Getting wireless to work on lenny

[Plaguez]

Hello,

I just installed debian lenny. I'm looking forward to getting some work done with it, and I'm learning loads. When I was installing it, the GUI screen showed me three network interfaces, so I chose wlan0, the wireless card, so it did pick it up?

I tried to configure it with the necessary information (I wrote it down on a pad) but it still wouldn't configure, so I said, continue with the install and do it later. When I got to the desktop I added a new network to in network manager and set the ESSID and password, but still nothing. Even a list of other networks don't show up.

So what do I have to do to get this working? Here are the stats:

Atheros Communications Inc. LAN Express AE IEEE 802.11g PCI-E adaptor.

I cannot download an tools whilst on debain because I've no internet, really stuck!

Plesae help.

[MikeTbob]

Hello and Welcome.
Start here please and post your results back into this thread using the code tags provided for you on the reply screen.
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[Plaguez]

Hello, I have done the commands. Here is the utput for lspc command:

king@box:~$ lspci -knn & lspci.txt
[1] 14191
bash: lspci.txt: command not found
king@box:~$ 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 0c)
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
	Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 0c)
	Kernel modules: intelfb
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a03] (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
	Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2843] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
	Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 03)
	Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: PIIX_IDE
	Kernel modules: piix
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
	Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4353] (rev 15)
	Kernel driver in use: sky2
	Kernel modules: sky2
06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
	Kernel driver in use: ath5k_pci
	Kernel modules: ath5k
08:03.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller [104c:8039]
	Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
	Kernel modules: yenta_socket
08:03.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller [104c:803a]
	Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
	Kernel modules: ohci1394
08:03.2 Mass storage controller [0180]: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) [104c:803b]
	Kernel driver in use: tifm_7xx1
	Kernel modules: tifm_7xx1
king@box:~$

And lsmod:

king@box:~$ lsmod & lsmod.txt
[1] 14215
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_utf8                1760  1 
nls_cp437               5568  1 
vfat                    9152  1 
fat                    40864  1 vfat
nls_base                6820  4 nls_utf8,nls_cp437,vfat,fat
usb_storage            77120  1 
i915                   25312  1 
drm                    65384  2 i915
ipv6                  235396  12 
ppdev                   6468  0 
parport_pc             22500  0 
lp                      8164  0 
parport                31084  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
sbp2                   18572  0 
loop                   12748  0 
arc4                    1824  2 
ecb                     2624  2 
crypto_blkcipher       15236  1 ecb
pcmcia                 29548  0 
firmware_class          6816  1 pcmcia
tifm_7xx1               5216  0 
ath5k                  87648  0 
snd_hda_intel         325720  1 
yenta_socket           20620  1 
rsrc_nonstatic          9504  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            31892  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
tifm_core               7548  1 tifm_7xx1
mac80211              139808  1 ath5k
i2c_i801                7920  0 
snd_pcm                62660  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq                41456  0 
snd_timer              17800  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          6380  1 snd_seq
pcspkr                  2432  0 
i2c_core               19828  1 i2c_i801
cfg80211               21608  2 ath5k,mac80211
video                  16464  0 
sony_laptop            27228  0 
output                  2912  1 video
snd                    45636  7 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore               6368  1 snd
battery                10180  0 
snd_page_alloc          7816  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
ac                      4196  0 
button                  6096  0 
intel_agp              22524  1 
agpgart                28808  3 drm,intel_agp
evdev                   8000  6 
ext3                  105576  1 
jbd                    39476  1 ext3
mbcache                 7108  1 ext3
ide_cd_mod             27684  0 
cdrom                  30176  1 ide_cd_mod
ide_pci_generic         3908  0 [permanent]
sd_mod                 22200  4 
piix                    6568  0 [permanent]
ide_core               96168  3 ide_cd_mod,ide_pci_generic,piix
usbhid                 35872  0 
hid                    33184  1 usbhid
ff_memless              4392  1 usbhid
ahci                   23596  2 
ata_generic             4676  0 
ohci1394               24976  0 
ieee1394               75832  2 sbp2,ohci1394
libata                140448  2 ahci,ata_generic
scsi_mod              129548  4 usb_storage,sbp2,sd_mod,libata
dock                    8304  1 libata
sky2                   37412  0 
ehci_hcd               28428  0 
uhci_hcd               18672  0 
usbcore               118224  5 usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal                15228  0 
processor              32576  3 thermal
fan                     4196  0 
thermal_sys            10856  4 video,thermal,processor,fan
bash: lsmod.txt: command not found
[1]+  Done                    lsmod
king@box:~$

