<div dir="ltr"><div>lspci only showed that one:<br><br>~ $ lspci<br>00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 650/M650 Host (rev 80)<br>00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)<br>00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS962 [MuTIOL Media IO] LPC Controller (rev 25)<br>00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2/3 SMBus controller<br>00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 IDE Controller<br>00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0)<br>00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)<br>00:03.0 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)<br>00:03.1 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)<br>00:03.2 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller<br>00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)<br>00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller<br>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter<br><br></div>I the driver manager window appears but there is nothing in it.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature">:-)~MIKE~(-:</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Michael Havens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div></div><div><div class="h5">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Michael Havens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">here is the entire output of 'sudo lshw':<br><br>rosella-inspiron-1000 <br> description: Notebook<br> product: Inspiron 1000<br> vendor: Dell Computer Corp.<br> version: Not Specified<br> serial: F7R2251<br> width: 32 bits<br> capabilities: smbios-2.31 dmi-2.31 smp-1.4 smp<br> configuration: boot=oem-specific chassis=notebook cpus=1 uuid=44454C4C-3700-1052-8032-C6C04F323531<br> *-core<br> description: Motherboard<br> product: Inspiron 1000<br> vendor: Quanta Computer<br> physical id: 0<br> serial: CUZ4B44624����������������������<br> *-firmware<br> description: BIOS<br> vendor: Dell Computer Corp.<br> physical id: 1<br> version: A06 (Q3B01)<br> date: 11/05/2004<br> size: 110KiB<br> capacity: 448KiB<br> capabilities: pci pcmcia pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect edd int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp biosbootspecification netboot<br> *-cpu<br> description: CPU<br> product: Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.20GHz<br> vendor: Intel Corp.<br> physical id: 5<br> bus info: cpu@0<br> version: 15.2.9<br> slot: Socket 478/423<br> size: 2200MHz<br> capacity: 2200MHz<br> width: 32 bits<br> 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<br> configuration: id=0<br> *-cache<br> description: L2 cache<br> physical id: 9<br> slot: L2 Cache<br> size: 8KiB<br> capacity: 1MiB<br> capabilities: burst internal write-back<br> *-memory<br> description: System Memory<br> physical id: f<br> slot: System board or motherboard<br> size: 512MiB<br> capacity: 3GiB<br> *-bank:0<br> description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous<br> physical id: 0<br> slot: DIMM1<br> size: 256MiB<br> width: 64 bits<br> *-bank:1<br> description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous<br> physical id: 1<br> slot: DIMM2<br> size: 256MiB<br> width: 64 bits<br> *-pci<br> description: Host bridge<br> product: 650/M650 Host<span><br> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]<br></span> physical id: 100<br> bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0<br> version: 80<span><br> width: 32 bits<br> clock: 33MHz<br></span> configuration: driver=agpgart-sis latency=64<br> resources: irq:0 memory:e0000000-e3ffffff<br> *-pci<br> description: PCI bridge<br> product: AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)<span><br> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]<br></span> physical id: 1<br> bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0<br> version: 00<span><br> width: 32 bits<br> clock: 33MHz<br></span> capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master<br> resources: ioport:9000(size=4096) memory:e4300000-e43fffff memory:e8000000-efffffff<br> *-display UNCLAIMED<br> description: VGA compatible controller<br> product: 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter<span><br> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]<br></span> physical id: 0<br> bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0<br> version: 00<br> width: 32 bits<br> clock: 66MHz<br> capabilities: pm agp agp-2.0 vga_controller cap_list<br> configuration: latency=0<br> resources: memory:e8000000-efffffff memory:e4300000-e431ffff ioport:9000(size=128)<br> *-isa<br> description: ISA bridge<br> product: SiS962 [MuTIOL Media IO] LPC Controller<span><br> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]<br></span> physical id: 2<br> bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0<br> version: 25<span><br> width: 32 bits<br> clock: 33MHz<br></span> capabilities: isa bus_master<br> configuration: latency=0<br> *-serial<br> description: SMBus<br> product: SiS961/2/3 SMBus controller<span><br> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]<br></span> physical id: 2.1<br> bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1<br> version: 00<span><br> width: 32 bits<br> clock: 33MHz<br></span> configuration: driver=sis96x_smbus latency=0<br> resources: irq:0 ioport:8100(size=32)<br> *-ide<br> description: IDE interface<br> product: 5513 IDE Controller<span><br> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]<br></span> physical id: 2.5<br> bus info: pci@0000:00:02.5<br> version: 00<span><br> width: 32 bits<br> clock: 33MHz<br></span> capabilities: ide bus_master<br> configuration: driver=pata_sis latency=128<br> resources: irq:16 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:2800(size=16)<br> *-communication UNCLAIMED<br> description: Modem<br> product: AC'97 Modem Controller<span><br> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]<br></span> physical id: 2.6<br> bus info: pci@0000:00:02.6<br> version: a0<span><br> width: 32 bits<br> clock: 33MHz<br></span> capabilities: pm generic cap_list<br> configuration: latency=173 maxlatency=11 mingnt=52<br> resources: ioport:1000(size=256) ioport:2400(size=128)<br> *-multimedia<br> description: Multimedia audio controller<br> product: SiS7012 AC'97 Sound Controller<span><br> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]<br></span> physical