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dr.lulz

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Registered: 2008-10-05

Posts: 11

Asus eee 901 and wifi

hi, i'm a total newbie when it comes to linux so i wanted to change this and install arch on my eee pc.

i used all the guides on wiki but i still don't know how to install wifi.

now i have arch installed with all the packages from core installation but still when i write

hwdetect --show-net
NET : bluetooth

that's all i get. wifi is on in bios.

sacamano_m82

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Registered: 2007-05-29

Posts: 167

Re: Asus eee 901 and wifi

Can you post the o/p of lspci ?

dr.lulz

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Registered: 2008-10-05

Posts: 11

Re: Asus eee 901 and wifi

 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 
 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
 01:00.0 Network controller: RaLink Device 0781

i tried installing http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drive … .0.tar.bz2 from sub stick but

pacman -U /path/to/file/file.tar.bz2
loading package data...
error: missing package metadata in /path/to/file/file.tar.bz2
error: path/to/file/file.tar.bz2 : invalid or corrupted file

tar unpacks it but i don't know what to do after it is unpacked...