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Re: Please help with - it seems - no WiFi interface at all

> On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 5:04 AM, Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>     Hi all.
>     
>     On my old Hyundai laptop there seems to be no WiFi interface at all:
>     there's no
>     wlan0 entry in ifconfig's output:
>     
>     # ifconfig -a
>     eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:0d:33:02:17
>     inet addr:192.168.1.4 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
>     inet6 addr: fe80::203:dff:fe33:217/64 Scope:Link
>     UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>     RX packets:31034 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>     TX packets:32671 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>     collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>     RX bytes:27149691 (25.8 MiB) TX bytes:6133808 (5.8 MiB)
>     
>     lo Link encap:Local Loopback
>     inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
>     inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>     UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
>     RX packets:84 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>     TX packets:84 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>     collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>     RX bytes:18333 (17.9 KiB) TX bytes:18333 (17.9 KiB)
>     
>     , and also
>     
>     # lshw -c network
>     *-network
>     description: Ethernet interface
>     product: SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet
>     vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
>     physical id: 4
>     bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
>     logical name: eth0
>     version: 91
>     serial: 00:03:0d:33:02:17
>     size: 100Mbit/s
>     capacity: 100Mbit/s
>     width: 32 bits
>     clock: 33MHz
>     capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt
>     10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
>     configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sis900
>     driverversion=v1.08.10 Apr. 2 2006 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.4 latency=64
>     link=yes maxlatency=11 mingnt=52 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
>     resources: irq:19 ioport:d800(size=256) memory:dfffc000-dfffcfff
>     memory:dffc0000-dffdffff
>     
>     shows up - as far as I understand - nothing about WiFi.
>     
>     Please help abilitate WiFi connection on that PC. With google I couldn't
>     work
>     it out.


"Podrigal, Aron" <aronp@guaranteedplus.com> writes:

> Can you post the output of lspci -k

Certainly.  Thanks.

# lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 760/M760 Host (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device 5040
        Kernel driver in use: agpgart-amd64
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] LPC Controller (rev 25)
00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2/3 SMBus controller
        Kernel driver in use: sis96x_smbus
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 IDE Controller
        Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device 5102
        Kernel driver in use: pata_sis
00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0)
        Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device 4003
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
        Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device 8403
        Kernel driver in use: snd_intel8x0
00:03.0 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
        Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device 5102
        Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
00:03.1 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
        Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device 5102
        Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
00:03.3 USB controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
        Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device 5102
        Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
        Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device 5200
        Kernel driver in use: sis900
00:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [iOHCI-Lynx]
        Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device 7000
        Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
00:09.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M1/MC1 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device 3008
        Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
00:09.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M1/MC1 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller (rev 20)
        Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device 3008
        Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
00:09.2 System peripheral: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711Mx 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Accelerator
        Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device 3008
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
        Kernel driver in use: amd64_edac
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
        Kernel driver in use: k8temp
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter
        Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device 5040
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