And demsg:

[    0.000000] PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 16384 bytes)
[    0.000000] Extended CMOS year: 2000
[    0.000000] Detected 1862.048 MHz processor.
[    0.004000] Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
[    0.004000] console [tty0] enabled
[    0.004000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
[    0.004000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
[    0.004000] Memory: 2060004k/2087744k available (1771k kernel code, 26532k reserved, 749k data, 244k init, 1170240k highmem)
[    0.004000] virtual kernel memory layout:
[    0.004000]     fixmap  : 0xfff4c000 - 0xfffff000   ( 716 kB)
[    0.004000]     pkmap   : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000   (4096 kB)
[    0.004000]     vmalloc : 0xf8800000 - 0xff7fe000   ( 111 MB)
[    0.004000]     lowmem  : 0xc0000000 - 0xf8000000   ( 896 MB)
[    0.004000]       .init : 0xc037f000 - 0xc03bc000   ( 244 kB)
[    0.004000]       .data : 0xc02baebd - 0xc0376620   ( 749 kB)
[    0.004000]       .text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc02baebd   (1771 kB)
[    0.004000] Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
[    0.004000] CPA: page pool initialized 1 of 1 pages preallocated
[    0.004000] hpet clockevent registered
[    0.083857] Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 3728.72 BogoMIPS (lpj=7457447)
[    0.083894] Security Framework initialized
[    0.083900] SELinux:  Disabled at boot.
[    0.083905] Capability LSM initialized
[    0.083918] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
[    0.084005] Initializing cgroup subsys ns
[    0.084005] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
[    0.084005] Initializing cgroup subsys devices
[    0.084005] CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
[    0.084005] CPU: L2 cache: 1024K
[    0.084005] CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
[    0.084005] CPU: Processor Core ID: 0
[    0.084005] Intel machine check architecture supported.
[    0.084005] Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
[    0.084005] using mwait in idle threads.
[    0.084005] Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
[    0.100006] ACPI: Core revision 20080321
[    0.116007] ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
[    0.116007] ..TIMER: vector=0x31 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
[    0.155674] CPU0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  T2390  @ 1.86GHz stepping 0d
[    0.156009] Booting processor 1/1 ip 6000
[    0.164010] Initializing CPU#1
[    0.164010] Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 3723.94 BogoMIPS (lpj=7447889)
[    0.164010] CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
[    0.164010] CPU: L2 cache: 1024K
[    0.164010] CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
[    0.164010] CPU: Processor Core ID: 1
[    0.164010] Intel machine check architecture supported.
[    0.164010] Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#1.
[    0.244015] CPU1: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  T2390  @ 1.86GHz stepping 0d
[    0.244015] checking TSC synchronization [CPU#0 -> CPU#1]: passed.
[    0.248015] Brought up 2 CPUs
[    0.248015] Total of 2 processors activated (7452.66 BogoMIPS).
[    0.248015] CPU0 attaching sched-domain:
[    0.248015]  domain 0: span 0-1
[    0.248015]   groups: 0 1
[    0.248015] CPU1 attaching sched-domain:
[    0.248015]  domain 0: span 0-1
[    0.248015]   groups: 1 0
[    0.248015] net_namespace: 660 bytes
[    0.248015] Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
[    0.248015] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[    0.248015] ACPI FADT declares the system doesn't support PCIe ASPM, so disable it
[    0.248015] ACPI: bus type pci registered
[    0.248015] PCI: MCFG configuration 0: base e0000000 segment 0 buses 0 - 255
[    0.248015] PCI: MCFG area at e0000000 reserved in E820
[    0.248015] PCI: Using MMCONFIG for extended config space
[    0.248015] PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
[    0.248015] Setting up standard PCI resources
[    0.248892] ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
[    0.259517] ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored via DMI
[    0.261104] ACPI: Interpreter enabled
[    0.261107] ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
[    0.261122] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
[    0.261535] ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
[    0.308507] ACPI: EC: GPE = 0x17, I/O: command/status = 0x66, data = 0x62
[    0.308510] ACPI: EC: driver started in interrupt mode
[    0.309007] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
[    0.310641] pci 0000:00:1f.0: quirk: region 1000-107f claimed by ICH6 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
[    0.310646] pci 0000:00:1f.0: quirk: region 1180-11bf claimed by ICH6 GPIO
[    0.311742] PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0
[    0.311813] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
[    0.311912] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP01._PRT]
[    0.311912] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP02._PRT]
[    0.311912] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.RP03._PRT]
[    0.311912] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCIB._PRT]
[    0.352729] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 1 3 4 *5 6 7 10 12 14 15)
[    0.352729] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 14 15) *10
[    0.352729] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 *7 10 12 14 15)
[    0.352729] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 14 15) *10
