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kirkface8

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Registered: 2010-10-04

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intel pro/100 VE no firmware

Intel pro/100 VE
hey im using a Dell latitude d505 which contains the infamous intel pro/100 ve.

xfce tells me that the firmware is not install for my device. i have tried adding "noapic" $ "nolapic" to the boot environment. this did not work.

ive also ran through this guide http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=741687
but since i am using later versions i have had trouble installing the software and therefor the driver.
can anybody help?

kirkface8

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Re: intel pro/100 VE no firmware

quite annoyed at this spent 4 days trying to get it to work without any help

Dogmeat

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Registered: 2009-02-24

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Re: intel pro/100 VE no firmware

e100 module doesn't work? All firmware files are present in /lib/firmware/e100/ directory provided by package linux-firmware.

kirkface8

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Re: intel pro/100 VE no firmware

theres three files in /lib/firmware/e100/
and no the e100 module does not work. xfce wireless manager says there is no firmware installed

Dogmeat

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Re: intel pro/100 VE no firmware

Also you can try load 8139too module before e100 what I've found in the wiki.

rmmod e100
modprobe 8139too
modprobe e100

or MODULES=(8139too e100) in /etc/rc.conf

It might be helpful to post your full dmesg report (use pastie.org please) and ifconfig -a.

Last edited by Dogmeat (2010-10-13 14:36:36)

kirkface8

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Re: intel pro/100 VE no firmware

ran those comands nothing outa the ordinary

dmesg http://www.pastie.org/1218263 

ifconfig -a http://www.pastie.org/1218268 

Dogmeat

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Re: intel pro/100 VE no firmware

There is an eth0 interface what is good. Did you try to configure network in /etc/rc.conf and then run

/etc/rc.d/network restart

?

kirkface8

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Re: intel pro/100 VE no firmware

also ive tried using the b43legacy driver but fail

kirkface8

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Re: intel pro/100 VE no firmware

ive tried that and it failed.
neither the lights on the router or the card light up. ive tested ona  working car and it lights up.
also will running the command

 'ifdown etho' & 'ifup etho] 

i recieve the error

'interface eth0 not configured' 

Dogmeat

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Re: intel pro/100 VE no firmware

That b43 stuff is for wireless card. You should install b43-firmware-legacy, broadcom-wl and b43-fwcutter. Then blacklist and modprobe proper modules. More info - b43 wiki.

Dogmeat

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Re: intel pro/100 VE no firmware

By the way, there's a topic about issue with e100 network randomly doesn't work after reboot (e100) but there is no good solution for you.

kirkface8

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Re: intel pro/100 VE no firmware

ahh fuck
well looks like ill be runnign a windows server until someone can solve this
thanks for your supprt dogmeat

Dogmeat

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Re: intel pro/100 VE no firmware

You're welcome and I hope someone else will be able to help you more. Good luck.