Re: [zd1211-devs] zd1211 and ubuntu 8.1 problems

2009-02-20 Thread Hin-Tak Leung

--- On Thu, 19/2/09, Redeye jonatmm...@msn.com wrote:

 WELL DONE Hin-Tak!!!
 
 Your gut instinct on the permissions was obviously it,
 however it didn't
 show as i hadn't rebooted.
 
 So Fantastic news, i will alter my first post with the fix
 and also change
 subject to solved.

Oh, so changing the permissions - chmod/chown - works after all?

The issue of how to get the kernel module to re-try loading the firmware is a 
bit complicated - I think very recent kernel+zd1211rw driver can retry loading 
firmware on activating/deactivating the interface, so ifdown/ifup wlan0 or 
ifconfig wlan0 down/up would do it, or physically pulling the USB stick out 
and re-insert.

A little older, loading firmware is done at module loading time, so one needs 
to unload and reload the kernel module with modprobe -r/modprobe zd1211rw. 
Pulling stick out and re-insert does not trigger the module unload/reload.

Of course reboot does all of unload module/reload module/ifdown/ifup...

I am just wondering what makes you think it is permission change that makes it 
work, and why did you think it didn't work initially.


  

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Re: [zd1211-devs] zd1211 and ubuntu 8.1 problems

2009-02-19 Thread Hin-Tak Leung

--- On Thu, 19/2/09, Redeye jonatmm...@msn.com wrote:

 Hi again,
 
 Thanks for suplying that, all actioned and ive still got
 the -110 error, so
 good try.  Must admit this is bugging the hell out of
 me, seems no one knows
 what the problem is.  I appreciate you trying
 considering your not one of
 the devs.  If you or anyone else has anymore ideas
 that would be great.

Well, my zd1211b worked out of the box with fedora... (as a client, but I 
needed it to work as AP on slackware, which is why I use the vendor driver 
instead, and which is unrelated).

Debian/Unbuntu seems to ship both the in-kernel driver and the community-based 
driver, which may be a source of conflict. Have you looked and make sure you do 
not have two zd1211 driver module entries, etc, 
loaded in your lsmod,
and your dmesg? and make sure you have your blackmail list in order? 

In your  /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist , you should have 

blacklist zd1211
blacklist zd1211b

to disable the community driver. (the in-kernel driver is zd1211rw).
and you can disable the in-kernel driver by putting in an entry 
blacklist zd1211rw

 Do you know of a way i can get in touch with a dev? if we
 think we could be
 at a stage to do so?

You could give the vendor driver or the community driver a try (there are 3 
driver for zd1211). All the dev of zd1211rw is on this list, so if they are not 
responding, there isn't much to do.

The other options are to switch to fedora (because the John Linville, the 
kernel wireless maintainer, works for redhat, fedora is particularly strong for 
wireless networking in general), try compat-wireless (go to 
http://linuxwireless.org/), or post to the linuxwireless mailing list. (again 
linuxwireless.org). But so far your question/problem isn't quite the level for 
the linuxwireles mailing list yet. You probably should at least give 
compat-wireless a try - when you will probably learn some diagnostic tips on 
the way in doing so - before you ask questions there.



  

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Re: [zd1211-devs] zd1211 and ubuntu 8.1 problems

2009-02-19 Thread Redeye

lsmod is only showing zd1211rw on its own, in mac80211 and in usb corem,
which seem like the correct suspects to me.

Jut checked Dmesg and seen the zd1211rw driver loaded.. So Hold the phones i
could be back in a sec with some absosmegginglutely fantastic news...

Just gona try a restart with my fingers and toes crossed!!

You sir could be a genius...

Back in a sec

Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
 
 
 --- On Thu, 19/2/09, Redeye jonatmm...@msn.com wrote:
 
 Hi again,
 
 Thanks for suplying that, all actioned and ive still got
 the -110 error, so
 good try.  Must admit this is bugging the hell out of
 me, seems no one knows
 what the problem is.  I appreciate you trying
 considering your not one of
 the devs.  If you or anyone else has anymore ideas
 that would be great.
 