[    0.352729] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[    0.352729] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 *11 12 14 15)
[    0.352729] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15) *11
[    0.352729] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 14 15) *10
[    0.352729] Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
[    0.352729] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[    0.352729] ACPI: bus type pnp registered
[    0.359619] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[    0.359619] ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
[    0.359619] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
[    0.359619] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
[    0.367564] hpet0: at MMIO 0xfed00000, IRQs 2, 8, 0
[    0.367569] hpet0: 3 64-bit timers, 14318180 Hz
[    0.367619] ACPI: RTC can wake from S4
[    0.374534] system 00:01: iomem range 0xfed1c000-0xfed1ffff could not be reserved
[    0.374537] system 00:01: iomem range 0xfed14000-0xfed17fff could not be reserved
[    0.374540] system 00:01: iomem range 0xfed18000-0xfed18fff could not be reserved
[    0.374543] system 00:01: iomem range 0xfed19000-0xfed19fff could not be reserved
[    0.374546] system 00:01: iomem range 0xe0000000-0xefffffff could not be reserved
[    0.374549] system 00:01: iomem range 0xfed20000-0xfed3ffff could not be reserved
[    0.374552] system 00:01: iomem range 0xfed40000-0xfed44fff could not be reserved
[    0.374555] system 00:01: iomem range 0xfed45000-0xfed8ffff could not be reserved
[    0.374563] system 00:04: iomem range 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff could not be reserved
[    0.374570] system 00:06: ioport range 0x680-0x69f has been reserved
[    0.374573] system 00:06: ioport range 0x800-0x80f has been reserved
[    0.374575] system 00:06: ioport range 0x1000-0x107f has been reserved
[    0.374578] system 00:06: ioport range 0x1180-0x11bf has been reserved
[    0.374580] system 00:06: ioport range 0x1640-0x164f has been reserved
[    0.374583] system 00:06: ioport range 0xfe00-0xfe7f has been reserved
[    0.374586] system 00:06: ioport range 0xfe80-0xfeff has been reserved
[    0.404001] PCI: region 0000:08:03.0/9 too large: 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000003ffffff
[    0.404001] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.0
[    0.404001]   IO window: 2000-2fff
[    0.404001]   MEM window: 0xf6000000-0xf7ffffff
[    0.404001]   PREFETCH window: 0x00000000f0000000-0x00000000f1ffffff
[    0.404001] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.1
[    0.404001]   IO window: 3000-3fff
[    0.404001]   MEM window: 0xf8000000-0xf9ffffff
[    0.404001]   PREFETCH window: 0x00000000f2000000-0x00000000f3ffffff
[    0.404001] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.2
[    0.404001]   IO window: 4000-4fff
[    0.404001]   MEM window: 0xfa000000-0xfbffffff
[    0.404001]   PREFETCH window: 0x00000000f4000000-0x00000000f5ffffff
[    0.404001] PCI: Bus 9, cardbus bridge: 0000:08:03.0
[    0.404001]   IO window: 0x00005000-0x000050ff
[    0.404001]   IO window: 0x00005400-0x000054ff
[    0.404001]   MEM window: 0x8c000000-0x8fffffff
[    0.404001] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0
[    0.404001]   IO window: 5000-5fff
[    0.404001]   MEM window: 0xfc200000-0xfc2fffff
[    0.404001]   PREFETCH window: disabled.
[    0.404001] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[    0.404001] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.0 to 64
[    0.404001] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.1[B] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    0.404001] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.1 to 64
[    0.404001] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.2[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[    0.404001] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.2 to 64
[    0.404001] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1e.0 to 64
[    0.404001] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:08:03.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    0.404001] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[    0.417247] IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[    0.417508] TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
[    0.420000] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
[    0.420338] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
[    0.420341] TCP reno registered
[    0.427274] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[    0.427396] checking if image is initramfs...<7>Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 1
[    0.511022] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
[    0.669975]  it is
[    0.931807] Freeing initrd memory: 6045k freed
[    0.935809] Simple Boot Flag at 0x36 set to 0x1
[    0.935809] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[    0.935809] type=2000 audit(1286183266.924:1): initialized
[    0.939808] highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
[    0.939808] Total HugeTLB memory allocated, 0
[    0.939808] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
[    0.939808] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.939808] msgmni has been set to 1751
[    0.939808] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 253)
[    0.939808] io scheduler noop registered
[    0.939808] io scheduler anticipatory registered
[    0.939808] io scheduler deadline registered
[    0.939808] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[    0.939808] pci 0000:00:02.0: Boot video device
[    0.939808] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.0 to 64
[    0.939808] assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
