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Re: [wlug] Amd 64 wifi
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

An after thought, before I do any more I thought maybe I should post the outcome of lspci and dmesg Here goes: Dmesg john(a)itchy:~$ dmesg data, 136k init) [ 17.261034] Calibrating delay loop... 3170.30 BogoMIPS (lpj=1585152) [ 17.284078] Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized [ 17.284083] SELinux: Disabled at boot. [ 17.284095] Mount-cache hash table entries: 256 [ 17.284179] CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line) [ 17.284183] CPU: L2 Cache: 1024K (64 bytes/line) [ 17.284188] CPU: AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-30 stepping 02 [ 17.284297] checking if image is initramfs... it is [ 17.700435] ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initrd... not found! [ 17.796177] not found! [ 17.813320] Using local APIC timer interrupts. [ 17.875823] Detected 12.500 MHz APIC timer. [ 17.875834] testing NMI watchdog ... OK. [ 17.885964] NET: Registered protocol family 16 [ 17.885991] ACPI: bus type pci registered [ 17.885998] PCI: Using configuration type 1 [ 17.886001] mtrr: v2.0 (20020519) [ 17.886313] ACPI: Subsystem revision 20050729 [ 17.888052] ACPI-0362: *** Error: Looking up [Z007] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND [ 17.888061] search_node ffff81001b2fce00 start_node ffff81001b2fce00 return_node 0000000000000000 [ 17.888729] ACPI: Interpreter enabled [ 17.888732] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing [ 17.888994] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00) [ 17.888997] PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00) [ 17.889039] ACPI: Assume root bridge [\_SB_.PCI0] segment is 0 [ 17.890576] Uncovering SIS963 that hid as a SIS503 (compatible=0) [ 17.890609] PCI: Ignoring BAR0-3 of IDE controller 0000:00:02.5 [ 17.890966] Boot video device is 0000:01:00.0 [ 17.897612] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT] [ 17.898572] burst-mode-ec-10-Aug [ 17.898575] ACPI: Embedded Controller [EC0] (gpe 25) [ 17.916095] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 *7 9 10 11) [ 17.916292] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 *4 5 7 9 10 11) [ 17.916498] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 *5 7 9 10 11) [ 17.916691] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs *3 4 5 7 9 10 11) [ 17.916904] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 *9 10 11) [ 17.917105] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 *11) [ 17.917314] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11) *0, disabled. [ 17.917509] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 *10 11) [ 17.917819] Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay [ 17.917826] pnp: PnP ACPI init [ 17.918563] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 7 devices [ 17.918634] usbcore: registered new driver usbfs [ 17.918654] usbcore: registered new driver hub [ 17.918682] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing [ 17.918686] PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq". If it helps, post a report [ 17.918752] PCI-DMA: Disabling IOMMU. [ 17.918865] pnp: 00:03: ioport range 0x8000-0x807f could not be reserved [ 17.918869] pnp: 00:03: ioport range 0x8080-0x80ff has been reserved [ 17.918873] pnp: 00:03: ioport range 0x8100-0x811f has been reserved [ 17.918877] pnp: 00:03: ioport range 0x4d0-0x4d1 has been reserved [ 17.919095] Simple Boot Flag at 0x38 set to 0x1 [ 17.919179] IA32 emulation $Id: sys_ia32.c,v 1.32 2002/03/24 13:02:28 ak Exp $ [ 17.919371] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled) [ 17.919379] audit: initialized [ 17.919480] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1 [ 17.919498] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes) [ 17.919530] devfs: 2004-01-31 Richard Gooch (rgooch(a)atnf.csiro.au) [ 17.919535] devfs: boot_options: 0x0 [ 17.919561] Initializing Cryptographic API [ 17.936206] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones [ 17.936274] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBC,PNP0f13:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12 [ 17.941054] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 [ 17.941268] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [ 17.941274] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 48 ports, IRQ sharing enabled [ 17.943021] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.6[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 [ 17.943029] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:02.6 disabled [ 17.943042] io scheduler noop registered [ 17.943056] io scheduler anticipatory registered [ 17.943062] io scheduler deadline registered [ 17.943071] io scheduler cfq registered [ 17.943370] RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 65536K size 1024 blocksize [ 17.943440] NET: Registered protocol family 2 [ 17.953039] IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes [ 17.953248] TCP established hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) [ 17.953433] TCP bind hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) [ 17.953641] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 16384) [ 17.953702] NET: Registered protocol family 8 [ 17.953705] NET: Registered protocol family 20 [ 17.953910] ACPI wakeup devices: [ 17.953912] PCI0 LAN MODM USB0 USB1 USB2 USB3 [ 17.953917] ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5) [ 17.954141] Freeing unused kernel memory: 136k freed [ 17.971457] vga16fb: initializing [ 17.971462] vga16fb: mapped to 0xffff8100000a0000 [ 18.049675] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30 [ 18.049681] fb0: VGA16 VGA frame buffer device [ 18.061077] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0 [ 19.105760] Capability LSM initialized [ 19.114428] NET: Registered protocol family 1 [ 19.123475] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 [ 19.123488] ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx [ 19.123492] ACPI: bus type ide registered [ 19.131811] SIS5513: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:02.5 [ 19.131827] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.5[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 19.131846] SIS5513: chipset revision 0 [ 19.131848] SIS5513: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later [ 19.131859] SIS5513: SiS 962/963 MuTIOL IDE UDMA133 controller [ 19.131872] ide0: BM-DMA at 0x2000-0x2007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio [ 19.131884] ide1: BM-DMA at 0x2008-0x200f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio [ 19.131895] Probing IDE interface ide0... [ 19.394924] hda: ST9402113A, ATA DISK drive [ 20.007078] ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 [ 20.007132] Probing IDE interface ide1... [ 20.678800] hdc: MATSHITAUJ-840D, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive [ 20.984628] ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 [ 20.984707] Probing IDE interface ide2... [ 21.497557] Probing IDE interface ide3... [ 22.009496] Probing IDE interface ide4... [ 22.521436] Probing IDE interface ide5... [ 23.036642] hda: max request size: 1024KiB [ 23.037045] hda: 78140160 sectors (40007 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=16383/255/63, UDMA(100) [ 23.037170] hda: cache flushes supported [ 23.037226] /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3 < p5 > [ 23.086206] hdc: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache [ 23.086214] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 [ 23.340462] Attempting manual resume [ 23.340679] swsusp: Suspend partition has wrong signature? [ 23.372270] ohci_hcd: 2004 Nov 08 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (PCI) [ 23.372309] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:03.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20 [ 23.372337] ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.0: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller [ 23.575498] ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 [ 23.575509] ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.0: irq 20, io mem 0xe2002000 [ 23.626399] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 23.626411] hub 1-0:1.0: 3 ports detected [ 23.627320] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:03.1[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21 [ 23.627330] ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.1: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (#2) [ 23.829876] ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 [ 23.829884] ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.1: irq 21, io mem 0xe2003000 [ 23.880354] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 23.880364] hub 2-0:1.0: 3 ports detected [ 23.891522] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:03.2[D] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23 [ 23.891539] ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.2: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller [ 23.891582] ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3 [ 23.891593] ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.2: irq 23, io mem 0xe2004000 [ 23.891624] PCI: cache line size of 64 is not supported by device 0000:00:03.2 [ 23.891632] ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.2: USB 2.0 initialized, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004 [ 23.891710] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 23.891718] hub 3-0:1.0: 6 ports detected [ 23.918501] sis900.c: v1.08.08 Jan. 22 2005 [ 23.918542] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:04.