 Well, my zd1211b worked out of the box with fedora... (as a client, but I
 needed it to work as AP on slackware, which is why I use the vendor driver
 instead, and which is unrelated).
 
 Debian/Unbuntu seems to ship both the in-kernel driver and the
 community-based driver, which may be a source of conflict. Have you looked
 and make sure you do not have two zd1211 driver module entries, etc, 
 loaded in your lsmod,
 and your dmesg? and make sure you have your blackmail list in order? 
 
 In your  /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist , you should have 
 
 blacklist zd1211
 blacklist zd1211b
 
 to disable the community driver. (the in-kernel driver is zd1211rw).
 and you can disable the in-kernel driver by putting in an entry 
 blacklist zd1211rw
 
 Do you know of a way i can get in touch with a dev? if we
 think we could be
 at a stage to do so?
 
 You could give the vendor driver or the community driver a try (there are
 3 driver for zd1211). All the dev of zd1211rw is on this list, so if they
 are not responding, there isn't much to do.
 
 The other options are to switch to fedora (because the John Linville, the
 kernel wireless maintainer, works for redhat, fedora is particularly
 strong for wireless networking in general), try compat-wireless (go to
 http://linuxwireless.org/), or post to the linuxwireless mailing list.
 (again linuxwireless.org). But so far your question/problem isn't quite
 the level for the linuxwireles mailing list yet. You probably should at
 least give compat-wireless a try - when you will probably learn some
 diagnostic tips on the way in doing so - before you ask questions there.
 
 
 
   
 
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Re: [zd1211-devs] zd1211 and ubuntu 8.1 problems

2009-02-19 Thread Redeye

WELL DONE Hin-Tak!!!

Your gut instinct on the permissions was obviously it, however it didn't
show as i hadn't rebooted.

So Fantastic news, i will alter my first post with the fix and also change
subject to solved.

My hat goes off to you sir, thanks for a good job well done.

All the best,

Redeye wrote:
 
 lsmod is only showing zd1211rw on its own, in mac80211 and in usb corem,
 which seem like the correct suspects to me.
 
 Jut checked Dmesg and seen the zd1211rw driver loaded.. So Hold the phones
 i could be back in a sec with some absosmegginglutely fantastic news...
 
 Just gona try a restart with my fingers and toes crossed!!
 
 You sir could be a genius...
 
 Back in a sec
 
 Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
 
 
 --- On Thu, 19/2/09, Redeye jonatmm...@msn.com wrote:
 
 Hi again,
 
 Thanks for suplying that, all actioned and ive still got
 the -110 error, so
 good try.  Must admit this is bugging the hell out of
 me, seems no one knows
 what the problem is.  I appreciate you trying
 considering your not one of
 the devs.  If you or anyone else has anymore ideas
 that would be great.
 
 Well, my zd1211b worked out of the box with fedora... (as a client, but I
 needed it to work as AP on slackware, which is why I use the vendor
 driver instead, and which is unrelated).
 
 Debian/Unbuntu seems to ship both the in-kernel driver and the
 community-based driver, which may be a source of conflict. Have you
 looked and make sure you do not have two zd1211 driver module entries,
 etc, 
 loaded in your lsmod,
 and your dmesg? and make sure you have your blackmail list in order? 
 
 In your  /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist , you should have 
 
 blacklist zd1211
 blacklist zd1211b
 
 to disable the community driver. (the in-kernel driver is zd1211rw).
 and you can disable the in-kernel driver by putting in an entry 
 blacklist zd1211rw
 
 Do you know of a way i can get in touch with a dev? if we
 think we could be
 at a stage to do so?
 
 You could give the vendor driver or the community driver a try (there are
 3 driver for zd1211). All the dev of zd1211rw is on this list, so if they
 are not responding, there isn't much to do.
 
