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Offline malai5

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No Device recognised for the driver.
« on: May 02, 2010, 05:12:50 AM »
Hi All

I have just installed PCLinux 2010

I have an Asus wlan card (libertas) bcmwl5 driver.
The card is recognised in the list of hardware, but is not showing up in network connections.
When I am asked to use a driver with ndswrapper, it says there is no hardware that matches the driver.
Only the lan shows up and of course works fine.

Help, is required as I am relatively new in Linux.

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Malai5
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Re: No Device recognised for the driver.
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2010, 06:15:36 AM »
Read this.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,71068.msg586908/topicseen.html#msg586908

I had the same problem, admittedly with a completely different device.

You may find something there that helps you.
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Re: No Device recognised for the driver.
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2010, 06:36:49 AM »
Hi

Thanks for that.
I have actually now got the correct driver and it finds the card, but am having trouble connecting to the internet.
Oh well, I guess it's more head scratching till I figure it out.
PCLinux 2010 is a great distro. Best yet.

Cheers

Malai5
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Re: No Device recognised for the driver.
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2010, 06:41:25 AM »
The only problem now is that it hangs on the "booting up" screen. Hmmm.

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Malai5
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Re: No Device recognised for the driver.
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2010, 09:27:46 AM »
Hmmm indeed.

Can you manage to boot up to the desktop at all? If not, may be worth doing a clean install (if you haven't got much to lose).

Then (do this even if you don't reinstall):
1. Is the card listed in PCLOS Control center - Hardware - Browse and Configure Hardware? If so, is it listed as the correct type of device, and is the correct driver / module shown?
2. Is it an internal PCI adapter card, or is it a USB device?
3. Start a terminal, and run lsusb, lsmod, lspci, and iwconfig and post the results

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Re: No Device recognised for the driver.
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2010, 04:30:08 PM »
Yes. I actually did a clean install and disconnected the ethernet cable.
I tried he clean install and it went as it should and the wireless card was recognised and I was able to connect to the internet, wirelessly.
It seems that there is a conflict with the two cards.
Anyway, thanks for the help, it was much appreciated. Problem solved

Cheers

Malai5
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Re: No Device recognised for the driver.
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2010, 02:14:06 PM »
Quote from: malai5 on May 02, 2010, 04:30:08 PM
Yes. I actually did a clean install and disconnected the ethernet cable.
I tried he clean install and it went as it should and the wireless card was recognised and I was able to connect to the internet, wirelessly.
It seems that there is a conflict with the two cards.
Anyway, thanks for the help, it was much appreciated. Problem solved

Cheers

Malai5


Er.....what help? Seems you fixed it yourself  ;)
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