zd1211rw Cannot Load Firmware

http://www.linuxquestions.org – Hello, I have an Airlink101 AWLL3026 and the zd1211rw driver. When I insert the USB card, it is recognized but syslog indicates that the firmware wasn't where is was expected. I am running an updated Linux Mint system (based off of Ubuntu): Linux hoverfly 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux Plugging in the USB Wifi adapter results in the following on syslog: Jan 31 19:04:08 hoverfly kernel: [105617.584051] usb 1-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Jan 31 19:04:08 hoverfly kernel: [105617.740521] usb 1-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Jan 31 19:04:08 hoverfly kernel: [105617.876042] usb 1-7: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Jan 31 19:04:08 hoverfly kernel: [105618.010434] phy5: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel' Jan 31 19:04:08 hoverfly kernel: [105618.011371] zd1211rw 1-7:1.0: phy5 Jan 31 19:04:08 hoverfly nm-system-settings: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (udi: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_11_a3_01_db_aa, iface: wlan0): not well known Jan 31 19:04:08 hoverfly NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x01). Jan 31 19:04:08 hoverfly NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): new 802.11 WiFi device (driver: 'zd1211rw') Jan 31 19:04:08 hoverfly NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): exported as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_11_a3_01_db_aa Jan 31 19:04:13 hoverfly NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 1 -> 2 Jan 31 19:04:13 hoverfly NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): bringing up device. Jan 31 19:04:13 hoverfly kernel: [105622.272548] usb 1-7: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211_ub Jan 31 19:04:13 hoverfly kernel: [105622.281280] usb 1-7: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211_uphr Jan 31 19:04:13 hoverfly compat_firmware.sh[30046]: udev firmware loader misses sysfs directory Jan 31 19:04:13 hoverfly kernel: [105622.369085] zd1211rw 1-7:1.0: firmware version 4605 Jan 31 19:04:13 hoverfly kernel: [105622.409086] zd1211rw 1-7:1.0: zd1211 chip 0ace:1211 v4330 high 00-11-a3 AL2230_RF pa0 ----- The basic problem is that "udev firmware loader misses sysfs directory". The firmware is in /lib/firmware/zd1211 and can be downloaded from Source Forge. How can I reconfigure so that the firmware is located? Thank you, Mark (HowTos)