 The other options are to switch to fedora (because the John Linville, the
 kernel wireless maintainer, works for redhat, fedora is particularly
 strong for wireless networking in general), try compat-wireless (go to
 http://linuxwireless.org/), or post to the linuxwireless mailing list.
 (again linuxwireless.org). But so far your question/problem isn't quite
 the level for the linuxwireles mailing list yet. You probably should at
 least give compat-wireless a try - when you will probably learn some
 diagnostic tips on the way in doing so - before you ask questions there.
 
 
 
   
 
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Re: [zd1211-devs] zd1211 and ubuntu 8.1 problems

2009-02-18 Thread Redeye

Hi Hin-Tak

 zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: couldn't load firmware. Error number -110

Thats all i could get from looking at that page. Where do i look for the
error codes please.

Many Thanks,
  

Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
 
 
 
 --- On Thu, 12/2/09, Redeye jonatmm...@msn.com wrote:
 
 I was told that i need the zd1211-firmware but apt-get
 cannot get it with
 all repo's ticked as it is moved or obselete. 
 downlaoding and installing from 
 
 Still too much irrelevance. read this entry about the 
 'Debian users beware: don't use the the zd1211-firmware package'
 
 http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw#Firmware
 
 and the url for where to download the firmware packages.
 
 
 
 
   
 
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Re: [zd1211-devs] zd1211 and ubuntu 8.1 problems

2009-02-18 Thread Hin-Tak Leung

--- On Wed, 18/2/09, Redeye jonatmm...@msn.com wrote:

 Hi Hin-Tak
 
  zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: couldn't load firmware. Error number
 -110
 
 Thats all i could get from looking at that page. Where do i
 look for the
 error codes please.
 
 Many Thanks,

-110 is timed out, possibly something to do with USB... do you have multiple 
host driver loaded (lsmod | grep 'hci'), etc? The firmware should be in 
/lib/firmware/zd1211/ , and should have permission 644. 

There is also the possibility that the USB socket on your computer (assuming 
your zd1211 is external) is underpowered/off-spec. I think it would say so in 
dmesg in such case. (bus-powered devices sometimes draw too much electricity 
and requires a main-powered usb hub in the middle between your computer and the 
device to work). Somebody encountered such a problem:
http://www.nabble.com/Error-in-kernel-2.6.24-in-ubuntu-8.10-td17136583.html

BTW, it is ubuntu 8.10 (the 10 is for October release - there was an April 8.04 
release), not 8.1. 

BTW, I don't have anything to do with the rw driver - I use and fix up the 
vendor driver myself because I need AP mode. It does the job on the caveate 
that the vendor code is fairly 32-bit and also small-endian specific, and also 
the machine can lock up after 3-5 days. I am just listening in to the traffic 
to see when the rw driver provides AP mode...  


  

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Re: [zd1211-devs] zd1211 and ubuntu 8.1 problems

2009-02-18 Thread Hin-Tak Leung

--- On Thu, 19/2/09, Redeye jonatmm...@msn.com wrote:

 I didnt know 8.10 meant october, thanks for the explanation
 :) I presume the
 8, bit is the year then

Yes. Ubuntu are doing half-yearly releases year.month. HPLIP (printig 
driver) has a similiar release naming system - it was 1.x.y, then 
2.year.month . 

 I dont believe there to be anything wrong with the power
 although good
 thought.   The card was working fine in
 Winblows XP.

same machine dual boot? Otherwise the fact that it works in winxp is irrelevant.

 Atm looking through nautilus, Owner is Root, Folder access
 is Create and
 delete and no permissions for file access.
 Do i set the file access to read and write?

No you can't... Nautilus doesn't see to allow su/sudo...
 
 Sorry to ask, i dont want to cock up the files in the
 directory by granting
 read and write access.

644 is read-write for owner (root) and read-only for the rest of the world.






  

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Re: [zd1211-devs] zd1211 and ubuntu 8.1 problems

2009-02-18 Thread Redeye

Yeh sorry same machine, completely flattened the xp partition, so its ubuntu
only.

