-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Peter, Problem solved with the laptop. It turns out that it works if I start the machine with the pcmcia card already inserted. I only have trouble when I insert it after starting up. I'll check out the solution for my other Distros when I get back home on Monday. Thanks again Peter Heracles
Peter Chubb wrote: >>>>>> "heracles" == heracles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > heracles> Hi All, I have a Linksys wrt54g2 wireless router which plays > heracles> very happily with the Linksys wmp54g wireless network card > heracles> under Ubuntu 8.04 with no hassles. > > heracles> Problem 1: (most critical to me as I used WEP rather than > heracles> WPA because my laptop system did not support WPA) > > heracles> I cannot get my Orinoco card in my laptop (also running > heracles> Ubuntu 8,04) to connect at all. It just keeps cycling > heracles> through the request for the WEP key and won't connect. > > Dunno what's causing this one. What does dmesg say? > > heracles> Problem 2 (just curious about this one) > > heracles> I cannot get any other distro (including the latest Debian, > heracles> SuSE 11.0, Gentu 2008, Fedora 9 and Sabyon)to even recognise > heracles> the Linksys card in my Desktop (Note: Ubuntu calls it a > heracles> RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g). > > The Ralink driver is out-of-tree. Ubuntu must patch their kernel to > include it. Look for an rt2x00 source or modules package. > > -- > Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au > http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJJfAZybPcBAs9CE8RAusKAJ4l0vhOilnLLHf6CrN9ksxhqH45qACdHO7T lS0g4l04xHRInCKN2MEuZe4= =JXjh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