[    0.939808] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0:pcie00]
[    0.939808] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0:pcie02]
[    0.939808] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0:pcie03]
[    0.939808] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.1 to 64
[    0.939808] assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
[    0.939808] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.1:pcie00]
[    0.939808] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.1:pcie02]
[    0.939808] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.1:pcie03]
[    0.939808] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.2 to 64
[    0.939808] assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
[    0.939808] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.2:pcie00]
[    0.939808] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.2:pcie02]
[    0.939808] Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.2:pcie03]
[    0.939808] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
[    1.293056] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[    1.295783] hpet_resources: 0xfed00000 is busy
[    1.295783] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[    1.295783] brd: module loaded
[    1.295783] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f13:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[    1.306772] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[    1.306772] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[    1.306772] rtc_cmos 00:07: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[    1.306772] rtc0: alarms up to one month, y3k
[    1.306772] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[    1.306772] cpuidle: using governor menu
[    1.306772] No iBFT detected.
[    1.307187] TCP cubic registered
[    1.307190] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[    1.307198] Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
[    1.310772] registered taskstats version 1
[    1.310772] rtc_cmos 00:07: setting system clock to 2010-10-04 09:07:48 UTC (1286183268)
[    1.310772] Freeing unused kernel memory: 244k freed
[    1.310772] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input0
[    1.391975] ACPI: SSDT 7F6D8BC0, 02A1 (r1   Sony     VAIO 20080228 PTL  20050624)
[    1.391975] ACPI: SSDT 7F6D87D3, 035B (r1   Sony     VAIO 20080228 PTL  20050624)
[    1.394327] Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-1 state
[    1.394331] Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-2 state
[    1.394334] Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-3 state
[    1.394775] ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3])
[    1.394775] ACPI: ACPI0007:00 is registered as cooling_device0
[    1.394775] ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8 throttling states)
[    1.395249] ACPI: SSDT 7F6D8E61, 00E4 (r1   Sony     VAIO 20080228 PTL  20050624)
[    1.395601] ACPI: SSDT 7F6D8B2E, 0092 (r1   Sony     VAIO 20080228 PTL  20050624)
[    1.399358] ACPI: CPU1 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3])
[    1.399358] ACPI: ACPI0007:01 is registered as cooling_device1
[    1.399358] ACPI: Processor [CPU1] (supports 8 throttling states)
[    1.399358] Marking TSC unstable due to: TSC halts in idle.
[    1.400523] ACPI: LNXTHERM:01 is registered as thermal_zone0
[    1.401243] ACPI: Thermal Zone [TZ00] (28 C)
[    1.402081] ACPI: LNXTHERM:02 is registered as thermal_zone1
[    1.402840] ACPI: Thermal Zone [TZ01] (28 C)
[    1.652940] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    1.652940] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    1.652940] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    1.652940] USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
[    1.652940] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    1.652940] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.0 to 64
[    1.652940] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: UHCI Host Controller
[    1.652940] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[    1.652940] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: irq 16, io base 0x00001820
[    1.652940] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    1.652940] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    1.652940] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    1.719182] No dock devices found.
[    1.735441] SCSI subsystem initialized
[    1.759187] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[    1.759187] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    1.759187] usb usb1: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[    1.759187] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 uhci_hcd
[    1.759187] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.0
[    1.759187] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.1[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[    1.759187] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.1 to 64
[    1.759187] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: UHCI Host Controller
[    1.759187] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[    1.759187] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: irq 21, io base 0x00001840
[    1.759187] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    1.759187] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    1.759187] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    1.773925] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[    1.862452] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[    1.862456] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    1.862459] usb usb2: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[    1.862460] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 uhci_hcd
