On Thu, 6 Dec 2012, Baron wrote:

> On Thursday 06 December 2012 22:50:34 Felmon Davis wrote:
>> On Thu, 6 Dec 2012, Baron wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> My hardware is a SIS 660 mainboard with integrated graphics and a
>>> dual core, 3Ghz P4 with 1Gb ram,  so not exactly high end.  It
>>> doesn't see the wireless adaptor though, which is no surprise, Open
>>> SuSE doesn't see it either.
>>
>> do you know the wifi adapter involved? sometimes one can install
>> firmware which brings them alive.
>>
>> F.
>
> No !  Not at least without opening the box and having a look at the
> adaptor.  Alexandre mentioned windows drivers and ndiswrapper.  I don't
> recall if there was ever a driver disc.
>
> PS. I just had a look around the back of the machine.  Sometime in the
> past I've removed the antenna...  Something else to look for.  :-)
>
> Thanks for the tips.
>
>

what does

lspci -vv

tell you?

F.

-- 
Felmon Davis

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity.  Another man's, I 
mean.
                 -- Mark Twain