Add Wireless to Laptop
Mike - EMAIL IGNORED
m_d_berger_1900 at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 14 19:21:21 UTC 2007
On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:07:32 +0100, Ian Malone wrote:
> Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
>> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:46:58 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>
>>> Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
>
[...]
>>>> Jul 13 21:50:16 mbrc35 NetworkManager: nm_device_is_802_3_ethernet:
>>>> assertion `dev != NULL' failed
>>>> Jul 13 21:50:16 mbrc35 NetworkManager: nm_device_is_802_11_wireless:
>>>> assertion `dev != NULL' failed
>>>>
>>>> Note that I had changed the device name from the incorrect eth1 to
>>>> wlan0. This required some hand file editing, because the change
>>>> did not propagate to all gui places. It appears I am missing a
>>>> device name somewhere.
>>>>
>
> Did those messages appear before you made the changes from
> eth1 to wlan0?
I don't remember. It did say things like "no such device".
[...]
>
> I really do think you should try it as eth1 first before
> changing it, you may have introduced extra problems.
> FWIW, my 3945abg appears as eth1 with one driver and wlan0
> with another (and both drivers will work provided the
> correct interface is used).
I hesitate to make that change, at least now. I think
it got further along after the change.
>
> If that doesn't work it might be time to investigate ndiswrapper
> or ask for help on the bcm43xx forum (http://bcm43xx.spugna.org/
> but it's currently offline).
[...]
If it is not fixed by Monday, I will look into these.
Thanks,
Mike.
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