The output of those commands are below. And I still get
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg |grep -i prism
[ 96.688000] prism2pci_init: prism2_pci.o: 0.2.5 Loaded
[ 96.688000] A Prism2.5 PCI device found, phymem:0xf8000000, irq:11,
mem:0xe0af8000
[ 350.716000] eth1: Station name "Prism I"
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
as I should, because with live CD no changes get saved (right?).
Hope this helps spot the trouble, but I will do anything you
need short of overwriting the working system.
Niels
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
irda0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 no wireless extensions.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo modprobe -r prism2_pci
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo modprobe -r orinoco_pci
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo modprobe -r hostap_pci
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo modprobe orinoco_pci
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
irda0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"" Nickname:"Prism I"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: None
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/3
Retry limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/92 Signal level=-68 dBm Noise level=-122 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
> I don't know why dmesg wouldn't return useful information when run from
> a live CD, but it does sound like the prism2_pci driver is loading. I
> get the same on my Thinkpad T30:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg |grep -i prism
> [ 34.828000] prism2pci_init: prism2_pci.o: 0.2.5 Loaded
> [ 35.120000] A Prism2.5 PCI device found, phymem:0xf8000000, irq:6,
> mem:0xf0a88000
> [ 205.004000] eth1: Station name "Prism I"
>
> But then that seems to conflict with your lspci command. I'm a little
> confused. So try this:
>
> Boot with the feisty CD:
> $ sudo iwconfig
> (see if there are any wireless devices available)
> $ sudo modprobe -r prism2_pci
> $ sudo modprobe -r orinoco_pci
> $ sudo modprobe -r hostap_pci
> $ sudo modprobe orinoco_pci
> $ sudo iwconfig
> (see if there are any wireless devices available at this point)
>
> I know you've probably been through this before, but I haven't been able
> to tell from what's been recorded in this report so far.
>
> thanks,
> mike
>
> --
> IBM thinkpad A31p: wireless ok in 6.06, not in 6.10.
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/68196
>
>
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IBM thinkpad A31p: wireless ok in 6.06, not in 6.10.
https://launchpad.net/bugs/68196
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