Do i use chmod and chown, if you could supply examples that would be great.
I was going to use 
sudo chown -R 644 /lib/firmware/zd1211
sudo chmod 644 /lib/firmware/zd1211

is this the correct syntax?

Thanks again for your help, i wish i knew more about linux so i wasnt such a
pain in the ass


Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
 
 
 --- On Thu, 19/2/09, Redeye jonatmm...@msn.com wrote:
 
 I didnt know 8.10 meant october, thanks for the explanation
 :) I presume the
 8, bit is the year then
 
 Yes. Ubuntu are doing half-yearly releases year.month. HPLIP (printig
 driver) has a similiar release naming system - it was 1.x.y, then
 2.year.month . 
 
 I dont believe there to be anything wrong with the power
 although good
 thought.   The card was working fine in
 Winblows XP.
 
 same machine dual boot? Otherwise the fact that it works in winxp is
 irrelevant.
 
 Atm looking through nautilus, Owner is Root, Folder access
 is Create and
 delete and no permissions for file access.
 Do i set the file access to read and write?
 
 No you can't... Nautilus doesn't see to allow su/sudo...
  
 Sorry to ask, i dont want to cock up the files in the
 directory by granting
 read and write access.
 
 644 is read-write for owner (root) and read-only for the rest of the
 world.
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
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Re: [zd1211-devs] zd1211 and ubuntu 8.1 problems

2009-02-18 Thread Hin-Tak Leung

--- On Thu, 19/2/09, Redeye jonatmm...@msn.com wrote:

 Yeh sorry same machine, completely flattened the xp
 partition, so its ubuntu
 only.
 
 Do i use chmod and chown, if you could supply examples that
 would be great.
 I was going to use 
 sudo chown -R 644 /lib/firmware/zd1211
 sudo chmod 644 /lib/firmware/zd1211
 
 is this the correct syntax?

no. 

sudo chown -R root.root /lib/firmware/zd1211
sudo find /lib/firmware -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
sudo find /lib/firmware/zd1211 -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

(chown syntax is wrong; it is better to make sure all the directories are
readable as well - directory's 'execution' permission means one 
can cd to it, nothing more, unlike file's execution permission).


  

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Re: [zd1211-devs] zd1211 and ubuntu 8.1 problems

2009-02-12 Thread Hin-Tak Leung


--- On Thu, 12/2/09, Redeye jonatmm...@msn.com wrote:

 I was told that i need the zd1211-firmware but apt-get
 cannot get it with
 all repo's ticked as it is moved or obselete. 
 downlaoding and installing from 

Still too much irrelevance. read this entry about the 
'Debian users beware: don't use the the zd1211-firmware package'

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw#Firmware

and the url for where to download the firmware packages.




  

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Re: [zd1211-devs] zd1211 and ubuntu 8.1 problems

2009-02-12 Thread Jelle de Jong
Jelle de Jong wrote:
 Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
 --- On Thu, 12/2/09, Jelle de Jong jelledej...@powercraft.nl wrote:

 Hi Hin-Tak, could you provide some more information about
 the debian
 zd1211-firmware package versus the firmware package of the
 zd1211 project:
 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=129083package_id=187875

 What are the differences, how it the development related?
 I am not sure what are you asking - I thought the linuxwireless.org 
 paragraph is fairly clear. There are 3 drivers for the zd1211/zd1211b 
 devices,
 and the 3 drivers requires two different formats of firmware. (the firmware 
 content is logically the same, but presented differently). 

 
 So far i understand this:
 
 I want to use the community driver, have support on it, do testing and
 create bug reports that are responded to.
 
 When I plug-in a zd121x based device on a clean debian sid
 installation it will say in dmesg it is missing firmware. The only
 firmware for the zd121x i can find on debian is the zd1211-firware
 package. After installing this some of my debices work and some do not
  I created bug reports for those that do not work.
 
