MEPIS 3.4-3, presario v2000 and wifi issues
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I installed MEPIS on an old Toshiba.
I can use a linksys wireless card in the pcmcia slot, all is well.
The laptop is old.
The same CD is used to run MEPIS live on a new compaq presario v2000 (AMD Sempron, broadcom 4318 internal wifi).
MEPIS does not recognise the wireless hardware, I can use ndiswrapper to load a driver, but no wireless hardware is seen.
when I insert the linksys wireless card that works in an older toshiba, it is not recognised in the presario, because no pcmcia controllers get loaded during boot.
How do I
1. get the broadcom 4318 internal wirless card to be recognised?
2. enable the pcmcia slot on the presario?
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The wireless is not seen at all.
The laptop has an internal LAN also, which is seen, but obviously I want the wireless to work.
The issue seems to be non-recognition of the broadcom card (or the pcmcia slot).
The laptop has a wireless on/off button which under XP functions well. Should I be enabling the wifi card at boot somehow from the bios?
someone has to help fix and
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someone has to help fix and solve this problem. I have this laptop and the wireless is going to work, but it will need the help of the users on this forum.
V2000 Wifi
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I have the same machine. The wifi is found as ETH1. The light for the indicator works on the laptop (a little blue antena thingy). When I enable or disable the interface, the light turns on and off. Under windows the light acts as a button to turn off the card.
However it can not connect to anything. It's almost as if its dead in the water.
So far everything else works with this machine. Video, sound and even the SD card slot. This machine is the worse machine I've ever seen Compaq make. NEVER buy one. 
Maybe Mepis will make it worth booting up.
start new thread, need details
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As was mentioned in your other thread, it's better to start a new thread. We need details -- version of Mepis, and what wireless card do you have?
lspci
in a konsole will help if you don't know
V2000 has ATI X200M video, so you need the ATI driver. This link may help, but it's sometimes difficult to get the drivers installed -- post your results
http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Install_ATI_driver
Most v2000 have Broadcom wireless card, but some have Intel Pro 2200.
For Broadcom, here's a start
http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Any_card_using_the_Broadcom_43xx_chipset
You can get a BIOS upgrade from HP web site, and it is likely to help with this laptop.
Mike
Use the wiki http://www.mepis.org/docs
Great forum- http://www.mepislovers.com
Hi Steven, is the wifi not
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Hi Steven, is the wifi not seen at all or is it on eth1 ? If that is the problem then there is a fix and here it is again: this was "borrowed by me from Mepis lovers forum btw.
If anyone has run into errors with the native broadcom driver (bcm43xx) Ive found a solution.
Do this:
open /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist in your favorite editor
add #Broadcom Native Driver
blacklist bcm43xx
save and reboot
Your wireless should now be under wlan0 and be accessable in Mepis OS Center, be sure to check "start at boot" under the wlan0 tab.
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