At Mon, 25 May 2009 15:05:25 +0200 CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
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> >Of Robert Heller
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> >Subject: Re: Auto-installing security updates?
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> >The *Intel* WiFi-NIC (Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini
> >PCI Adapter) on my IBM Thinkpad X31 worked mostly out-of-the-box. I
> >just needed to download the firmware and I was up. So did the SMC Ez
> >Connect PCMCIA card I used on my previos laptop (I think it was a
> >prism54 flavor), also once I snarfed the proper firmware for it.
>
> I think the prism-variety you mention is what's used with the wifi-NIC on a
> desktop I have, that I wanted to run MythTV on but haven't had any luck with
> yet.
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> The firmware you mention, is that used with dkms or something like that?
I'm not sure what the firmware does exactly. Look in your
/var/log/messages file. There will be some mention of 'failed to load
firmware' associated with the driver load. You need to have a
partitular file living in /lib/firmware/ -- the name is wired into the
driver. The SMC Ez Connect card needed something called isl3890. I
don't remember where I got this. My Intel card needed ipw2100-1.3*,
this I got off a site after googling for 'firmware ipw2100' (or
something like that). Getting the Intel was easy -- there is a web
site with all of the info needed. Getting the prism firware was a bit
of a hassle. You might have to unpack a file from the CD that came
with the WiFi card -- this means you need some Windows tool to
unpack/install it someplace and then copy the magic file from where the
Windows installer/unpacker puts it to your Linux box and make sure it
has the proper name. It is important to get the correct version for
your card.
--
Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933
Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System
http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows
heller@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/
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