I know absolutely zip about Linux. However, I have been googling to see what I can find out trying to get my wifi working. After having no luck with the 3 choices of networking setup that is built in.
could someone please guide me through this?
How to use wireless in old Vaio pcgfrv25?
How to use wireless in old Vaio pcgfrv25?
I am a total newbie to this TahrPup 6.0.2 . I installed it on an older Sony Vaio PCG-FRV25. kernel is linux 3.14.20
I know absolutely zip about Linux. However, I have been googling to see what I can find out trying to get my wifi working. After having no luck with the 3 choices of networking setup that is built in.
could someone please guide me through this?
I know absolutely zip about Linux. However, I have been googling to see what I can find out trying to get my wifi working. After having no luck with the 3 choices of networking setup that is built in.
could someone please guide me through this?
Hardware drivers
Hi 601gurrl,
Welcome to the kennels. Glad you like Tahrpup, and glad you got it working.
For future reference, when hardware is built, it is built for a pc running windows. Its manufacturer also build the drivers it needs on the assumption that neither component assemblers/pc-manufacturers nor users of Windows will buy hardware which doesn't work out of the box. Only a few will even consider building drivers to run under Linux. That job is left to volunteers, i.e, Linux fans. Hardware drivers are kernel specific. With each new kernel, new hardware drivers have to be built.
So, my statement "glad you got it working" wasn't just passing the time.
But while its still fresh in your memory, for the benefit of any others who have your model of computer, could you provide instructions on how you did it.
Thanks,
mikesLr
Welcome to the kennels. Glad you like Tahrpup, and glad you got it working.
For future reference, when hardware is built, it is built for a pc running windows. Its manufacturer also build the drivers it needs on the assumption that neither component assemblers/pc-manufacturers nor users of Windows will buy hardware which doesn't work out of the box. Only a few will even consider building drivers to run under Linux. That job is left to volunteers, i.e, Linux fans. Hardware drivers are kernel specific. With each new kernel, new hardware drivers have to be built.
So, my statement "glad you got it working" wasn't just passing the time.
But while its still fresh in your memory, for the benefit of any others who have your model of computer, could you provide instructions on how you did it.
Thanks,
mikesLr
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That's great. But you didn't mention how, so if anyone else with the same hardware stumbles upon this forum thread, there's no useful information here to help them.601gurrl wrote:i finally got wireless working.
Google tells me that the only form of wifi available for your model of laptop is the (optional) accessory PCMCIA/Cardbus device; Sony PCWA-C150S. So it appears to me that your wifi device is almost certainly a PCMCIA card, even if not that particular Sony model of PCMCIA card.
Just to be clear, PCMCIA/Cardbus cards are "plug-in", not "built in".601gurrl wrote:it does have wireless built in.