At Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:01:58 +0000, Jim Burton wrote: > > Hi Geoff, thanks for your reply > At Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:22:15 +1100, > Geoff Simmons wrote: > > > > Hi Jim, > > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:16:29AM +0000, Jim Burton wrote: > > > Hi, I've just installed etch on an Acer travelmate 342T laptop and have a > > > wireless pc card that I don't know how to set up. > > [snip] > > > > Can you provide some details about your wireless device, such as its brand > > and > > model? These details are usually be printed on the top or underside of > > your PC > > Card device. > > > It is an Edimax EW-7108PCg. I can't see any revision or version > number. I see from http://tuxmobil.org/pcmcia_ci10529.html that this > requires the rt2500 module so I installed the packages rt2500 and > rt2500-source and restarted but no difference. >
Uhh, then I realised I needed to build the module and load it. So I've done that and now rt2500 appears in the output of lsmod. Hopefully I am gradually getting on the right track :-) There is no wlan0 or other wireless device in ifconfig though. Jim > Jim > > > If a "revision" or "version" detail is also stated somewhere, please include > > that too. > > > > Geoff > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org