I wondered about that Here's lspci. The Atheros is the 2nd to last item listed.
http://pastebin.ca/1353326 On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Bryan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Well I know why pccardctl was empty...I was thinking of a pcmcia > card...OOPS. So you can't eject it or insert it because its not > pluggable. I got things a little confused. What we need is 'lspci' > output, though it is odd that there is NOTHING in that dmesg that says > anything about a wireless card what so ever!! > > It's an internal minipci card, but it surely should show up in dmesg. > Pastebin lspci please > > Bryan > > Fletcher Bonds wrote: > | http://pastebin.ca/1353092 > | > | pccardctl indent, ls, and info all return nothing. > | > | insert; eject then dmesg -> http://pastebin.ca/1353092 > | > | geeknix:/home/fletcher# iwconfig ath0 txpower on > | Error for wireless request "Set Tx Power" (8B27) : > | GET failed on device ath0 ; No such device. > | > | > | Thanks, Bryan > | > | -Fletcher > | > | > | > | On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Bryan Smith <[email protected] > | <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > | > | > | Welcome to the Debian side of things Fletcher: > | > | What do all the kernel messages say about your device, ie > | dmesg? Run this below and it will take any MAC Addresses out that you > | surely don't want to show the world > | > | dmesg| sed s/MAC.*/CONFIDENTIAL/ > c751nr.dmesg > | > | upload c751nr.dmesg here: http://pastebin.ca/upload.php > | > | I just googled and it "seems" you have an atheros based card, which is a > | good thing so you don't have to mess around with ndiswrapper. Though I > | did find something that hints at a "module load order" issue. Forget > | ndiswrapper and let the kernel do what it should, you also have madwifi > | that you can use, but the new atheros drivers in Debian are superb(the > | ath5k driver includes madwifi). > | > | What do these show: > | pccardctl ident > | pccardctl ls > | pccardctl info > | > | Do this: > | > | pccardctl eject; pccardctl insert > | > | Then dmesg| tail -n 50 and put it on pastebin. > | > | If you don't see any errors just try using iwconfig to turn the radio in > | the card > | > | iwconfig ath0 txpower on > | > | After this try finding wifi with kismet or aircrack > | > | I'll help with usb later, just plug it all in and show the dmesg > | > | Bryan > | > | Fletcher Bonds 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). > | | > | | 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. > | | > | | 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? > | | > | | For the camcorder, I have no clue where to even start. > | | > | | Again though, it is there (per lsusb) > | | > | | geeknix:/usr/src/modules# lsusb | grep -i panasonic > | | Bus 004 Device 013: ID 04da:231d Panasonic (Matsushita) DVC Web Camera > | | Device > | | > | | Any leads, suggestions, wild ass guesses, whatever appreciated. > | THANKS! > | | > | | | > | > > | > > - -- > A healthy diet includes Linux, Linux and more Linux. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkmvJGkACgkQh+MLjl5SKYTN4gCdFhlN8pzx4jlO8IDRC7zUHoOf > eFcAnihTa0swZYKIUAe4c1sI8PX6EyUq > =r5FG > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. 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