[gnome-user-docs] further updates to wireless-hardware-check. added wireless device drivers page
- From: Jim Campbell <jcampbell src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-user-docs] further updates to wireless-hardware-check. added wireless device drivers page
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 13:35:32 +0000 (UTC)
commit d516aa5b917f8512036a5e1bc8a5adf95b6d378b
Author: Jim Campbell <jwcampbell gmail com>
Date: Tue Apr 5 08:34:04 2011 -0500
further updates to wireless-hardware-check. added wireless device drivers page
...et-wireless-troubleshooting-device-drivers.page | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++
...et-wireless-troubleshooting-hardware-check.page | 13 ++--
2 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/net-wireless-troubleshooting-device-drivers.page b/gnome-help/C/net-wireless-troubleshooting-device-drivers.page
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eaa697d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-help/C/net-wireless-troubleshooting-device-drivers.page
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="net-wireless-troubleshooting-device-drivers">
+ <info>
+ <link type="next" xref="net-wireless-troubleshooting"/>
+
+ <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-04-05" status="incomplete"/>
+
+
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Contributors to the Ubuntu documentation wiki</name>
+ </credit>
+
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Jim Campbell</name>
+ <email>jwcampbell gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
+
+ <desc>Troubleshoot your connection to a wireless network.</desc>
+ </info>
+
+<title>Checking for wireless device drivers</title>
+
+ <p>This guide is designed to help you troubleshoot and resolve problems with accessing a wireless network.</p>
+
+ <section id="net-wireless-hardware-check">
+ <title>Checking your system hardware</title>
+ <p>Our first step will be to see if your computer recognizes your wireless adapter.</p>
+ <steps>
+ <item><p>Open a <app>terminal</app> window, and enter <cmd>sudo lshw -C network</cmd></p>
+ <p>If you get no response, you may need to install the <app>lshw</app> program on your computer.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Read the output from the command, and check for the <em>Wireless interface</em> section. If your wireless adapter is detected, the output should look similar to this:</p>
+ <example>
+ <code><![CDATA[*-network
+ description: Wireless interface
+ product: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
+ vendor: Intel Corporation
+ physical id: 0
+ bus info: pci 0000:03:00.0
+ logical name: wlan0
+ version: 02
+ serial: 00:1b:77:11:5a:a7
+ width: 32 bits
+ clock: 33MHz
+ capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
+ configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwl3945 driverversion=2.6.38.2-9.fc15.i686
+ firmware=15.32.2.9 ip=192.168.1.42 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes
+ wireless=IEEE 802.11abg
+ resources: irq:46 memory:edf00000-edf00fff]]></code>
+ </example>
+</item>
+ </steps>
+ <p>If a wireless device is listed, then continue to the Device Drivers page</p>
+ <p>If a wireless device is not listed, the next steps will help you to locate the hardware information.</p>
+</section>
+ <section id="net-wireless-hardware-check2">
+ <title>Further wireless hardware checks</title>
+ <p>Because your wireless adapter was not found with the previous command, you need to take further steps to make sure your computer recognizes your adapter.</p>
+ <p>The next steps will depend on the type of device that you use. Refer to the section that is relevant to the type of wireless adapter that you use with your computer: PCI (internal), USB, or PCMCIA.</p>
+ <note><p>PCMCIA is an external, card-style adapter, and is more common on older hardware.</p></note>
+ <section id="net-wireless-hardware-pcicheck">
+ <title>Checking for a PCI (internal) device</title>
+ </section>
+ <section id="net-wireless-hard-ware-usbcheck">
+ <title>Checking for a USB device</title>
+ </section>
+ <section id="net-wireless-hard-ware-pcmciacheck">
+ <title>Checking for a PCMCIA device</title>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+</page>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/net-wireless-troubleshooting-hardware-check.page b/gnome-help/C/net-wireless-troubleshooting-hardware-check.page
index cddf2aa..c5e841d 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/net-wireless-troubleshooting-hardware-check.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/net-wireless-troubleshooting-hardware-check.page
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
type="topic" style="task"
id="net-wireless-troubleshooting-hardware-check">
<info>
- <link type="next" xref="net-wireless-troubleshooting"/>
+ <link type="next" xref="net-wireless-troubleshooting-device-drivers"/>
- <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-03-20" status="stub"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-03-20" status="incomplete"/>
<credit type="author">
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
<title>Checking your system hardware</title>
<p>Our first step will be to see if your computer recognizes your wireless adapter.</p>
<steps>
- <item><p>Open a <app>terminal</app> window, and enter <cmd>sudo lshw -C network</cmd></p>
+ <item><p>Open a <app>terminal</app> window, and enter <cmd>sudo lshw -C network</cmd>.</p>
<p>If you get no response, you may need to install the <app>lshw</app> program on your computer.</p></item>
<item><p>Read the output from the command, and check for the <em>Wireless interface</em> section. If your wireless adapter is detected, the output should look similar to this:</p>
<example>
@@ -50,12 +50,13 @@
</example>
</item>
</steps>
- <p>If a wireless device is listed, then continue to the Device Drivers page</p>
+ <p>If a wireless device is listed, then continue to the <link xref="net-wireless-troubleshooting-device-drivers">Device Drivers page</link>.</p>
<p>If a wireless device is not listed, the next steps will help you to locate the hardware information.</p>
</section>
<section id="net-wireless-hardware-check2">
<title>Further wireless hardware checks</title>
- <p>Because your wireless adapter was not found with the previous command, the next steps will depend on the type of interface your device uses. Refer to the section that is relevant to the type of wireless adapter that you use with your computer: PCI (internal), USB, or PCMCIA.</p>
+ <p>Because your wireless adapter was not found with the previous command, you need to take further steps to make sure your computer recognizes your adapter.</p>
+ <p>The steps you take will depend on the type of device that you use. Refer to the section that is relevant to the type of wireless adapter that you use with your computer: PCI (internal), USB, or PCMCIA.</p>
<note><p>PCMCIA is an external, card-style adapter, and is more common on older hardware.</p></note>
<section id="net-wireless-hardware-pcicheck">
<title>Checking for a PCI (internal) device</title>
@@ -66,5 +67,7 @@
<section id="net-wireless-hard-ware-pcmciacheck">
<title>Checking for a PCMCIA device</title>
</section>
+ <p>If your device is not recognized by any of the above commands, it may mean that your device is not working, or that your device is not supported by your operating system.</p>
+ <p>To get additional help, post a message to a user forum appropriate to your operating system (e.g., Fedora, OpenSUSE, or Ubuntu forums, etc.), or post a message to an appropriate mailing list.</p>
</section>
</page>
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