[Ryedale] old laptop debian installed

[Fintan Gaughan]

PCMCIA  not detected as i have put Linux acpi=off when installing
Debian otherwise Debian wouldn't be installed.
correct me if i am wrong that seem to disable pcmia as i have noticed
wireless card link light goes off when i do that.


I just  installed Ubuntu (xubuntu)  but only problem i have is when
starting terminal it reboots laptop.

grrr

never realised laptops are more problematic compared to PC

Fintan


On 31/03/2008, Paul Teasdale <pdt at ryetek.co.uk> wrote:
> On 31 Mar 2008, at 12:22, Fintan Gaughan wrote:
>
>
> > on link you provided
> > when i typed
> >
> > # ndiswrapper -l
> > Installed ndis drivers:
> > net8180 driver present,
> >
> >
> > but it does not show
> > hardware present
> >
> > its just getting the hardware  switched on as its not lit up.
> > so it looks like i disabled it in order to install debain.. but i do
> > not know how to after installation.
> >
> >
> > Fintan
> >
> >
> >
>
>  Hi Fintan,
>
>  Assuming you have a Realtek chipset and assuming your PCMCIA card is
> detected (try lspci -vvv and look for Ethernet controller) then rather than
> trying to use ndis wrapper you could try these drivers here:
>
>  http://rtl8180-sa2400.sourceforge.net/
>
>  and here:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=114161
>
>  Looks like you will need to compile them yourself however.
>
>  Regards,
>  Paul.
>
>
>


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