Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-25 Thread Paul Isambert
Le 24/11/2011 21:52, Selim T. Erdogan a écrit : Paul Isambert, 24.11.2011: You're absolutely right. So here's a detailed account of what I've done, following what was exposed (in French) here: http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/ndiswrapper (Yeah, it's for Ubuntu, but that seemed good to me anyway.)

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-25 Thread Nicolas Bercher
On 24/11/2011 10:00, Paul Isambert wrote: not to mention the book I could have bought instead... You mean the ethernet wire, isn't it? Bad joke. Nicolas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-24 Thread Paul Isambert
Le 23/11/2011 17:55, Richard a écrit : On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:59:29 -0600 Hugo Vanwoerkomhvw59...@care2.com wrote: Joel Roth wrote: On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 08:06:32AM +0100, Paul Isambert wrote: Le 22/11/2011 20:52, Joel Roth a écrit : On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 03:29:44PM +0100, Paul

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-24 Thread richard . bown
What about ndiswrapper ? Sent from my android device. -Original Message- From: Paul Isambert zappathus...@free.fr To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 9:00 Subject: Re: Make WiFi work. Le 23/11/2011 17:55, Richard a écrit : On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:59:29 -0600 Hugo

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-24 Thread Paul Isambert
Le 24/11/2011 10:08, richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk a écrit : What about ndiswrapper ? A promising lead. So I've tried that; ndiswrapper works, but then modprobe doesn't recognize it (it says something about .conf files, too). Perhaps I've done something wrong earlier (I've done so many

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-24 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Paul Isambert, 24.11.2011: Le 24/11/2011 10:08, richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk a écrit : What about ndiswrapper ? A promising lead. So I've tried that; ndiswrapper works, but then modprobe doesn't recognize it (it says something about .conf files, too). Perhaps I've done something wrong

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-24 Thread Paul Isambert
Le 24/11/2011 12:05, Selim T. Erdogan a écrit : Paul Isambert, 24.11.2011: Le 24/11/2011 10:08, richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk a écrit : What about ndiswrapper ? A promising lead. So I've tried that; ndiswrapper works, but then modprobe doesn't recognize it (it says something about .conf

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-24 Thread Paul Isambert
Selon Paul Isambert zappathus...@free.fr: Le 24/11/2011 12:05, Selim T. Erdogan a écrit : Paul Isambert, 24.11.2011: Le 24/11/2011 10:08, richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk a écrit : What about ndiswrapper ? A promising lead. So I've tried that; ndiswrapper works, but then modprobe

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-24 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Paul Isambert, 24.11.2011: You're absolutely right. So here's a detailed account of what I've done, following what was exposed (in French) here: http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/ndiswrapper (Yeah, it's for Ubuntu, but that seemed good to me anyway.) From your next message, I saw that you solved

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-23 Thread Joel Roth
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 08:06:32AM +0100, Paul Isambert wrote: Le 22/11/2011 20:52, Joel Roth a écrit : On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 03:29:44PM +0100, Paul Isambert wrote: Hello, I've just installed Debian next to Windows 7, with the first DVD (i.e. debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-1.iso). It was not

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-23 Thread Paul Isambert
Le 23/11/2011 09:18, Joel Roth a écrit : On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 08:06:32AM +0100, Paul Isambert wrote: Le 22/11/2011 20:52, Joel Roth a écrit : On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 03:29:44PM +0100, Paul Isambert wrote: Hello, I've just installed Debian next to Windows 7, with the first DVD (i.e.

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-23 Thread Joel Roth
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:18:53PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 08:06:32AM +0100, Paul Isambert wrote: Le 22/11/2011 20:52, Joel Roth a écrit : On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 03:29:44PM +0100, Paul Isambert wrote: Hello, I've just installed Debian next to Windows 7, with

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-23 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Joel Roth wrote: On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 08:06:32AM +0100, Paul Isambert wrote: Le 22/11/2011 20:52, Joel Roth a écrit : On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 03:29:44PM +0100, Paul Isambert wrote: snip Alternatively, you can buy a cheap USB wireless device that *is* supported, till you can get the

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-23 Thread Richard
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:59:29 -0600 Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com wrote: Joel Roth wrote: On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 08:06:32AM +0100, Paul Isambert wrote: Le 22/11/2011 20:52, Joel Roth a écrit : On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 03:29:44PM +0100, Paul Isambert wrote: snip Alternatively,

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-22 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Paul Isambert wrote: Hello, I've just installed Debian next to Windows 7, with the first DVD (i.e. debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-1.iso). It was not without trouble, but now it works. The problem is the wifi. My card (Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC, says Windows) is apparently

Re : Make WiFi work.

