new install- getting wireless to work
Michael Havens
bmike1 at gmail.com
Thu Dec 25 13:31:33 MST 2014
Yeah.... I was thinking that it is a wired driver. As for a hardware switch
I don't see one. HOw do I open the restricted drivers?
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> here is the entire output of 'sudo lshw':
>
> rosella-inspiron-1000
> description: Notebook
> product: Inspiron 1000
> vendor: Dell Computer Corp.
> version: Not Specified
> serial: F7R2251
> width: 32 bits
> capabilities: smbios-2.31 dmi-2.31 smp-1.4 smp
> configuration: boot=oem-specific chassis=notebook cpus=1
> uuid=44454C4C-3700-1052-8032-C6C04F323531
> *-core
> description: Motherboard
> product: Inspiron 1000
> vendor: Quanta Computer
> physical id: 0
> serial: CUZ4B44624����������������������
> *-firmware
> description: BIOS
> vendor: Dell Computer Corp.
> physical id: 1
> version: A06 (Q3B01)
> date: 11/05/2004
> size: 110KiB
> capacity: 448KiB
> capabilities: pci pcmcia pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot
> bootselect edd int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial
> int17printer int10video acpi usb agp biosbootspecification netboot
> *-cpu
> description: CPU
> product: Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.20GHz
> vendor: Intel Corp.
> physical id: 5
> bus info: cpu at 0
> version: 15.2.9
> slot: Socket 478/423
> size: 2200MHz
> capacity: 2200MHz
> width: 32 bits
> capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae
> mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse
> sse2 ss ht tm pbe pebs bts cid xtpr
> configuration: id=0
> *-cache
> description: L2 cache
> physical id: 9
> slot: L2 Cache
> size: 8KiB
> capacity: 1MiB
> capabilities: burst internal write-back
> *-memory
> description: System Memory
> physical id: f
> slot: System board or motherboard
> size: 512MiB
> capacity: 3GiB
> *-bank:0
> description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous
> physical id: 0
> slot: DIMM1
> size: 256MiB
> width: 64 bits
> *-bank:1
> description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous
> physical id: 1
> slot: DIMM2
> size: 256MiB
> width: 64 bits
> *-pci
> description: Host bridge
> product: 650/M650 Host
> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> physical id: 100
> bus info: pci at 0000:00:00.0
> version: 80
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> configuration: driver=agpgart-sis latency=64
> resources: irq:0 memory:e0000000-e3ffffff
> *-pci
> description: PCI bridge
> product: AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> physical id: 1
> bus info: pci at 0000:00:01.0
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
> resources: ioport:9000(size=4096) memory:e4300000-e43fffff
> memory:e8000000-efffffff
> *-display UNCLAIMED
> description: VGA compatible controller
> product: 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> physical id: 0
> bus info: pci at 0000:01:00.0
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 66MHz
> capabilities: pm agp agp-2.0 vga_controller cap_list
> configuration: latency=0
> resources: memory:e8000000-efffffff
> memory:e4300000-e431ffff ioport:9000(size=128)
> *-isa
> description: ISA bridge
> product: SiS962 [MuTIOL Media IO] LPC Controller
> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> physical id: 2
> bus info: pci at 0000:00:02.0
> version: 25
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: isa bus_master
> configuration: latency=0
> *-serial
> description: SMBus
> product: SiS961/2/3 SMBus controller
> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> physical id: 2.1
> bus info: pci at 0000:00:02.1
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> configuration: driver=sis96x_smbus latency=0
> resources: irq:0 ioport:8100(size=32)
> *-ide
> description: IDE interface
> product: 5513 IDE Controller
> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> physical id: 2.5
> bus info: pci at 0000:00:02.5
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: ide bus_master
> configuration: driver=pata_sis latency=128
> resources: irq:16 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6
> ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:2800(size=16)
> *-communication UNCLAIMED
> description: Modem
> product: AC'97 Modem Controller
> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> physical id: 2.6
> bus info: pci at 0000:00:02.6
> version: a0
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm generic cap_list
> configuration: latency=173 maxlatency=11 mingnt=52
> resources: ioport:1000(size=256) ioport:2400(size=128)
> *-multimedia
> description: Multimedia audio controller
> product: SiS7012 AC'97 Sound Controller
> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> physical id: 2.7
> bus info: pci at 0000:00:02.7
> version: a0
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
> configuration: driver=snd_intel8x0 latency=173 maxlatency=11
> mingnt=52
> resources: irq:18 ioport:1400(size=256) ioport:2480(size=128)
> *-usb:0
> description: USB controller
> product: USB 1.1 Controller
> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> physical id: 3
> bus info: pci at 0000:00:03.0
> version: 0f
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: ohci bus_master
> configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=64 maxlatency=80
> resources: irq:20 memory:e4000000-e4000fff
> *-usb:1
> description: USB controller
> product: USB 1.1 Controller
> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> physical id: 3.1
> bus info: pci at 0000:00:03.1