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 [ 23.923419] 0000:00:04.0: Realtek RTL8201 PHY transceiver found at address 13. [ 23.929581] 0000:00:04.0: Using transceiver found at address 13 as default [ 23.930245] eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0x1800, IRQ 19, 00:16:36:10:f1:c4. [ 26.263405] ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3]) [ 26.267322] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (53 C) [ 26.408621] Attempting manual resume [ 26.432267] swsusp: Suspend partition has wrong signature? [ 26.460318] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds [ 26.460331] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. [ 28.026878] md: md driver 0.90.1 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 [ 31.145850] Adding 1108444k swap on /dev/hda5. Priority:-1 extents:1 [ 31.387234] EXT3 FS on hda2, internal journal [ 38.879486] lp: driver loaded but no devices found [ 38.898286] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice [ 38.932627] Real Time Clock Driver v1.12 [ 39.527225] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0x12a0b1, caps: 0xa04713/0x204000 [ 39.529223] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad on isa0060/serio1 [ 40.131504] ts: Compaq touchscreen protocol output [ 41.788857] device-mapper: 4.4.0-ioctl (2005-01-12) initialised: dm-devel(a)redhat.com [ 43.211270] cdrom: open failed. [ 45.531310] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5 [ 45.541929] shpchp: shpc_init : shpc_cap_offset == 0 [ 45.541940] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4 [ 45.969722] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.7[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 [ 46.527630] intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 49483 usecs [ 46.527634] intel8x0: clocking to 48000 [ 46.972627] Linux Kernel Card Services [ 46.972631] options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm] [ 46.984682] PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:06.0 (0000 -> 0002) [ 46.984691] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:06.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 [ 46.984705] Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:00:06.0 [1025:0083] [ 46.984734] Yenta: Using CSCINT to route CSC interrupts to PCI [ 46.984737] Yenta: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI [ 46.984741] Yenta TI: socket 0000:00:06.0, mfunc 0x00521d22, devctl 0x64 [ 47.206247] Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x06f8, PCI irq 19 [ 47.206251] Socket status: 30000007 [ 48.864634] input: PC Speaker [ 49.649609] eth0: Media Link Off [ 49.658301] NET: Registered protocol family 17 [ 116.390981] ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (on-line) [ 116.444498] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery present) [ 116.460156] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] [ 116.460184] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID] [ 116.460192] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB] [ 116.460198] ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB] [ 116.547487] ibm_acpi: ec object not found [ 118.041331] ACPI-0362: *** Error: Looking up [Z007] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND [ 118.041341] search_node ffff81001b2fce00 start_node ffff81001b2fce00 return_node 0000000000000000 [ 118.041348] ACPI-0508: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BST] (Node ffff81001b2fcc00), AE_NOT_FOUND [ 118.062068] ACPI-0362: *** Error: Looking up [Z007] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND [ 118.062075] search_node ffff81001b2fce00 start_node ffff81001b2fce00 return_node 0000000000000000 [ 118.062081] ACPI-0508: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BST] (Node ffff81001b2fcc00), AE_NOT_FOUND [ 129.054049] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron processors (version 1.40.4) [ 129.054507] powernow-k8: 0 : fid 0x8 (1600 MHz), vid 0x4 (1450 mV) [ 129.054513] powernow-k8: 1 : fid 0x0 (800 MHz), vid 0x16 (1000 mV) [ 129.054724] cpu_init done, current fid 0x8, vid 0x4 [ 129.216366] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.7 [ 129.216376] NET: Registered protocol family 31 [ 129.216380] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized [ 129.216393] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized [ 129.228916] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.7 [ 129.228921] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized [ 129.250292] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.5 [ 129.250302] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized [ 129.250319] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized [ 137.406154] NET: Registered protocol family 10 [ 137.406243] Disabled Privacy Extensions on device ffffffff8035a5a0(lo) [ 137.406390] IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver [ 139.401887] ACPI-0362: *** Error: Looking up [Z007] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND [ 139.401898] search_node ffff81001b2fce00 start_node ffff81001b2fce00 return_node 0000000000000000 [ 139.401906] ACPI-0508: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BST] (Node ffff81001b2fcc00), AE_NOT_FOUND [ 142.674177] eth0: no IPv6 routers present [ 154.400860] ACPI-0362: *** Error: Looking up [Z007] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND [ 154.400870] search_node ffff81001b2fce00 