Feisty Meta physics

Carl Spitzer cwsiv at copper.net
Thu Nov 8 22:07:11 UTC 2007


On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 16:39 -0400, Derek Broughton wrote:
> > 
> wlan0 is obviously not a valid wireless interface - but is that what it was
> called when it _did_ work?  Different drivers may use different interface
> names. When you unplug the USB connection, are the p80211 and prism2_usb
> modules unloaded (ie, do they disappear from "lsmod")?    If not,
> try "rmmod p80211; rmmod prism2_usb", until you get them to unload.  Then
> plug in the connection and see if it makes any difference (I find one
> interface always comes up correctly only after I hibernate & resume,
> because that forces this removal/reload and makes sure that the wireless
> drivers are loaded in the correct order).

I do not know what it was called when it worked.  I did not check.

Ill get back to you on the others after I get to the library.

> 
> > Connection information clicked
> > prism_2 usb
> 
> What does that mean?  "Connection information clicked" where?

The network icon in the upper right.  When I open the setup window it
sees the Dlink as wired not wireless.

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