[    1.862462] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.1
[    1.865594] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.7[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[    1.865594] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.7 to 64
[    1.865594] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: EHCI Host Controller
[    1.865594] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[    1.866494] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: debug port 1
[    1.866494] PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1a.7
[    1.866494] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: irq 18, io mem 0xfc504800
[    1.878576] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
[    1.878642] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    1.878672] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    1.878680] hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
[    1.982435] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[    1.982438] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    1.982440] usb usb3: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[    1.982442] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 ehci_hcd
[    1.982444] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.7
[    1.985575] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[    1.985575] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.0 to 64
[    1.985575] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
[    1.985575] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[    1.985575] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 23, io base 0x00001860
[    1.985575] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    1.985575] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    1.985575] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    2.024446] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -205573388 ns)
[    2.089235] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[    2.089238] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    2.089240] usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[    2.089242] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 uhci_hcd
[    2.089244] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[    2.090541] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[    2.090541] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.1 to 64
[    2.090541] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
[    2.090541] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
[    2.090541] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 19, io base 0x00001880
[    2.090541] usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    2.090541] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.090541] hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    2.192016] usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[    2.192019] usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    2.192022] usb usb5: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[    2.192023] usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 uhci_hcd
[    2.192026] usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
[    2.193576] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[    2.193576] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.2 to 64
[    2.193576] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
[    2.193576] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
[    2.193576] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 18, io base 0x000018a0
[    2.193576] usb usb6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    2.193576] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.193576] hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    2.296257] usb usb6: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[    2.296260] usb usb6: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    2.296263] usb usb6: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[    2.296265] usb usb6: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 uhci_hcd
[    2.296267] usb usb6: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
[    2.297577] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[    2.297577] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.7 to 64
[    2.297577] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
[    2.297577] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
[    2.298811] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
[    2.298811] PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1d.7
[    2.298811] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 23, io mem 0xfc504c00
[    2.310861] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
[    2.310920] usb usb7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    2.310950] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.310956] hub 7-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
[    2.414538] usb usb7: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[    2.414540] usb usb7: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    2.414543] usb usb7: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[    2.414545] usb usb7: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 ehci_hcd
[    2.414547] usb usb7: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
[    2.417894] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    2.417894] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
[    2.417894] sky2 0000:02:00.0: v1.21 addr 0xf6000000 irq 16 Yukon-FE (0xb7) rev 3
[    2.417894] sky2 eth0: addr 00:1a:80:fa:4e:ee
[    2.417894] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: version 3.0
