[nmglug] installs and magic words

[J. Marsden DeLapp]

On Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:42:24 AM Ted Pomeroy <ted.pome at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> The wifi issues may be related to the rather unique Laclinux hardware.
> I have not had time to check the pci slot itself and I have not
> reviewed dmesg output for clues about the pci route for wifi.

As I recall, that laptop requires a magic word. The magic word is 
yenta_socket.

Close your eyes, bow your head and chant yenta_socket a few times.

If that does not work, try googling various combinations of pcmcia, 
yenta_socket, atheros, and cardmgr until you find the place to use the magic 
word.

You need to use the magic word to make the pcmcia bus appear, then the atheros 
driver needs to be loaded and you have to use cardmgr as you insert and remove 
the card. 

Mars

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