Re: SMC2835W with Ubuntu
On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 15:16 +0200, Kiss Tamás wrote:
> Joris wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 21:11 +0200, Kiss Tamás wrote:
> >> I have Wireless card SMC2835W. I wanna use this with Ubuntu 5.10.
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> >
> > My SMC2835W works like a charm without ndiswrapper, follow these steps:
> > 1. install Debian (but Ubuntu may work as well)
> > 2. install hotplug and a recent kernel (with CONFIG_PRISM54 = Y or M)
> > 3. download the isl3890 firmware from http://prism54.org/fullmac.html
> > (or extract it from the driver cd that came with the card) and save it
> > as '/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/isl3890' (no file extension)
> > 4. modprobe prism54 (may not be needed)
> > 5. insert card
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>
> I understand what u are talking about :) But how can I do step 2? And I
> didn't find
> /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware path ....
I'll explain step 2 in a little more detail:
a. 'sudo apt-get install udev'
b. 'grep PRISM54 /boot/config-*'
you should see one of these:
'CONFIG_PRISM54=m' -> skip ahead to step 4
'CONFIG_PRISM54=y' -> skip ahead to step 5
'# CONFIG_PRISM54 is not set' -> apt-get install one of these kernels:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=prism54.ko&searchmode=searchfiles&case=insensitive&version=breezy&arch=i386
as for your second question, it seems like all the kernel packages I
mentioned already ship the firmware! see:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=isl3890&searchmode=searchword&case=insensitive&version=breezy&arch=i386
good luck! (and please reply to the list address)
--
Joris
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