Colony 4 report on old hardware

[Martin Pitt]

Hi

azz [2005-09-07 21:02 -0400]:
> As it is, there is I get a message saying that I may have an incorrect
> Gstreamer plugin or an improperly configured soundcard.  Perhaps a
> little help document about how to load modules via the command line?  A
> gui to modconf?  Anything would be better.  This is a pretty weak spot.

Did you find out which module(s) you have to load? Once you do, you
can load them automatically at system boot by putting them into
/etc/modules.

> "Then you can use the card with all standard tools (sudo ifup wlan0,
> 
> netapplet, and you can even configure it with the networking tool)."
> 
> Are you sure?  I just tried that with an up-to-date Breezy and I still
> get nothing.  As I recall, the linux-wlan-ng usb devices do not have
> wireless-tools support (no wireless extentions)  You have to use the
> linux-wlan-ng tools.  That is why the device is not picked up by the
> installer, nor the networking tool.

Yes, I am sure, I use a Prism2 USB adapter on my laptop.
linux-wlan-ng must of course be installed, and the driver does not
really support the iwconfig interface, but the package ships scripts
that do the right thing at the Debian tools level
(/etc/network/interfaces, ifup, etc.). You will get some error
messages on "sudo ifup wlan0", but they can be ignored, it will work
anyway. After the card has been activated, you can see it in
network-admin.

Martin

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