> version: 0f
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: ohci bus_master
> configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=64 maxlatency=80
> resources: irq:21 memory:e4001000-e4001fff
> *-usb:2
> description: USB controller
> product: USB 2.0 Controller
> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> physical id: 3.2
> bus info: pci at 0000:00:03.2
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm ehci bus_master cap_list
> configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=64 maxlatency=80
> resources: irq:23 memory:e4002000-e4002fff
> *-network
> description: Ethernet interface
> product: SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet
> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> physical id: 4
> bus info: pci at 0000:00:04.0
> logical name: eth0
> version: 91
> serial: 00:11:43:38:5e:9d
> size: 100Mbit/s
> capacity: 100Mbit/s
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp
> mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
> configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sis900
> driverversion=v1.08.10 Apr. 2 2006 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.20 latency=173
> link=yes maxlatency=11 mingnt=52 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
> resources: irq:19 ioport:1800(size=256)
> memory:e4003000-e4003fff memory:28000000-2801ffff
> *-pcmcia
> description: CardBus bridge
> product: PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
> vendor: Texas Instruments
> physical id: a
> bus info: pci at 0000:00:0a.0
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
> configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5
> mingnt=192
> resources: irq:17 memory:e4004000-e4004fff
> ioport:1c00(size=256) ioport:2000(size=256) memory:20000000-23ffffff
> memory:24000000-27ffffff
> *-scsi:0
> physical id: 0
> logical name: scsi0
> capabilities: emulated
> *-disk
> description: ATA Disk
> product: FUJITSU MHT2040A
> vendor: Fujitsu
> physical id: 0.0.0
> bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0
> logical name: /dev/sda
> version: 0022
> serial: NN50T4B18RB2
> size: 37GiB (40GB)
> capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
> configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=0009a4f7
> *-volume:0
> description: EXT4 volume
> vendor: Linux
> physical id: 1
> bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0,1
> logical name: /dev/sda1
> logical name: /
> version: 1.0
> serial: 855a98e9-8dd8-4b7e-90a7-6412c7ddd862
> size: 36GiB
> capacity: 36GiB
> capabilities: primary bootable journaled
> extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4
> ext2 initialized
> configuration: created=2014-12-25 10:19:19 filesystem=ext4
> lastmountpoint=/ modified=2014-12-25 12:42:30 mount.fstype=ext4
> mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2014-12-25
> 12:42:30 state=mounted
> *-volume:1
> description: Extended partition
> physical id: 2
> bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0,2
> logical name: /dev/sda2
> size: 445MiB
> capacity: 445MiB
> capabilities: primary extended partitioned
> partitioned:extended
> *-logicalvolume
> description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
> physical id: 5
> logical name: /dev/sda5
> capacity: 445MiB
> capabilities: nofs
> *-scsi:1
> physical id: 2
> logical name: scsi1
> capabilities: emulated
> *-cdrom
> description: DVD reader
> product: CDRW/DVD SBW242C
> vendor: QSI
> physical id: 0.0.0
> bus info: scsi at 1:0.0.0
> logical name: /dev/cdrom
> logical name: /dev/sr0
> version: UQ81
> capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
> configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
> *-battery
> description: Lithium Ion Battery
> product: Sanyo 60S6701
> vendor: Sanyo 60S6701
> physical id: 1
> slot: System Battery Bay
> capacity: 650000mWh
> configuration: voltage=14.8V
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
> On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In my search I happened upon this page:
>>
>> http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/net/ethernet/sis/sis900.c
>>
>>
>> is this something I need to compile? do I save it as a c file and then
>> make, make install it? Where do I save the compiled program?
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm putting Linux Mint 17.1 On a friends Inspiron 1000 and it isn't
>>> seeing the wireless. Does anyone have any experience with this? Could
>>> someone help?
>>> this is all I can figure to do:
>>> sudo lshw
>>> --snip--
>>> *-network
>>> description: Ethernet interface
>>> product: SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet
>>> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
>>> physical id: 4
>>> bus info: pci at 0000:00:04.0
>>> logical name: eth0
>>> version: 91
>>> serial: 00:11:43:38:5e:9d
>>> size: 100Mbit/s
>>> capacity: 100Mbit/s
>>> width: 32 bits
>>> clock: 33MHz
>>> capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical
>>> tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
>>> configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes
>>> driver=sis900 driverversion=v1.08.10 Apr. 2 2006 duplex=full
>>> ip=192.168.0.20 latency=173 link=yes maxlatency=11 mingnt=52 multicast=yes
>>> port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
>>> resources: irq:19 ioport:1800(size=256)
>>> memory:e4003000-e4003fff memory:28000000-2801ffff
>>> --snip--
>>>
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>
>>
>
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