7 Dec
2012
7 Dec
'12
7:59 p.m.
On Fri, 7 Dec 2012, Baron wrote:
Yes, no problem. As root.
bash: lshw: command not found
Mmm. Seems that lshw is not on my machine.
do you have something called hwinfo installed, maybe under
/usr/sbin/hwinfo?
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
F.
--
Felmon Davis
Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as virtue. -- Bierce
[...]
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
661FX/M661FX/M661MX Host (rev 11)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port
(virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL
Media IO] (rev 25)
00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus
Controller
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems
[SiS] 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 90)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter
No mention of anything wireless.
so it looks like the driver would run on a silicon graphics chip.
I just realized the better detector is
lshw -C network
do you know how to run this as root? it may not be necessary. let's
try it and see what it yields. I'm getting the impression your chip
isn't well supported but perhaps
someone else can chip in with knowledge of it.
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.
I've not had a chance to open up the machine
to have a look at the
card.
you don't have to.
However I have got all the bits aside ready to
build a new machine,
its just having the time to put it all together then this one can
be re-purposed.
Thanks for your help.
not sure how far I can help but maybe a step or so on.
F.