On 5 March 2010 17:21, William Lutter <wjlut...@wisc.edu> wrote: > I've installed SL5.4 on an ASUS eee S101 netbook that my lab has purchased. > Reviews say Fedora 10 and Ubuntu 9.10 work "flawlessly" (Ubuntu). > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220595 > > I usually use SL, so I've installed 5.4. lscpi indicates that the ethernet > controler is Atheros (AR8121 ...) and wireless is atheros (AR928X). There > are no "atheros" entries in the other card adaptor lists in the network > configuration submenus. So, neither the ethernet card nor wireless adaptors > are recognized? > > The README file from downloading atheros driver from madwifi shows latest > download is 2/08. README says lspci should show it as "unknown" and a > 0x168x vendor ID. lspci -v indicates both ethernet (8324) and wireless > (1a3b:1067) are unknown devices. I'm guessing madwifi is not going to not > work. Looks like I need special software. > > For lab usage, I don't need networking. It would be nice to update software > etc. I'd install ubuntu if it gave me networking capability and which is not > available via current RHEL5 SL distro.
Hi Bill, Have you checked the ELRepo Project? [1] The FAQ [2] may give you some hints. Regards, Alan. [1] http://elrepo.org [2] http://elrepo.org/tiki/FAQ
