On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 15:55 -0700, Knute Johnson wrote:

Below is the content of /var/log/messages after I connect my USB Wireless adapter. I was told that this adapter was supposed to work out of the box. Can anybody tell me what to do to make it work? I need to have WPA working.

Thanks very much,

knute...

May 24 15:41:25 localhost kernel: usb 7-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6 May 24 15:41:25 localhost kernel: usb 7- 8:configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice May 24 15:41:26 localhost firmware_helper[2882]: Loading of /lib/firmware/isl3887usb_bare for usb driver failed: No such file or directory May 24 15:41:26 localhost kernel:p54usb: cannot find firmware (isl3887usb_bare)! May 24 15:41:26 localhost kernel: prism54usb: probe of 7-8:1.0 failed with error -2

Looks like you're missing the firmware. We don't have permission to redistribute the prism54usb firmware, so you'll have to get it yourself.

You should be able to find it here: http://jbnote.free.fr/prism54usb/

-w