[    2.417894] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[    3.144165] usb 4-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[    3.314966] usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    3.318597] usb 4-2: New USB device found, idVendor=413c, idProduct=3016
[    3.318601] usb 4-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[    3.318603] usb 4-2: Product: Dell Premium USB Optical Mouse
[    3.337064] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[    3.351306] input: Dell Premium USB Optical Mouse as /class/input/input1
[    3.351307] input,hidraw0: USB HID v11.10 Mouse [Dell Premium USB Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-2
[    3.351307] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[    3.351307] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[    3.421147] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 3 ports 3 Gbps 0x1 impl SATA mode
[    3.421151] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ncq sntf pm led clo pio slum part 
[    3.421157] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64
[    3.424954] scsi0 : ahci
[    3.424954] scsi1 : ahci
[    3.424954] scsi2 : ahci
[    3.424954] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m2048@0xfc504000 port 0xfc504100 irq 219
[    3.424954] ata2: DUMMY
[    3.424954] ata3: DUMMY
[    3.743343] ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[    3.744206] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/90:03:00:00:00:a0 succeeded
[    3.744209] ata1.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:a0 filtered out
[    3.744575] ata1.00: ATA-8: FUJITSU MHY2160BH, 0000000B, max UDMA/100
[    3.744575] ata1.00: 312581808 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
[    3.745575] ata1.00: ACPI cmd ef/90:03:00:00:00:a0 succeeded
[    3.745578] ata1.00: ACPI cmd f5/00:00:00:00:00:a0 filtered out
[    3.745575] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
[    3.761096] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      FUJITSU MHY2160B 0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    3.761096] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:08:03.1[B] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[    3.808987] ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[17]  MMIO=[fc206000-fc2067ff]  Max Packet=[2048]  IR/IT contexts=[4/8]
[    3.816664] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver
[    3.816664] ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
[    3.816664] ICH8M: IDE controller (0x8086:0x2850 rev 0x03) at  PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1
[    3.816664] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[    3.816679] ICH8M: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
[    3.816695]     ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1810-0x1817
[    3.816703]     ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1818-0x181f
[    3.816709] Probing IDE interface ide0...
[    3.840320] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[    3.841944] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors (160042 MB)
[    3.841944] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[    3.841944] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    3.841944] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    3.841944] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors (160042 MB)
[    3.841944] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[    3.841944] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    3.841944] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    3.841944]  sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 < sda5 sda6 > sda4
[    3.904181] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[    4.552694] hda: MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ870QJ, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
[    4.887920] hda: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4
[    4.888262] hda: UDMA/33 mode selected
[    4.888688] Probing IDE interface ide1...
[    5.084956] ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023]  GUID[0800460302bb0c42]
[    5.460098] ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
[    5.460716] ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
[    5.480065] hda: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM DVD-R-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache
[    5.480065] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[    5.572212] PM: Starting manual resume from disk
[    5.633862] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
[    5.633862] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[    7.074406] udevd version 125 started
[    7.623487] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[    7.735487] agpgart: Detected an Intel 965GM Chipset.
[    7.735487] agpgart: Detected 7676K stolen memory.
[    7.747692] agpgart: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xd0000000
[    7.802331] input: Lid Switch as /class/input/input2
[    7.827276] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[    7.827276] input: Power Button (CM) as /class/input/input3
[    7.888419] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
[    7.891275] ACPI: AC Adapter [ADP1] (on-line)
[    7.959275] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
[    8.152786] sony-laptop: Sony Notebook Control Driver v0.6.
[    8.156874] input: Sony Vaio Keys as /class/input/input4
[    8.166410] ACPI: device:07 is registered as cooling_device2
[    8.166773] ACPI: device:09 is registered as cooling_device3
[    8.166951] input: Video Bus as /class/input/input5
[    8.200884] input: Sony Vaio Jogdial as /class/input/input6