start_node ffff81001b2fce00 return_node 0000000000000000 [ 154.400878] ACPI-0508: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BST] (Node ffff81001b2fcc00), AE_NOT_FOUND [ 169.401744] ACPI-0362: *** Error: Looking up [Z007] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND [ 169.401754] search_node ffff81001b2fce00 start_node ffff81001b2fce00 return_node 0000000000000000 [ 169.401763] ACPI-0508: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BST] (Node ffff81001b2fcc00), AE_NOT_FOUND [ 184.402548] ACPI-0362: *** Error: Looking up [Z007] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND [ 184.402558] search_node ffff81001b2fce00 start_node ffff81001b2fce00 return_node 0000000000000000 [ 184.402566] ACPI-0508: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BST] (Node ffff81001b2fcc00), AE_NOT_FOUND [ 199.403450] ACPI-0362: *** Error: Looking up [Z007] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND [ 199.403461] search_node ffff81001b2fce00 start_node ffff81001b2fce00 return_node 0000000000000000 [ 199.403469] ACPI-0508: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BST] (Node ffff81001b2fcc00), AE_NOT_FOUND [ 214.404418] ACPI-0362: *** Error: Looking up [Z007] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND [ 214.404428] search_node ffff81001b2fce00 start_node ffff81001b2fce00 return_node 0000000000000000 [ 214.404437] ACPI-0508: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BST] (Node ffff81001b2fcc00), AE_NOT_FOUND [ 229.405300] ACPI-0362: *** Error: Looking up [Z007] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND [ 229.405310] search_node ffff81001b2fce00 start_node ffff81001b2fce00 return_node 0000000000000000 [ 229.405318] ACPI-0508: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BST] (Node ffff81001b2fcc00), AE_NOT_FOUND [ 244.405340] ACPI-0362: *** Error: Looking up [Z007] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND [ 244.405350] search_node ffff81001b2fce00 start_node ffff81001b2fce00 return_node 0000000000000000 [ 244.405357] ACPI-0508: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BST] (Node ffff81001b2fcc00), AE_NOT_FOUND [ 259.406938] ACPI-0362: *** Error: Looking up [Z007] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND [ 259.406949] search_node ffff81001b2fce00 start_node ffff81001b2fce00 return_node 0000000000000000 [ 259.406957] ACPI-0508: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BST] (Node ffff81001b2fcc00), AE_NOT_FOUND john(a)itchy:~$ Then lspci john(a)itchy:~$ lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 760/M760 Host (rev 03 ) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SG86C202 0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media I O] (rev 25) 0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] 0000:00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0) 0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0) 0000:00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) 0000:00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) 0000:00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller 0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fa st Ethernet (rev 91) 0000:00:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controlle r 0000:00:0b.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 4318 (rev 02) 0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge 0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge 0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge 0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661FX/M 661FX/M661MX/741/M741/760/M760 PCI/AGP john(a)itchy:~$ Maybe I need to fix up this stuff first ?????? John.. ----- Original Message Follows ----- > I am now completely stuck. If I redo everything will it > cause a further problem for me??? > John > > > > ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > The Gui Does not work it goes into permanently enabling > > mode > > > > I down loaded acer_acpi-0.3 > > Then: make > > make install. > > > > john(a)itchy:~$ sudo modprobe acer_acpi > > Password: > > FATAL: Error inserting acer_acpi > > > > > (/lib/modules/2.6.12-9-amd64-generic/extra/acer_acpi.ko): > > No such device john(a)itchy:~$ > > > > > -- > > > Try configuring your network now under somewhere like > > > desktop, administration, networking. > > > > > > If you want to use WPA you will also need to install > > > wpa_supplicant. Otherwise hopefully it will work! > > > > > > There is another way (download 2.6.17 test version) to > > > do it if ndiswrapper doesn't work but try that first. > > > > > > Ian > > > -- > > > Ian McDonald > > > Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 > > > Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com > > > WAND Network Research Group > > > Department of Computer Science > > > University of Waikato > > > New Zealand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > Unsubscribe: > > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [wlug] Amd 64 wifi
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 16 Apr '06

