On Thu,18.Mar.10, 17:10:46, Marc Shapiro wrote: > As I said in my reply to Stephen, I have installed wireless-tools and > after loading the rtl8187se module I have a pan0 device listed by If you have to load the module by hand that is a sign that something is wrong. Pushing further in this direction will probably not help. > iwconfig. Unfortunately, running 'ifup pan0' does bring the interface > up so that it shows in 'ifconfig' but does NOT turn the radio on, so I > still get no wireless networks. Is there firmware in firmware-ralink > that gets that next step to work? Running 'aptitude show > firmware-ralink' does not mention rtl8187se. Is it included in one of > the many chipsets and devices that it does mention? I'm copying below my suggested steps, which are still valid: > >> > What about 'grep -i firmware /var/log/syslog'? > > > This should give you a hint about what's > > missing, but it should be 'firmware-ralink' Ok, I admit this was just a guess, but the command above will tell you exactly what *file* the kernel module is looking for and then you will be able to find the package with apt-file (if it's available in Debian) or feed your preferred search engine with the corect search term to find what you need. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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