Installing Drivers In Linux 8.1

i'm not sure about the cd, but it's a lot tricker getting many things working since it doesn't come with as much on it obviously. it would not require you to get another browser... download it with a bit torrent client like azureus. if you can install by dvd it would make your life much much easier. sorry if this doesn't help at all. i have only managed to get peopl's wireless working from dvd install, i don't know what the cd comes with in terms of software etc. is your device a pci card or usb adapter?

for your wireless,post the output of:

/sbin/lspci -v

then we can take it from there,but, as thestig said, if you used the cd,you will not have as much software & installing hardware drivers will be problematic as you are limited by the software on the cd,unless you have a wired connection as well

Andy

ironmanmlr@linux-c75i:~>ironmanmlr@linux-c75i:~> /sbin/lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset Host Bridge (MCH) (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8030
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
Memory behind bridge: ee000000-efdfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: eff00000-f7ffffff

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: eb800000-edffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: efe00000-efefffff

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 04)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8028
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
I/O ports at b800 [size=16]

00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8028
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at b400 [size=32]

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8028
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 19
I/O ports at e800 [size=16]

00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8028
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at b000 [size=32]

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8095
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at a800 [size=256]
I/O ports at a400 [size=64]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 010f
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at ee000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Expansion ROM at efff0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

02:04.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. PCI-USB2 (OHCI subsystem)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
Memory at ed800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

02:04.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. PCI-USB2 (OHCI subsystem)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 22
Memory at ed000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

02:04.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. PCI-USB2 (EHCI subsystem)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
Memory at ec800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>

02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation EtherExpress PRO/100 VE
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20
Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at d800 [size=64]
Capabilities: <access denied>

02:0c.0 Network controller: ADMtek ADM8211 802.11b Wireless Interface (rev 11)
Subsystem: Abocom Systems Inc Unknown device ab60
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20
I/O ports at d400 [size=256]
Memory at eb800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at efe00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

ironmanmlr@linux-c75i:~>

Does this help? I had a really long cat 5 cable my nephew gave me and ran it thru 5 rooms of the house and I am able to get it on the internet and have been updating like crazy. Thankfully no one is home to trip over it, well besides me. The wireless pci card is showing up now under network devices. I disconnected and tried the wireless and still no luck. The cdrom doesn't have an icon like had before, but I have been able to access it to install additional non-open source software that I downloaded and burnt to a second cd.

Mike

Mike

o.k. this is your wireless device:

02:0c.0 Network controller: ADMtek ADM8211 802.11b Wireless Interface (rev 11)
Subsystem: Abocom Systems Inc Unknown device ab60
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20
I/O ports at d400 [size=256]
Memory at eb800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at efe00000 [disabled] [size=128K]

unfortunately it's an old 802.11b device, it *may* work out of the box. if so, you need to configure it via YaST - network cards - network devices. click on the device & then click configure. when setting up :

1 ) make sure the device is set to activate on boot
2 ) make sure the firewall is set to external on the device
3 ) make sure any encryption matches EXACTLY what is on the wireless router.

any problems,just post

Andy

Andy,

No luck what so ever.

Mike

Darn!!, did you get any error messages ? or just failed to work ?

Andy

Server not found is all I am getting. Under 'allowed services' in the 'firewall' setttings, is there suppose to be something there?

Mike

post the results of

ifconfig
&
iwconfig

from a console,su to root & issue the commands

Andy