 If i read the following page correctly:
 http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw
 
 This means that the debian zd1211-firware is firmware that is not
 designed for the community driver that is used in the default debian
 sid kernel ? So using the zd1211-firware is actually wrong!
 
 If I read it correctly i should use the below firmware:
 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=129083
 
 With the community driver and the default debian kernel?
 
 Is the community firmware not packaged in debian? Where can I find it
 in debian and ubuntu?
 
 Please make it as clear as possible how the situation is.
 
 Thanks in advance for any info,
 
 Best regards,
 
 Jelle


I did some more research and tried to compare the Debian
zd1211-firmware package with the firmware that is tolled to use on the
wiki instead of the Debian package, but i cant find any difference in
file size or creation date. I am confused. Could somebody explain the
situation.. and what firmware should i use to get support?

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw#Firmware

Firmware is pulled from userspace, get the files here.Debian users
beware: don't use the the zd1211-firmware package, as this is for
Debian's fork of the vendor-based driver

and here is: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=129083

Both Debian package and sourceforge tar.gz seem to contain the same
firmware?

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.0K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211b_ub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.0K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211b_uph
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.0K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211b_uphm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.0K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211b_uphr
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211b_ur
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.0K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211_ub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.0K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211_uph
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.0K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211_uphm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.0K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211_uphr
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K 2007-10-04 13:47 zd1211_ur

Best regards,

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Re: [zd1211-devs] zd1211 and ubuntu 8.1 problems

2009-02-12 Thread Jelle de Jong
Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
 --- On Thu, 12/2/09, Jelle de Jong jelledej...@powercraft.nl wrote:
 
 Hi Hin-Tak, could you provide some more information about
 the debian
 zd1211-firmware package versus the firmware package of the
 zd1211 project:
 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=129083package_id=187875

 What are the differences, how it the development related?
 
 I am not sure what are you asking - I thought the linuxwireless.org paragraph 
 is fairly clear. There are 3 drivers for the zd1211/zd1211b devices,
 and the 3 drivers requires two different formats of firmware. (the firmware 
 content is logically the same, but presented differently). 
 

So far i understand this:

I want to use the community driver, have support on it, do testing and
create bug reports that are responded to.

When I plug-in a zd121x based device on a clean debian sid
installation it will say in dmesg it is missing firmware. The only
firmware for the zd121x i can find on debian is the zd1211-firware
package. After installing this some of my debices work and some do not
 I created bug reports for those that do not work.

If i read the following page correctly:
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/zd1211rw

This means that the debian zd1211-firware is firmware that is not
designed for the community driver that is used in the default debian
sid kernel ? So using the zd1211-firware is actually wrong!

If I read it correctly i should use the below firmware:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=129083

With the community driver and the default debian kernel?

Is the community firmware not packaged in debian? Where can I find it
in debian and ubuntu?

Please make it as clear as possible how the situation is.

Thanks in advance for any info,

Best regards,

Jelle


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[zd1211-devs] zd1211 and ubuntu 8.1 problems

2009-02-11 Thread Redeye

Hi Folks,

Can someone with some knowledge help me please, ive now been told to use
lenny, however i think were sooo close to sorting out  usb wifi card that
uses zd1211 that i would love someone with some knowledge to spend 5 mins
havin a read please.

here is the post http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1063274

Really appreaciate someone having a look,
Many thanks

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Re: [zd1211-devs] zd1211 and ubuntu 8.1 problems

2009-02-11 Thread Hin-Tak Leung
Your system seems to be working in the beginning, you were just missing the 
authentication credentials (ESSID, passphases) - clicking the network manager 
applet icon should give you a few boxes to fill them in. Then you f*cked it up 
by installing ndiswrapper. If you use ndiswrapper you should go to the 
ndiswrapper mailing list.

It is quite in-appropriate to ask somebody to read a 5-page web exchange. I 
lost patience after the first one.