[    8.216856] input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input7
[    8.257612] ACPI: Video Device [GFX0] (multi-head: yes  rom: no  post: no)
[    8.312925] sony-laptop: detected Sony Vaio N Series
[    8.320062] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.3[C] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[    8.406048] Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:08:03.0 [104d:902d]
[    8.406077] PCI: Bus 9, cardbus bridge: 0000:08:03.0
[    8.406079]   IO window: 0x00005000-0x000050ff
[    8.406084]   IO window: 0x00005400-0x000054ff
[    8.406089]   PREFETCH window: 0x88400000-0x887fffff
[    8.406096]   MEM window: 0x8c000000-0x8fffffff
[    8.406103] Yenta: Enabling burst memory read transactions
[    8.406109] Yenta: Using CSCINT to route CSC interrupts to PCI
[    8.406111] Yenta: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI
[    8.406117] Yenta TI: socket 0000:08:03.0, mfunc 0x01121b22, devctl 0x64
[    8.424135] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[    8.424164] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to 64
[    8.456240] hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC262, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
[    8.639378] Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0cf8, PCI irq 16
[    8.639383] Socket status: 30000006
[    8.639386] Yenta: Raising subordinate bus# of parent bus (#08) from #09 to #0c
[    8.639391] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge I/O window: 0x5000 - 0x5fff
[    8.639394] cs: IO port probe 0x5000-0x5fff: clean.
[    8.639669] pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xfc200000 - 0xfc2fffff
[    8.654286] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[    8.654286] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:06:00.0 to 64
[    8.654286] ath5k_pci 0000:06:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[    8.658289] ath5k phy0: Support for RF2425 is under development.
[    8.698806] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
[    8.817508] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
[    8.817508] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:08:03.2[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[    9.067643] cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: clean.
[    9.067643] cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
[    9.069611] cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
[    9.073014] cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: clean.
[    9.073868] cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
[    9.712261] Adding 2650652k swap on /dev/sda6.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2650652k
[   10.121053] EXT3 FS on sda4, internal journal
[   10.521329] loop: module loaded
[   76.457493] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[   76.513345] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[   77.182269] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[   77.182269] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[   77.182269] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[   82.872076] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[   82.876036] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[   82.876036] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:02.0 to 64
[   82.876036] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20060119 on minor 0
[  111.423707] CPU0 attaching NULL sched-domain.
[  111.423707] CPU1 attaching NULL sched-domain.
[  111.455470] CPU0 attaching sched-domain:
[  111.455473]  domain 0: span 0-1
[  111.455476]   groups: 0 1
[  111.455480] CPU1 attaching sched-domain:
[  111.455483]  domain 0: span 0-1
[  111.455485]   groups: 1 0
[  254.673198] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[  330.501250] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[  364.953319] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[  530.851234] usb 7-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[  530.993525] usb 7-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[  530.993525] usb 7-4: New USB device found, idVendor=13fe, idProduct=1f00
[  530.993525] usb 7-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[  530.993525] usb 7-4: Product: USB DISK 2.0
[  530.993525] usb 7-4: Manufacturer:         
[  530.993525] usb 7-4: SerialNumber: 079312520177
[  531.153536] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[  531.153536] scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[  531.153536] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[  531.153536] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[  531.153536] usb-storage: device found at 3
[  531.153536] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[  536.156304] usb-storage: device scan complete
[  536.156434] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access              USB DISK 2.0     PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[  537.266289] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 3913728 512-byte hardware sectors (2004 MB)
[  537.270144] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[  537.270144] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
[  537.270144] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[  537.271158] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] 3913728 512-byte hardware sectors (2004 MB)
[  537.273627] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[  537.273630] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
[  537.273632] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[  537.273638]  sdb:
[  537.274278] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[  537.678307] FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!
king@box:~$

