Re: [gNewSense-users] Problems with WLAN on USB

[Sam Geeraerts]

Cato Auestad schreef:
> 1) Own a MacBook with Broadcom -> Purchased D-Link DWA-131 USB WLAN which
> uses ath5k (because FOSS)
> 2) Not included in default kernel with gNewSense, installed
> linux-backports-modules-hardy to get ath5k
> 3) Installed the newest linux-libre-2.6.30 kernel after the above didnt
> work.
> 4) The above didnt work
> 5) Out of ideas, help?

Check file /var/log/messages (or System log in the menu) for any 
networking related errors. If you can't make sense of it, let us take a 
look at it (attach it to email or put it online somewhere).