[ltp] Prism54 and Mandrake 10.2 - solution

[Mauro Maroni]

You can get the firmware from the prism54.org site.
If you use gentoo, you can even install it via portage
(#emerge prism54-firmware)





On Mon, 8 Aug 2005, Richard Neill wrote:

> 
> 
> Alejandro Bonilla wrote:
> >>Dear All,
> >>
> >>I just tried to get my new wireless card to work with mdk. No luck, I
> >>get the errors:
> >>
> >>	 no lights on card.
> >>	iwconfig -> "Not Ready!"
> >>	dmesg: Prism54 request_firmware() failed for 'isl3890'
> >>
> >>Cause: Mandrake haven't installed the firmware for the card.
> >>It doesn't
> >>seem to be available in any of the packages.
> >>
> >>Fix:  Copy the directory /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/
> >>       from Knoppix (I used 3.7).
> >>
> >>It now works!
> >>
> > 
> > Richard,
> > 
> > 	I think that they charge for the Firmwares. You have to be like a Member or
> > a purchaser of the product.
> > 
> > Something like that.
> > 
> >  .Alejandro
> 
> 
> Yes - but I *did * purchase the product! I bought the card from netgear 
> to begin with. Besides which, if the firmware is on Knoppix, it ought to 
> be included in Mandrake too. Anyway, at least google now has the 
> solution to fixing this.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Richard
>