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On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Fletcher Bonds <[email protected]> wrote: > I've got Debian (Lenny) running pretty well on my Compaq Presario C751NR > laptop. I got this thing as a refurb and it came with Vista (yech). That's enough to make anyone suicidal. > Problems I'm encountering though if anyone has suggestions are: > > Wireless: > There's a button on the laptop above the keyboard to turn the wireless > on/off - it's been in the off state since I dumped Windows. The Compaq bios > is all but useless (dumbed down to the point that no advanced features are > accessible). I can not for the life of me figure out how to turn this back > on. I have tried the ndiswrapper/madwifi solutions to load a driver for it > and it does show up in lspci, but it never shows up ifconfig. I'm guessing > it has something to do with the fact the button is soft-offed somehow and if > I could just toggle it on life would be goodness. Yeah, there's a command to turn wifi on and off... Should be in here somewhere: http://wirelessdefence.org/Contents/LinuxWirelessCommands.htm > Webcam & camcorder > Both are USB devices and nothing at all happens when I plug either in. > Webcam: Creative Labs model VF0400 > Camcorder: Panasonic PV-GS320 > > For the Webcam, I found instructions for setting up xawtv, which I followed > and which seemed to install with all dependencies met and with no problems, > but when run: > > geeknix:/usr/src/modules# xawtv > This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.26-1-686-bigmem) > xinerama 0: 1280x800+0+0 > can't open /dev/video0: No such file or directory > v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway > v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory > v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory > v4l: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory > no video grabber device available > > If I use the hardware scan switch I get > > geeknix:/usr/src/modules# xawtv -hwscan > This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.26-1-686-bigmem) > looking for available devices > port 84-99 > type : Xvideo, image scaler > name : Intel(R) Textured Video > > port 100-100 > type : Xvideo, image scaler > name : Intel(R) Video Overlay > > If I check w/ lsusb, it's there > > geeknix:/usr/src/modules# lsusb | grep -i creative > Bus 002 Device 002: ID 041e:4061 Creative Technology, Ltd > > Not sure where to go from here though. Suggestions? I dunno, I use a Mac now, so everything just works. (I use Linux through virtual machines still though, and I still run a command-line only Linux webserver, so back off ye crazed Stallmanite purists!) -- Registered Linux Addict #431495 http://profile.xfire.com/mrstalinman | John 3:16! http://www.fsdev.net/ | http://www.fsdev.net/~cmiller Parents, Take Responsibility For Your Kids! http://www.whattheyplay.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
