new install- getting wireless to work
Michael Havens
bmike1 at gmail.com
Thu Dec 25 13:43:58 MST 2014
lspci only showed that one:
~ $ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 650/M650 Host (rev 80)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AGP Port (virtual
PCI-to-PCI bridge)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS962 [MuTIOL Media
IO] LPC Controller (rev 25)
00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2/3 SMBus controller
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 IDE Controller
00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev
a0)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
SiS7012 AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller
(rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller
(rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI
Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
I the driver manager window appears but there is nothing in it.
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> 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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