Am Die, 2003-04-29 um 00.46 schrieb Larry Colen: > I've tried to RTFM, but all the howtos I've found either assume that I > know something I don't, or are step by step recipies for a different > system (step 1, download the RPMs), or are out of date. > > What are the basic steps for getting a pcmcia wireless card to work on > a debian laptop? > > Find out what card the system thinks I have. > Compile the module? Most of the time the module is already part of Debian. Since you don't give us any information about the card, i can't say more. The output of /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog when inserting the card would be of use now.... > twiddle some file so cardmgr is happy This isn't necessary most of the time, but without any info......... > twiddle some other file so the networking system is happy Edit /etc/pcmcia/network.opts. The file is self-explaining. -- Matthias Hentges Cologne / Germany [www.hentges.net] -> PGP welcome, HTML tolerated ICQ: 97 26 97 4 -> No files, no URL's My OS: Debian Woody: Geek by Nature, Linux by Choice
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