16 Apr '06

I am now completely stuck. If I redo everything will it cause a further problem for me??? John ----- Original Message Follows ----- > The Gui Does not work it goes into permanently enabling > mode > > I down loaded acer_acpi-0.3 > Then: make > make install. > > john(a)itchy:~$ sudo modprobe acer_acpi > Password: > FATAL: Error inserting acer_acpi > (/lib/modules/2.6.12-9-amd64-generic/extra/acer_acpi.ko): > No such device > john(a)itchy:~$ > > > -- > > Try configuring your network now under somewhere like > > desktop, administration, networking. > > > > If you want to use WPA you will also need to install > > wpa_supplicant. Otherwise hopefully it will work! > > > > There is another way (download 2.6.17 test version) to > > do it if ndiswrapper doesn't work but try that first. > > > > Ian > > -- > > Ian McDonald > > Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 > > Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com > > WAND Network Research Group > > Department of Computer Science > > University of Waikato > > New Zealand > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
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16 Apr '06

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Warren Hughes (IBM) is out of the office.
by Warren Hughes 16 Apr '06

16 Apr '06

I will be out of the office starting 13/04/2006 and will not return until 26/04/2006. Hi, thanks for your email. In my absence for urgent queries please contact Wayne Goss on +64 21 375592. Otherwise I I will respond Wednesday April 26. Cheers, Warren.

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Re: [wlug] Amd 64 wifi
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 16 Apr '06

16 Apr '06

The Gui Does not work it goes into permanently enabling mode I down loaded acer_acpi-0.3 Then: make make install. john(a)itchy:~$ sudo modprobe acer_acpi Password: FATAL: Error inserting acer_acpi (/lib/modules/2.6.12-9-amd64-generic/extra/acer_acpi.ko): No such device john(a)itchy:~$ > -- > Try configuring your network now under somewhere like > desktop, administration, networking. > > If you want to use WPA you will also need to install > wpa_supplicant. Otherwise hopefully it will work! > > There is another way (download 2.6.17 test version) to do > it if ndiswrapper doesn't work but try that first. > > Ian > -- > Ian McDonald > Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 > Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com > WAND Network Research Group > Department of Computer Science > University of Waikato > New Zealand

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Re: [wlug] Amd 64 wifi
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 16 Apr '06

16 Apr '06

I do not think those errors have anything to do with my current situation there are about 30 of those error messages and I only tailed 6 ---- Original Message Follows ----- > I ventured into the install and got to here: > > root(a)itchy:~# ndiswrapper -l > Installed ndis drivers: > bcmwl5 driver present, hardware present > root(a)itchy:~# modprobe ndiswrapper > root(a)itchy:~# dmesg | tail -n 6 > [ 2435.979518] ACPI-0362: *** Error: Looking up [Z007] > in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND > [ 2435.979528] search_node ffff81001b2fce00 start_node > ffff81001b2fce00 return_node 0000000000000000 > [ 2435.979536] ACPI-0508: *** Error: Method execution > failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BST] (Node ffff81001b2fcc00), > AE_NOT_FOUND > [ 2450.979890] ACPI-0362: *** Error: Looking up [Z007] > in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND > [ 2450.979900] search_node ffff81001b2fce00 start_node > ffff81001b2fce00 return_node 0000000000000000 > [ 2450.979908] ACPI-0508: *** Error: Method execution > failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BST] (Node ffff81001b2fcc00), > AE_NOT_FOUND > root(a)itchy:~# > Not real sure what I need to do as the drivers seem to be > there and the device also :-? > > > > > ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > Sorry about the tardy response I got dragged away. > > The Wireless device is a broadcom b-g > > The howto is here: > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WifiDocs/Acer5021WLMi_Amd64?action=show&redirect=Wi… > > > > I searched synaptic and found all the gcc/cpp already to > > install. although it does not state amd 64 the install > > media was an amd 64 installer. > > I will go ahead and try to install the packages I have > > found > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > > On 4/10/06, jaytee(a)clear.net.nz <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> > > > wrote: > > > > > Hi All > > > > I am trying to follow a howto but have so far > > > > not been able to find > > > > > > > > > > > > gcc-4.4-base_3.4.4-6ubuntu8_amd64.deb > > > > I googled it and returned a negative result. maybe > > > > it is a typo??? > > > > > > > What wireless card are you trying to run? > > > > > > Where is your howto? > > > > > > I would say that you are better off using apt or > > > aptitude rather than an exact version of package but > > > not sure without seeing your how to. > > > > > > Ian > > > > > > -- > > > Ian McDonald > > > Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 > > > Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com > > > WAND Network Research Group > > > Department of Computer Science > > > University of Waikato > > > New Zealand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > > Unsubscribe: > > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [wlug] Amd 64 wifi
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 16 Apr '06