2011-11-22 Thread Nicolas Bercher
hI, Your card seems to be a pci-e one. According to this page   http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x#Drivers I think you should upgrade your linux kernel to some version 3.0.0 since support for your wireless card has started with kernel 3.0.0~rc1-1~experimental.1. To do so, you must install a

Re : Make WiFi work.

2011-11-22 Thread Nicolas Bercher
De : Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com À : debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc : Envoyé le : Mardi 22 Novembre 2011 16h09 Objet : Re: Make WiFi work. I guess if you see this you solved your problem or you are on window$. Did you look at: http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x That describes how

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-22 Thread Paul Isambert
Thank you Hugo for the answer. Le 22/11/2011 16:34, Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit : Paul Isambert wrote: Hello, I've just installed Debian next to Windows 7, with the first DVD (i.e. debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-1.iso). It was not without trouble, but now it works. The problem is the

Re: Re : Make WiFi work.

2011-11-22 Thread Paul Isambert
Le 22/11/2011 16:35, Nicolas Bercher a écrit : hI, Your card seems to be a pci-e one. According to this page http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x#Drivers I think you should upgrade your linux kernel to some version 3.0.0 since support for your wireless card has started with kernel

Re : Re : Make WiFi work.

2011-11-22 Thread Nicolas Bercher
De : Paul Isambert zappathus...@free.fr Ouch. That means uninstalling/reinstalling Debian, since I can't update via the network (or I'll really have to buy ethernet cord). Perhaps another solution will be proposed? If it comes to reinstalling, then I'll do so, but I'd prefer not to. No,

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-22 Thread Richard
On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:44:38 +0100 Paul Isambert zappathus...@free.fr wrote: Le 22/11/2011 16:35, Nicolas Bercher a écrit : hI, Your card seems to be a pci-e one. According to this page http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x#Drivers I think you should upgrade your linux kernel to some

Re: Re : Make WiFi work.

2011-11-22 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Nicolas Bercher wrote: De : Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com À : debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc : Envoyé le : Mardi 22 Novembre 2011 16h09 Objet : Re: Make WiFi work. I guess if you see this you solved your problem or you are on window$. Did you look at: http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x

Re : Re : Make WiFi work.

2011-11-22 Thread Nicolas Bercher
De : Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com It seems you're rong since this driver is not reported to be supported in squeeze (requires linux 3.0, etc.). Wiki's explaination are valid only for wheezy.  Hence, a squeeze user must use testing and unstable repositories to get fresher packages,

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-22 Thread Joel Roth
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 03:29:44PM +0100, Paul Isambert wrote: Hello, I've just installed Debian next to Windows 7, with the first DVD (i.e. debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-1.iso). It was not without trouble, but now it works. The problem is the wifi. My card (Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless LAN

Re: Re : Re : Make WiFi work.

2011-11-22 Thread Paul Isambert
Le 22/11/2011 18:09, Nicolas Bercher a écrit : De : Hugo Vanwoerkomhvw59...@care2.com It seems you're rong since this driver is not reported to be supported in squeeze (requires linux 3.0, etc.). Wiki's explaination are valid only for wheezy. Hence, a squeeze user must use testing and

Re: Make WiFi work.

2011-11-22 Thread Paul Isambert
Le 22/11/2011 20:52, Joel Roth a écrit : On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 03:29:44PM +0100, Paul Isambert wrote: Hello, I've just installed Debian next to Windows 7, with the first DVD (i.e. debian-6.0.3-amd64-DVD-1.iso). It was not without trouble, but now it works. The problem is the wifi. My card