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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] realtek 8197 wireless card setup
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:03:40
Message-Id: 200712162256.49185.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] realtek 8197 wireless card setup by Stroller
1 On Sunday 16 December 2007, Stroller wrote:
2 > On 16 Dec 2007, at 17:14, Mick wrote:
3 > > On Sunday 16 December 2007, Jeff Cranmer wrote:
4 > >>>> Running the command 'dmesg | grep rtl8187' after reboot returns
5 > >>>> the message
6 > >>>> usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187
7 > >>
8 > >> All I get for iwconfig is
9 > >> lo no wireless extensions
10 > >> eth0 no wireless extensions.
11 > >
12 > > This means that the driver has not been loaded yet.
13 >
14 > Looking at Jeff's previous post (quoted added above) that's not a
15 > conclusion I'd jump to.
16
17 Oops! Sorry, didn't see that. If the driver is loaded then why isn't an
18 interface showing up?
19
20 > But it would have helped if Jeff had posted `dmesg | grep rtl8187 &&
21 > iwconfig` in the same post to prove the point.
22 >
23 > Stroller.
24
25 --
26 Regards,
27 Mick

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