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@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@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@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@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@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@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@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@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@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@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@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@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@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@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@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@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@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@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@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@gmail.com> wrote:In my search I happened upon this page: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?
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/net/ethernet/sis/sis900.c:-)~MIKE~(-:On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:--snip----snip--sudo lshwI'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:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@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:-)~MIKE~(-: