On Friday 07 December 2012 16:44:40 Felmon Davis wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Dec 2012, Baron wrote:
> > On Thursday 06 December 2012 23:21:14 Felmon Davis wrote:
> >> 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.
> >
> > Hi Felmon,
> >
> > lspci: invalid option -'w'
>
> that's not what I wrote but never mind, read below.
>
> (I wrote "lspci -vv"; that's two instances of 'v'.)

Ups...  Sorry my error  :-(   It looked/looks like a "W".  Hangs head in 
shame.

Running lspci with the correct switch gives a more verbose output but 
basically the same as below.

> > However
> > lspci on its own :-
> > Watch out for wrap:
> >
> > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> > 661FX/M661FX/M661MX Host (rev 11)
> > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port
> > (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
> > 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL
> > Media IO] (rev 25)
> > 00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus
> > Controller
> > 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
> > 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems
> > [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
> > 00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1
> > Controller (rev 0f)
> > 00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1
> > Controller (rev 0f)
> > 00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0
> > Controller
> > 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> > SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90)
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> > 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter
> >
> > No mention of anything wireless.
>
> so it looks like the driver would run on a silicon graphics chip.
>
> I just realized the better detector is
>
> lshw -C network
>
> do you know how to run this as root? it may not be necessary. let's
> try it and see what it yields.

Yes, no problem.  As root.

bash: lshw: command not found

Mmm.  Seems that lshw is not on my machine.

> I'm getting the impression your chip isn't well supported but perhaps
> someone else can chip in with knowledge of it.
>
> > I've not had a chance to open up the machine to have a look at the
> > card.
>
> you don't have to.
>
> > However I have got all the bits aside ready to build a new machine,
> > its just having the time to put it all together then this one can
> > be re-purposed.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
>
> not sure how far I can help but maybe a step or so on.
>
> F.

This machine has never run windows !  Its a "Packard Bell" that was 
formatted and Linux put on from the word go.  So I have no idea if the 
wireless adapter even functions.

-- 
Best Regards:
		Baron.