Subject: Re: New Linux user
From: Tim Johnson (tim@johnsons-web.com)
Date: Thu Jan 09 2003 - 18:30:19 AKST
* Adam Elkins <i-robot@gci.net> [030109 17:32]:
>
> Well Wes, your first step is going to be doing a bit of research. Do a google
> search on the wifi card you have and RH, try <card> + RH
> Chances are you'll get some helpfuk results. If you still can't get it, write
> back, telling us you have tried....
> The first thing you need to do it su to root, if your not logged in as root.
> >From the console, type su you'll be promted for your password.
> Once root ( # ) is obtained, do an lsmod which will show you what modules
> are currently loaded. Your looking for "pcmcia_core". If it's not there,
> type;
Wes, I'm going to add some detail to what Adam said: On RH 7.2, lsmod is
in the /sbin directory and the default installation didn't set the
path to /sbin (in my case).
So if, when you type
lsmod
at a command prompt
and you get something like this
bash: lsmod: command not found
then try
/sbin/lsmod
-tim-
> modprobe pcmcia_core
>
> (make sure your card is in the slot)
> Now, read some this link.
> http://www.net.cmu.edu/docs/services/contrib/wireless-linux-redhat8.html
>
> Hope this helps/
>
> Adam
>
>
>
> On Wednesday 08 January 2003 11:24 pm, Wesley Brown wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I know absolutely nothing about linux and almost everything about windows.
> > So of course when I installed RH 8 on vmware on my windows xp machine I was
> > completely confused. A friend of mine help me through most of it but now I
> > desparately need to get my wireless NIC and my internal NIC to work on RH.
> > What do I do?
> >
> >
> >
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