Re: Add Wireless to Laptop

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On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:07:32 +0100, Ian Malone wrote:

> Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
>> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:46:58 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>> 
>>> Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
> 
[...]
>>>>    Jul 13 21:50:16 mbrc35 NetworkManager: nm_device_is_802_3_ethernet:
>>>>       assertion `dev != NULL' failed
>>>>    Jul 13 21:50:16 mbrc35 NetworkManager: nm_device_is_802_11_wireless:
>>>>       assertion `dev != NULL' failed
>>>>
>>>> Note that I had changed the device name from the incorrect eth1 to
>>>> wlan0.  This required some hand file editing, because the change
>>>> did not propagate to all gui places.  It appears I am missing a
>>>> device name somewhere.
>>>>
> 
> Did those messages appear before you made the changes from
> eth1 to wlan0?

I don't remember.  It did say things like "no such device".

[...]
> 
> I really do think you should try it as eth1 first before
> changing it, you may have introduced extra problems.
> FWIW, my 3945abg appears as eth1 with one driver and wlan0
> with another (and both drivers will work provided the
> correct interface is used).

I hesitate to make that change, at least now.  I think
it got further along after the change.

> 
> If that doesn't work it might be time to investigate ndiswrapper
> or ask for help on the bcm43xx forum (http://bcm43xx.spugna.org/
> but it's currently offline).
[...]

If it is not fixed by Monday, I will look into these.

Thanks,
Mike.


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