Thanks..

[jdkaye]

Your wifi adapter seems to be functioning correctly. Can you post the results of running the following command:

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

One of the cells listed should be the one that you want to use. Do you know what kind of security you are using? (possible answers: none, wep, wpa, wpa-2...) You may need to enter the correct password and have the configuration done correctly for the type of security you are using.
ciao,
jdk

[Plaguez]

Your wifi adapter seems to be functioning correctly. Can you post the results of running the following command:

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

One of the cells listed should be the one that you want to use. Do you know what kind of security you are using? (possible answers: none, wep, wpa, wpa-2...) You may need to enter the correct password and have the configuration done correctly for the type of security you are using.
ciao,
jdk

Thank you, I am using wpa-2, but when I did enter the password and save, the next time I open the network manager, there is a lot more characters in there, like, 20 or something. But I didn't put them in.

Also, the little green light that usually shows up when wireless is on, doesn't on debian,so I'm thinking it has to be activated or something. I guess I'm nearly there. I'll post that command and see what happens..

[jdkaye]

Ok. I agree that you're almost there. Once you check the iwlist scan and you see your own wifi network appear then you can be sure the hardware is working. We can continue after you post the iwlist results.
Ciao,
jdk

[MikeTbob]

Thank you, I am using wpa-2, but when I did enter the password and save, the next time I open the network manager, there is a lot more characters in there, like, 20 or something. But I didn't put them in.

Also, the little green light that usually shows up when wireless is on, doesn't on debian,so I'm thinking it has to be activated or something. I guess I'm nearly there. I'll post that command and see what happens..

Is this a laptop? There might be a keyboard combination you need to press to turn the WIFI on if this is a Laptop.


What happens when you try

ifconfig wlan0 up

Are you using the network tool to configure the card? Because I think until you connect successfully, the password will not save.

[waterhead]

I see that it is loading the sony_laptop module. Is there an on/off switch for the wireless? Or maybe a key combination, like Fn + x?

If so, try toggling it on/off. Give it some time in between the toggling, a minute or two.

Also what kernel are you using? My experience is that Debian uses an older kernel, for stability. Since the wireless drivers are part of the kernel, an older kernel means older drivers. I did see this in the dmesg output:

[    8.658289] ath5k phy0: Support for RF2425 is under development

You can always compile the latest wireless drivers by downloading and installing the compat-wireless package.

Download - Linux Wireless

[MikeTbob]

I see that it is loading the sony_laptop module. Is there an on/off switch for the wireless? Or maybe a key combination, like Fn + x?

If so, try toggling it on/off. Give it some time in between the toggling, a minute or two.

Also what kernel are you using? My experience is that Debian uses an older kernel, for stability. Since the wireless drivers are part of the kernel, an older kernel means older drivers. I did see this in the dmesg output:

[    8.658289] ath5k phy0: Support for RF2425 is under development

You can always compile the latest wireless drivers by downloading and installing the compat-wireless package.

Download - Linux Wireless

Nice work waterhead, I did not even see that message when I looked at his output about 5 minutes ago.

[Plaguez]

I managed to install wireless tools:

ifconfig wlan0 up output:

wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan output:

wlan0     Interface doesn't support scanning.