Will do!

Hello,
I was having trouble a few weeks ago getting my wireless card up and running. I am back at it again, I noticed that there was nothing listed under "wireless interface" on the preferences tab in wicd. I imagine there should be something. But what!?

Nicholi.

Will do! I am about to leave for home (currently at school). So I will pick this stuff up when I get back tomorrow. Thanks a lot for everyones help!

I was wondering, could anyone recommend me a book about linux? I am interested not so much in the fancy tools and tricks. More in the nuts and bolts ...

slapt-get --search kernel-source

gives:

Failed to open package_data
package_data: No such file or directory
Perhaps you want to run --update?

I just tried the command 'modprobe -l | grep "ath9k" and got:
kernal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9l/ath9k.ko
kernal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9l/ath9k_hw.ko
kernal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9l/ath9k_common.ko
kernal/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9l/ath9k_htc.ko

so thats good news!

I am fairly certain GRUB is loading the correct kernal, there is only on that partition. It is using: /boot/vmlinuz-huge-2.6.37.6 is that correct?

I am not sure if I installed the kernal-source, how do I check?

Also thanks A LOT for your help!

This maybe some useful information! I did not install Lilo. I am using GRUB2.0. Sorry I probably should have mentioned that. Does that make a huge difference?

My mistake, I thought I included it in one of my previous replies. I did the Full install.

Yup I have wicd installed. I tried copying the file over as you said but there is no such directory /usr/src/linux/ its just the linux/ that doesnt exist.

when I try iwconfig I get:

lo no wireless extensions

eth0 no wireless extensions