On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 02:59:45AM +0200, oneman wrote: > I've got a Dell Latitude D810 and I tried to get the wireless to work. I > installed the ipw2200 driver, but get an error in dsmesg: > > dull:/home/oneman# dmesg | grep ipw > ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.0mq > ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation > ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection > ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2 > ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2 > ipw2200: failed to register network device > ipw2200: probe of 0000:03:03.0 failed with error -5 > > > Does this mean the card is broken or is there anything I can do to get it > loaded?
which version of debian? I believe you need the firmware which is likely in non-free. enable the non-free repos in /etc/apt/sources.list and then do an aptitude update and search for firmware. A
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