Troy Dawson wrote:
Kahae Han wrote:
Hi!
Sorry I am a newbie on trying to install linux.
I installed SL4.7 on a sony vaio i purchased recently but it will
not recognize either the
wireless (Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100) or ethernet (Marvell Yukon
88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller)
I really would like SL4.7 to be the linux on this laptop as the all
the softwares I use need compilers version 3.4 and i know that SL5XX
has a way of switching back to the older compilers but still even
the latest SL5.2 seems to come with kernel which doesn't have the
intel wireless at any rate.
Is there any way I can get the wireless and the ethernet LAN to work
on the SL4.7?
thank you!
kahae
Hello,
To answer your last question first
Is there any way I can get the wireless and the ethernet LAN to work
on the SL4.7?
Wireless - No
I'm sorry, but SL 4 has never even has support for Intel wireless
4965, let along 5100. It just doesn't have the infrastructure in the
kernel or out of the kernel to support it.
Wired - I don't know.
If it currently isn't recognized, then the odds are against you. I
don't know about that particular ethernet card. It's possible that it
will be supported in SL 4.8, but that is still at least 4 months away,
probrubly 6.
Are those network adapters supported in SL 5.2?
Wireless - Currently no
It will be supported in SL 5.3.
Wired - Again, I don't know. But I thought it was.
Troy
The wired you should be able to get working by downloading and
installing the latest driver from source. The latest driver for sk98lin
can be found here:
http://www.syskonnect.eu/e_en/support/driver_searchresults.html?navanchor=10013&term=typ.treiber+produkt.SK-9E21D&produkt=produkt.SK-9E21D&typ=typ.treiber&system=
at the bottom of the page. I just verified that the 88E8040 is listed
in the source.
Cheers,
Mark
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Digital Systems Engineer
National Electrostatics Corp.
P.O. Box 620310
Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA
Phone: (608) 831-7600
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