new install- getting wireless to work
Michael Havens
bmike1 at gmail.com
Thu Dec 25 13:55:47 MST 2014
I did 'rfkill list' but that just returned an empty set
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> lsusb doesn't say much:
>
> ~ $ lsusb
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>
>
> rfkill- I don't know how to use it. if I just enter 'rfkill' it gives me
> instructions.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
> On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Michael Butash <michael at butash.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I don't see it on your pci bus, maybe it's a usb-based one? I have
>> seen these internally use the usb bus as well...
>>
>> Try lsusb
>>
>> Check rfkill too, it'll tell you if it sees a controllable wireless
>> device from acpi bios.
>>
>> -mb
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/25/2014 01:31 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>
>> 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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