16 Apr '06

I ventured into the install and got to here: root(a)itchy:~# ndiswrapper -l Installed ndis drivers: bcmwl5 driver present, hardware present root(a)itchy:~# modprobe ndiswrapper root(a)itchy:~# dmesg | tail -n 6 [ 2435.979518] ACPI-0362: *** Error: Looking up [Z007] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND [ 2435.979528] search_node ffff81001b2fce00 start_node ffff81001b2fce00 return_node 0000000000000000 [ 2435.979536] ACPI-0508: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BST] (Node ffff81001b2fcc00), AE_NOT_FOUND [ 2450.979890] ACPI-0362: *** Error: Looking up [Z007] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND [ 2450.979900] search_node ffff81001b2fce00 start_node ffff81001b2fce00 return_node 0000000000000000 [ 2450.979908] ACPI-0508: *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BST] (Node ffff81001b2fcc00), AE_NOT_FOUND root(a)itchy:~# Not real sure what I need to do as the drivers seem to be there and the device also :-? ----- Original Message Follows ----- > Sorry about the tardy response I got dragged away. > The Wireless device is a broadcom b-g > The howto is here: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WifiDocs/Acer5021WLMi_Amd64?action=show&redirect=Wi… > > I searched synaptic and found all the gcc/cpp already to > install. although it does not state amd 64 the install > media was an amd 64 installer. > I will go ahead and try to install the packages I have > found > > > > ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > On 4/10/06, jaytee(a)clear.net.nz <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> > > wrote: > > > > Hi All > > > I am trying to follow a howto but have so far > > > not been able to find > > > > > > > > > gcc-4.4-base_3.4.4-6ubuntu8_amd64.deb > > > I googled it and returned a negative result. maybe it > > > is a typo??? > > > > > What wireless card are you trying to run? > > > > Where is your howto? > > > > I would say that you are better off using apt or > > aptitude rather than an exact version of package but not > > sure without seeing your how to. > > > > Ian > > > > -- > > Ian McDonald > > Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 > > Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com > > WAND Network Research Group > > Department of Computer Science > > University of Waikato > > New Zealand > > _______________________________________________ > wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Unsubscribe: > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [wlug] Amd 64 wifi
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 15 Apr '06

15 Apr '06

Sorry about the tardy response I got dragged away. The Wireless device is a broadcom b-g The howto is here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WifiDocs/Acer5021WLMi_Amd64?action=show&redirect=Wi… I searched synaptic and found all the gcc/cpp already to install. although it does not state amd 64 the install media was an amd 64 installer. I will go ahead and try to install the packages I have found ----- Original Message Follows ----- > On 4/10/06, jaytee(a)clear.net.nz <jaytee(a)clear.net.nz> > wrote: > > > Hi All > > I am trying to follow a howto but have so far not > > been able to find > > > > > > gcc-4.4-base_3.4.4-6ubuntu8_amd64.deb > > I googled it and returned a negative result. maybe it is > > a typo??? > > > What wireless card are you trying to run? > > Where is your howto? > > I would say that you are better off using apt or aptitude > rather than an exact version of package but not sure > without seeing your how to. > > Ian > > -- > Ian McDonald > Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 > Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com > WAND Network Research Group > Department of Computer Science > University of Waikato > New Zealand

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Upcoming WLUG committee meeting (1 week today)
by Meeting Reminder bot 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

As per the WLUG charter, please note that there is a WLUG executive committee meeting one week from today. If you wish to get an item on the agenda for this meeting, please email it to secretary(a)wlug.org.nz. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WLUG Committee Meeting To have something added to the agenda for this meeting, please email secretary @ wlug.org.nz. Location: 35 Galway Avenue Provisional agenda: # Minutes from previous meeting # Matters arising # Correspondence # Treasurers report # General business ----- CommitteeMeetingTopics

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New Zealand Linux mirrors list
by Craig Box 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

Hi everyone, I've just updated the wiki's list of Linux and BSD mirrors in New Zealand: http://www.wlug.org.nz/NewZealandLinuxMirrors Also, a NZ-focused sources.list file for Debian: http://www.wlug.org.nz/AptSourcesList Please check them out, and update them if you can. Regards Craig

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