Networkcard not recognised

Forum: Networking
Topic: Networkcard not recognised
started by: tolu5068

Posted by tolu5068 on Feb. 13 2005,12:06

Hi, I think this DSL Live CD is great.
But.. I cant get it to find my networkcard.
I have a ACER laptop TM 2301WLMi that I byed in okt 2004. Windows XP, SP2 installed. Intel celeron 1,3GHz, 400MHz FSB, 512KB L2cache. 15,4"WXGA wide TFT LCD. 802.11 b/g wireless LAN....
And Networkcard: Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller. (That what it says in Win XP/controllpanel/system)

I have read trou all of the posts in your NETWORK forum, and tryed some recomended "commands" in Xterminal. I dont now if this commands are useble in MY computer, but I tryed them anyway, without any luuck.

Command 1:
sudo su
modprobe wd
netcardconfig
exit
exit Still says "Cant find Networkcard"

Command 2:
sudo su
modprobe sk98lin
netcardconfig Still says "Cant find Networkcard"

Command 3:
sudo mii-tool -r
netcardconfig Nothing realy happens...

Does enyone now what to try next

/tommY

Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 14 2005,01:23

Check out this post:

< http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....4%;st=0 >

Sounds like you need to open an xterminal and type:

sudo su
modprobe b44
netcardconfig
exit
exit

Posted by tolu5068 on Feb. 17 2005,16:41

hmm.. noop.
modeprobe b44 did not work, it still says "no networkcard was found"

any other sugestions ?

Posted by tolu5068 on Feb. 18 2005,09:14

Hi again.
I have now tried my DSL LIVE CD on my friend new Siemens laptop and it works perfect, network and everything (= So the CD is OK
So it seams that MY Acer computer Networkcard is not included in the DSL LIVE CD Driver "list"

Q: If I find the right driver for my Acer networkcard, how do I get it on the DSL LIVE CD?
In what directory do I install it?

Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 18 2005,18:29

Usually it is installed to someplace like:

/lib/modules/kernel/2.4.26/drivers/net

I am not using DSL at the moment so I don't know the exact syntax.

But you will need to make that directory writable and then back up the file, in other words create your own *.dsl file

Unfortuately, the reality of the situation is that a new driver will probably require a kernel recompile so you will have to do more work than is mentioned above.

Posted by tolu5068 on Feb. 19 2005,11:26

ahaa.. ops. a lot to do then.
But is my driver REALLY missing on the DSL LIVE CD?
Is my networkcard: "Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller" really that uncommon, maybe the driver is there (I whant it to be there:)
Is there a way to check if my driver is included on the CD or not?

You see.. I suspect that my computer "overall" has a problem with my networkcard, even in Win XP there is problem onse a month.

So.. if the driver is infact included on the LIVE CD, then I know that the problem definently lies in MY Acer Computer, and not on the LIVE CD.

Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 19 2005,18:28

My understanding was that your driver is on the livecd and it is called b44.0

and you launch it by typing

modprobe b44

but I could be wrong.

Posted by roadie on Feb. 20 2005,08:39

I was under the impression that Broadcom chip drivers were closed source, at least when I was trying to get a Linksys card going.
Will ndiswrapper work with it?

roadie

Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 20 2005,17:50

FYI,

The Broadcom drivers have open source and are compiled into the DSL (version 0.9.3) kernel and are on the livecd.

Also, it appears that it is possible to get the wireless card working with ndiswrapper.

Here is some info on that:

< https://www.redhat.com/archive....62.html >