Good attempt, it looks like you came close to success. Of the 6 modules you copied across to DSL, only one gave a "depmod: *** Unresolved symbols" error message.
In your dmesg I see "Unable to load firmware". Maybe you could try another firmware.agent script. Here's one for the ipw2100 - http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....;t=4291 This script is just slightly different to yours.
... also, I don't suppose there's a configuration file hiding somewhere we didn't think about? It's sheer guesswork, but I imagine such a file to be called "ipw2200.conf" or "ipw2200.opt". What about doing a search on your Slackware installation for files named "ipw*" ??I just checked http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/ If you follow the "Issues" link you will see a description of almost exactly the same error - "Firmware files fail to load even if installed". Their suggestion is to increase the default timeout value, as such - echo 100 > /sys/class/firmware/timeout
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2.cp fireware files to /ramdisk/usr/lib/hotplug/fireware/ 3.create a fireware.agent like this:
... and just checking a typographical error here - you meant "firmware", not "fireware", right.now my laptop hang up when modprobe ipw2200,failed again, thank you tempestuous.Good news ... possibly. I have compiled the IPW2200 driver for DSL.
I recently helped a colleague get this driver working in a different Linux distribution, and we learned some crucial information about some necessary support files. So there's a good chance that the driver will now work in DSL too, but I don't have the IPW2200 wireless adaptor myself to test it.
Of the 10 or so people on this forum who have been asking for this driver, I'm sure someone will want to try it. Please email me via this forum and I will send the driver package (it's about 1MB) with instructions.
If the driver works OK, I will then upload it somewhere permanently.good news! i can test that driver. gan__quan@163.comNext Page...
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