> > Mike, > > Try this reason on for size: the distribution was released in April 2011 > with the 2.6.37.6 kernel, and the laptop was assembled and shipped November > 2011. It is almost certain that the Atheros Comm. Ethernet chip is newer > than the driver in the kernel. That's what someone discovered on > linuxquestions.org with the same chip and an 'older' kernel. The laptop > shipped with some flavor of Windoze, as they all do. Ergo, it's quite > reasonable to assume the hardware works with a current driver. > > This weekend I'll build a 2.6.28 kernel using the SlackBuild script from > the 13.37 distribution, run 'mkinitrd', edit /etc/lilo.conf, and run > '/sbin/lilo' before rebooting. Heck, I might even try the 3.x kernel. > > Rich >
Ya' know, when I initially wrote my response, I typed "well, it's either that or you have a seriously buggy driver." Because my distro of choice is Debian, I don't think I've ever had a wifi card on a laptop/netbook work out of the box. Best of luck with getting it sorted out. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
