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[live] cant get wifi to work - schneidz - 2009-07-06
hi, i got a zotac ion board and i plugged in a Intel Pro/wireless 3945ABG Mini-pci Express Network Adapter. but i cant get it to recognize my wifi card:
Code:
(T: XBMCLive)xbmc@XBMCLive:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Host Bridge (rev b1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 LPC Bridge (rev b2)
00:03.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.2 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SMBus (rev b1)
00:03.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.5 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Co-processor (rev b1)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b1)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev b1)
00:06.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b1)
00:06.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev b1)
00:08.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP79 High Definition Audio (rev b1)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Bridge (rev b1)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Ethernet (rev b1)
00:0b.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SATA Controller (rev b1)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:15.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:16.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:17.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:18.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 087d (rev b1)
(T: XBMCLive)xbmc@XBMCLive:~$ ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:2e:26:0e:15
inet addr:192.168.5.3 Bcast:192.168.5.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::201:2eff:fe26:e15/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:537 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:449 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:358782 (358.7 KB) TX bytes:56468 (56.4 KB)
Interrupt:21 Base address:0x6000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
(T: XBMCLive)xbmc@XBMCLive:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
(T: XBMCLive)xbmc@XBMCLive:~$- Hannes The Hun - 2009-07-06
xbmc live doesn't include the wireless extensions, this has been covered before.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WiFiHowTo
- schneidz - 2009-07-06
^ hi, the above code snippet implies that i already installed wireless-tools thru apt-get.
what i am having problems with is the initial lspci command. for some reason my Intel Pro/wireless 3945ABG Mini-pci Express Network Adapter isnt being listed in either lspci or lshw; how do i get it so that lspci can see my wireless card ?
- Hannes The Hun - 2009-07-06
ah, okay. google returns problems with this exact card and (mostly notebook) mini PCIe slots that are *NOT* really fully compatible mini PCIe, e.g. only work with the manufacturer provided (mostly broadcom) cards. I'd still recommend booting from a full ubuntu live CD and checking if the card gets recognized.
- schneidz - 2009-07-07
^ i tried with dsl and fedora 11 (neither list them in their lspci)
- Hannes The Hun - 2009-07-07
well, then it's not an XBMC-related problem
- schneidz - 2009-07-07
^ no its not, it seems that zotac ion lock down their board so you have to use their specific wifi module...
thanks for the help.