[XCSSA] wireless linux driver problem

[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

On Friday 28 December 2007 21:02:20 X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio 
wrote:
> I assume this a USB device?  I'm going out on a limb to guess even further
> that this is a linksys USB device?
>
> Things to look for (and I'm no expert...)::
>
> Did the module load (  lsmod  )
> if not, try unplugging/replugging the device and see if it does then

Just before you plug it back in, open up a shell and "su -" to become root... 
and then as root type "tail -f /var/log/messages" so that you can wathc the 
logs as you plug it back in.



>
> Does the module show up in /lib/modules/(your kernel
> version)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless (or some directory like that?)
>
> What happens if you modprobe rtl8185 (or whatever the module name is)
>
>
> After that, then check if wlan0 comes up.
>
> What version of ubuntu do you have?


Also.. try "cat /etc/modprobe.conf" to see if there's an alias like:
	
	alias wlan0 rtl8185 

or the like..

Tweeks