Re: [Hampshire] Wireless help

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Author: John Cooper
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Wireless help
Tim wrote:
> On Sunday 18 February 2007 18:01, John Cooper wrote:
>
>> Tim wrote:
>>
>>> mit@5[~]$ modprobe wlan0
>>> WARNING: Failed to open config file /etc/modprobe.d/cs46xx: Permission
>>> denied FATAL: Module wlan0 not found.
>>>
>>> Permission on the cs46xx file are -rwx------
>>>
>>> I'm not sure why its calling that file, I would of thought it would call
>>> rt2500, permission on this file are -rw-r--r--
>>>
>> Do an lsmod and cat the cs46xx file and email back. Also do a `grep wlan
>> /etc/modprobe.d/*`.
>>
>>
>
> Sorry John, I'm a novice when it comes to the cli, could you spell out the
> commands for me sorry please.
>

First list the modules loaded in to the kernel, type

lsmod

and copy the output in to the email. Then search all the modprobe config
files for wlan and/or ra0

egrep 'wlan|ra0' /etc/modprobe.d/*

cat /etc/modprobe.d/cs46xx

The output from these should help see what is configured. If you get
permission denied, try as root ( su root )

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