Add Wireless to Laptop

[Ian Malone]

Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:26:54 +0100, Ian Malone wrote:
> [...]
>> Not at all sure.  However 'firmware' is a misleading term; I
>> think it's really microcode that the driver needs to load onto
>> the controller (which the WinXP driver will do).
>>
>> Just found:
>> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/fedora-ppc/2006-March/000804.html

> 
> Thanks for this reference.  I did the recommended things, but
> I still have a configuration error.  If I boot with the
> wireless on, I get:
> 
>    Jul 13 21:50:16 mbrc35 NetworkManager: nm_device_is_802_3_ethernet:
>       assertion `dev != NULL' failed
>    Jul 13 21:50:16 mbrc35 NetworkManager: nm_device_is_802_11_wireless:
>       assertion `dev != NULL' failed
> 
> Note that I had changed the device name from the incorrect eth1 to
> wlan0.  This required some hand file editing, because the change
> did not propagate to all gui places.  It appears I am missing a
> device name somewhere.
> 


Even if the eth1 thing really bugs you I'd try it with
that first (if you can revert your changes by hand),
then try changing it once it's working.  Afraid I don't
know what the device name should be if this isn't the
cause.

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imalone