id: 2.7<br> bus info: pci@0000:00:02.7<br> version: a0<span><br> width: 32 bits<br> clock: 33MHz<br> capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list<br></span> configuration: driver=snd_intel8x0 latency=173 maxlatency=11 mingnt=52<br> resources: irq:18 ioport:1400(size=256) ioport:2480(size=128)<br> *-usb:0<br> description: USB controller<br> product: USB 1.1 Controller<span><br> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]<br></span> physical id: 3<br> bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0<br> version: 0f<span><br> width: 32 bits<br> clock: 33MHz<br></span> capabilities: ohci bus_master<br> configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=64 maxlatency=80<br> resources: irq:20 memory:e4000000-e4000fff<br> *-usb:1<br> description: USB controller<br> product: USB 1.1 Controller<span><br> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]<br></span> physical id: 3.1<br> bus info: pci@0000:00:03.1<br> version: 0f<span><br> width: 32 bits<br> clock: 33MHz<br></span> capabilities: ohci bus_master<br> configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=64 maxlatency=80<br> resources: irq:21 memory:e4001000-e4001fff<br> *-usb:2<br> description: USB controller<br> product: USB 2.0 Controller<span><br> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]<br></span> physical id: 3.2<br> bus info: pci@0000:00:03.2<br> version: 00<span><br> width: 32 bits<br> clock: 33MHz<br></span> capabilities: pm ehci bus_master cap_list<br> configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=64 maxlatency=80<br> resources: irq:23 memory:e4002000-e4002fff<span><br> *-network<br> description: Ethernet interface<br> product: SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet<br> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]<br> physical id: 4<br> bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0<br> logical name: eth0<br> version: 91<br> serial: 00:11:43:38:5e:9d<br> size: 100Mbit/s<br> capacity: 100Mbit/s<br> width: 32 bits<br> clock: 33MHz<br> capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation<br> 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<br> resources: irq:19 ioport:1800(size=256) memory:e4003000-e4003fff memory:28000000-2801ffff<br></span> *-pcmcia<br> description: CardBus bridge<br> product: PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller<br> vendor: Texas Instruments<br> physical id: a<br> bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0<br> version: 00<span><br> width: 32 bits<br> clock: 33MHz<br></span> capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list<br> configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192<br> resources: irq:17 memory:e4004000-e4004fff ioport:1c00(size=256) ioport:2000(size=256) memory:20000000-23ffffff memory:24000000-27ffffff<br> *-scsi:0<br> physical id: 0<br> logical name: scsi0<br> capabilities: emulated<br> *-disk<br> description: ATA Disk<br> product: FUJITSU MHT2040A<br> vendor: Fujitsu<br> physical id: 0.0.0<br> bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0<br> logical name: /dev/sda<br> version: 0022<br> serial: NN50T4B18RB2<br> size: 37GiB (40GB)<br> capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos<br> configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=0009a4f7<br> *-volume:0<br> description: EXT4 volume<br> vendor: Linux<br> physical id: 1<br> bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1<br> logical name: /dev/sda1<br> logical name: /<br> version: 1.0<br> serial: 855a98e9-8dd8-4b7e-90a7-6412c7ddd862<br> size: 36GiB<br> capacity: 36GiB<br> capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized<br> 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<br> *-volume:1<br> description: Extended partition<br> physical id: 2<br> bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2<br> logical name: /dev/sda2<br> size: 445MiB<br> capacity: 445MiB<br> capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended<br> *-logicalvolume<br> description: Linux swap / Solaris partition<br> physical id: 5<br> logical name: /dev/sda5<br> capacity: 445MiB<br> capabilities: nofs<br> *-scsi:1<br> physical id: 2<br> logical name: scsi1<br> capabilities: emulated<br> *-cdrom<br> description: DVD reader<br> product: CDRW/DVD SBW242C<br> vendor: QSI<br> physical id: 0.0.0<br> bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0<br> logical name: /dev/cdrom<br> logical name: /dev/sr0<br> version: UQ81<br> capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd<br> configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc<br> *-battery<br> description: Lithium Ion Battery<br> product: Sanyo 60S6701<br> vendor: Sanyo 60S6701<br> physical id: 1<br> slot: System Battery Bay<br> capacity: 650000mWh<br> configuration: voltage=14.8V<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div></div><div><div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Michael Havens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>In my search I happened upon this page:<br><br><a href="http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/net/ethernet/sis/sis900.c" target="_blank">http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/net/ethernet/sis/sis900.c</a><br><br><br></div>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?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><span>On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Michael Havens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>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?<br></div>this is all I can figure to do:<br></div>sudo lshw<br></div>--snip--<br> *-network<br> description: Ethernet interface<br> product: SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet<br> vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]<br> physical id: 4<br> bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0<br> logical name: eth0<br> version: 91<br> serial: 00:11:43:38:5e:9d<br> size: 100Mbit/s<br> capacity: 100Mbit/s<br> width: 32 bits<br> clock: 33MHz<br> capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation<br> 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<br> resources: irq:19 ioport:1800(size=256) memory:e4003000-e4003fff memory:28000000-2801ffff<br></div>--snip--<br><br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div></div>
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