Wireless thinkpad

[Darren Critchley]

Senectus . wrote:

>On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 08:54:25 -0700, Darren Critchley <darrenc at telus.net> wrote:
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>>And the wlan-ng drivers are available in unbuntu through synaptic, I
>>just don't remember if they are native or if they are in universe, but
>>prism2 is supported.
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>>Darren
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>Ok I found this and installed it, but where do I list it as a module
>to be loaded at boot? (and remove the hermes module).
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>This is a bit different to the Gentoo I'm used to... 
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Here's your answer from another post:

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 17:48:31 +0300, Ecmel Ercan <ecmel at ercansoy.com> wrote:

>> I am new to Debian so forgive me if this is a silly question.
>> 
>> I am using the newest version of ov511 usb web cam driver on my Ubuntu
>> system. In order for my cam to function properly 2 kernel modules must be
>> loaded:
>> 
>> ov511
>> ovcamchip
>> 
>> When the cam is plugged, ov511 is loaded but I have to manually insert
>> ovcamchip using modprobe.
>> 
>> I tried (in /etc/modules.conf):
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>> post-install ov511 insmod ovcamchip
>> 
>> and
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>> below ov511 ovcamchip
>> 
>> but not worked :(
>> 
>> Is there a way to do this automagically?
>> 
>> Regards
>> Ecmel
>> 
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Don't put them in /etc/modules.conf. Put them in /etc/modules instead.
They should load OK then.


In your case, put the wlan-ng module (and sorry I cannot remember the 
name of it)
btw, does a sudo modprobe insert the module and make your card work?

Darren