On Friday 07 December 2012 19:59:25 Felmon Davis wrote:
On Fri, 7 Dec 2012, Baron wrote:
This machine has never run windows ! Its a "Packard Bell" that was formatted and Linux put on from the word go. So I have no idea if the wireless adapter even functions.
do you have something called hwinfo installed, maybe under /usr/sbin/hwinfo?
Yes "hwinfo" gives me lots of info. None make any reference to a wireless adaptor. However I did learn a number of things that I had no idea about. Things like who actually made the mainboard and that the CPU could/should be running at 3.2Ghz.
just trying to see what the operating system thinks is in your box.
my strategy, and maybe someone else can check it out, is to see what the software says is in your box, then see if there is a driver or something that can make use of it. there's also looking up the specs of the machine online
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I much appreciate your help in trying to identify and get this wireless adaptor working, but I'm struggling at the moment trying to cope with ill health, work, and other problems. I don't wish to appear ungrateful, but everything is working well. Having wireless connectivity isn't too important at the moment.
Thank you for your valued input.