Hello!

Does anyone out there have a Minitar wireless NIC (802.11b) running happily in Knoppix?

I have the 09-24-03 release of Knoppix, usually boot it from CD, the wireless config utility does not detect at all. I have had a look at the specifcations at the the manufacturer's website - http://www.minitar.com/index.php?mai...wls_pci&page=3 - does not mention what chipset (Prism2, etc.) the card is using.

There is a RedHat driver available for the card, would this work in Knoppix (probably a stupid question to all you Linux veterans, I'm a little new to Linux)?

Doe anyone know if there is specific drivers written for Knoppix/Debian for this card?

Would I have to perform a HD install of Knoppix to install the drivers for the card? or is there a way to get it (the NIC) running without doing the HD install?

Here is the output from the lspci -v command (note 00:08.0 - network controller):

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333]
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0000
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: dde00000-dfefffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d5b00000-ddcfffff
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
Subsystem: Creative Labs: Unknown device 1002
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
I/O ports at e800 [size=64]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

00:06.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port (rev 04)
Subsystem: Creative Labs: Unknown device 0060
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
I/O ports at ec00 [size=8]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

00:06.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at dffff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Memory at dfff8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:08.0 Network controller: Unknown device 1814:0101
Subsystem: CNet Technology Inc: Unknown device 0010
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
Memory at dfffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 0

00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
Subsystem: LeadTek Research Inc. WinFast TV 2000
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at dddfe000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

00:09.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
Subsystem: LeadTek Research Inc.: Unknown device 6606
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at dddff000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0000
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 Bus Master ATA133/100/66/33 IDE
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
I/O ports at fc00 [size=16]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1b) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
I/O ports at dc00 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1b) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
I/O ports at e000 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2


00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1b) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
I/O ports at e400 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV20 [GeForce3 Ti 200] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 8850
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Memory at ddc80000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=512K]
Expansion ROM at dfef0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0


Any help would be greatly appreciated