[Fwd: Re: Wireless on an Acer Aspire 3610]
I forward your post to the list, if you don't mind.
Greetings,
Juanjavier Martínez.
P.S. You were quite helpful. Thanks a lot.
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I've got Acer 3023LMI that has got some Broadcom Wi-Fi card. I've installed ndiswrapper and used driver downloaded via acer.com
. To enable Wi-Fi card, I've used acer_acpi (http://www.archernar.co.uk/acer_acpi/acer_acpi_main.html) instead of acerhk. To install acer_acpi, download it and read INSTALL file.
2006/3/8, Juanjavier Martínez <debian@juanjaviermartinez.com
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>On Tuesday 07 March 2006 21:16, Juanjavier Martínez wrote:
>> >On Tuesday 07 March 2006 06:15, Juanjavier Martínez wrote:
>> >> Does anyone know what chipset uses this laptop for wireless?
>> >>
>> >> Is any specific kernel needed? I have got 2.6.8-2-686 (for Celeron)
>> >> kernel installed.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Just asking.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >>
>> >> Juanjavier Martínez.
>> >
>> >lspci is your friend here. It will list all the PCI attached devices on
>> >your laptop. But it is possible that the wireless chip is either USB
>> >in which case use lsusb or is behind an "enable wireless" button.
>> >The acerhk package might help with the enable wireless button,
>> >otherwise more extreme methods may be needed.
>>
>> Is there a way to know if lspci or lsusb is needed? Apart from try and
>> error, y'know...:-) What about the "enable wireless" button? What is that
>> all about?
>> Where can I find information on this? You know, I've just purchased the
>> laptop and feel naturally worried....:-)
>>
>> Thanks in advance...
>>
>> Juanjavier Martínez.
>Firstly the button. Look in the manual (there will be one online if you
>do not have a physical one).
>
Where?
>(...) is worth installing the acerhk package to see if it enables the button.
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I found it in the «unstable» debian repository in www.kanotix.com.
I am currently running «sarge» on the notebook. Is there any chance I could install it w/no updates?
>lspci and lsusb are very general utilities. The first one to try is lspci
>and look in the output to see if there is anything that looks like a
>wireless card.
>
>
lspci told me I have got a Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [Airforce One] 54g 802,11g Wireless LAN
Controller (rev 02), as you can see in the attached lspci.txt file.
>David
>
So the questions stays still there: How do I install acerhk?
Thank you so much,
Juan Javier Martínez.
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
0000:00:
1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:
1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
0000:00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
0000:06:05.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
0000:06:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:06:09.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
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