--- On Wed, 11/2/09, Redeye jonatmm...@msn.com wrote:

 Hi Folks,
 
 Can someone with some knowledge help me please, ive now
 been told to use
 lenny, however i think were sooo close to sorting out  usb
 wifi card that
 uses zd1211 that i would love someone with some knowledge
 to spend 5 mins
 havin a read please.
 
 here is the post
 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1063274
 



  

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Re: [zd1211-devs] zd1211 and ubuntu 8.1 problems

2009-02-11 Thread Redeye



Your system seems to be working in the beginning, you were just missing the
authentication credentials (ESSID, passphases) - clicking the network
manager applet icon should give you a few boxes to fill them in. Then you
f*cked it up by installing ndiswrapper. If you use ndiswrapper you should go
to the ndiswrapper mailing list.

It is quite in-appropriate to ask somebody to read a 5-page web exchange. I
lost patience after the first one.
---

Hi There Hin-Tak Leung

You seemed to have missed the very first line in the very first post.
EDIT: 2nd page post 16 is starting from scratch again with a clean install,
please pick this up from there.

I am guessing you were quite busy as there isnt 5 pages either. There is 4
pages with 1 post only on page 4.  The only bits that would interest you
would be posts 16-26 which is where i am then advised to use Lenny. So yes i
would appreciate it if you could read 10 posts.

I did add essid etc in network manager for wireless, however if you have a
look at those posts wlan0 wouldnt ifup due to Ignoring unknown interface
wlan0=wlan0.

I have been asked by a moderator of the networking forum to get hold of the
folk that own the wiki doc list and set every card that uses the zd1211 to
Does Not Work In Ubuntu 8.1 Status.

Rather than just going ahead and doing that, I went out of my way to find
the developers, join the mailing list and asked for a little help, then
received your response.  To say that i am taken back by your comments is an
understatement, so much for me trying to get some positive input and
re-writing the zd1211 wiki for ubuntu 8.1 so that no other users would face
similair problems.

So is there anychance that either yourself or someone else can attempt to
get this working, or would you like me to go ahead and set the hundreds of
cards to do not work status for ubuntu 8.1? Please can we keep this positive
and constructive from now on. I thought i was helping you.

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Re: [zd1211-devs] zd1211 and ubuntu 8.1 problems

2009-02-11 Thread Redeye




It is still very inappropriate to ask somebody else to read pages and apges
of post X to post Y. If you have a problem, state your problem concisely,
states the steps you have taken, not ask others to go out of their way, do
some homework, to help you. You have about 5 minutes of the attention of
somebody who may be able to help you, and that's it. You do not waste that 5
minutes.

The fact is, mailing list works very differently from personal e-mails - no
body cares about your personal problems, however big it is to you - if by
the end of reading of your post, it is still not clear what sort of problem
you have and what you are talking about, most people will simply skip your
post. All the background stuff you wrote is irrelevant. There is no useful
information in your post to help you further. 


Hi again,

Well i totally apologise for trying to provide you with factual information
regarding what ubuntu is reporting hardware and driver wise. Please dont
forget i am not just concerned about my personal problem, i was concerned to
the fact that there are hundreds of cards running zd1211 and i was asked to
set them all to do not work with Ubuntu 8.1, which would affect lots of
users.

I am unsure how to put this concisely without providing this information to
you, however i will try.

Wireless is not showing in network icon and querying the hardware the os can
see the card, however it seems the driver is not installed corectly. 
Synaptic is showing that zd1211 source is not active

Sparklan WUBZ-103 shows as Fiberline WL-430U which uses the zd1211 driver.
sudo ifup wlan0 resulted in Ignoring unknown interface wlan0=wlan0.

I was told that i need the zd1211-firmware but apt-get cannot get it with
all repo's ticked as it is moved or obselete. 
downlaoding and installing from 
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/z/zd1211-firmware/zd1211-firmware_2.21.0.0-0.1_all.deb
errors out.

I really hope that helps. Thats about as short as i can make it.  Im not
trying to get on your nerves.
Best Regards
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