/home/dto# modprobe -v b43 insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26.5-rt8/kernel/drivers/input/input-polldev.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26.5-rt8/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26.5-rt8/kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26.5-rt8/kernel/drivers/char/hw_random/rng-core.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26.5-rt8/kernel/net/rfkill/rfkill.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26.5-rt8/kernel/drivers/ssb/ssb.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26.5-rt8/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko monad:/home/dto# Sep 11 18:41:06 monad kernel: [17374.556631] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMLR, Firmware-ID: FW13 ] monad:/home/dto# monad:/home/dto# /sbin/iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. monad:/home/dto# > If your computer loads the module and then complains about missing > firmware then you know what you have to investigate next. > > If your computer loads the module and produces another error message > then you have something to feed to Google and hope for the best. > > If your computer loads the module without error message but does not > create a wireless device node (check with /sbin/iwconfig) then you may > have to try going via ndiswrapper as has already been suggested earlier. > > In any case it is probably a good idea to post here what you get from > the syslog; maybe somebody else will have a better idea about what is > going on. > > -- > Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer > Florian | > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
