Questo è l'output del comando lshw:

florence@crunchbang:~$ cat vaio.txt 
crunchbang
    description: Notebook
    product: PCG-FR285E(FR)
    vendor: Sony Corporation
    version: 01
    serial: 28138254-5363614
    width: 32 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.31 dmi-2.31
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook uuid=474A96A0-BCC6-11D5-8CEE-080046B02B9F
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: Q51-Project
       vendor: Sony Corporation
       physical id: 0
       version: 01
       serial: 12345678-12345678
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
          physical id: 0
          version: R0108K6 (05/09/2003)
          size: 111KiB
          capacity: 448KiB
          capabilities: pci pcmcia pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int9keyboard int17printer int10video acpi usb agp smartbattery biosbootspecification netboot
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP-M 2400+
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 4
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 6.10.0
          serial: N/A
          slot: Socket A
          size: 1800MHz
          capacity: 1800MHz
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 133MHz
          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mp mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up cpufreq
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: 7
             slot: L1 Cache
             size: 128KiB
             capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: 8
             slot: L2 Cache
             size: 512KiB
             capacity: 512KiB
             capabilities: synchronous external write-through
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: c
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 512MiB
        *-bank:0
             description: SODIMM DDR 133 MHz (7.5 ns)
             product: N/A
             vendor: N/A
             physical id: 0
             serial: N/A
             slot: SODIMM1
             size: 256MiB
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 133MHz (7.5ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: SODIMM DDR 133 MHz (7.5 ns)
             product: N/A
             vendor: N/A
             physical id: 1
             serial: N/A
             slot: SODIMM2
             size: 256MiB
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 133MHz (7.5ns)
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333]
          vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
          configuration: driver=agpgart-via
          resources: irq:0 memory:e8000000-efffffff(prefetchable)
        *-pci
             description: PCI bridge
             product: VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP]
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pci pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             resources: memory:e1000000-e1ffffff memory:f0000000-f7ffffff(prefetchable)
           *-display UNCLAIMED
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: NV17 [GeForce4 420 Go]
                vendor: nVidia Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                version: a3
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 66MHz
                capabilities: pm agp agp-2.0 vga_controller cap_list
                configuration: latency=248 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5
                resources: memory:e1000000-e1ffffff memory:f4000000-f7ffffff(prefetchable) memory:f0000000-f007ffff(prefetchable) memory:f0080000-f009ffff(prefetchable)
        *-network
             description: Ethernet interface
             product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
             vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
             physical id: c
             bus info: pci@0000:00:0c.0
             logical name: eth0
             version: 10
             serial: 08:00:46:b0:2b:9f
             size: 100MB/s
             capacity: 100MB/s
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
             configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.70 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
             resources: irq:9 ioport:1400(size=256) memory:e0000000-e00001ff
        *-pcmcia:0
             description: CardBus bridge
             product: RL5c476 II
             vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
             physical id: e
             bus info: pci@0000:00:0e.0
             version: aa
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=128
             resources: iomemory:b00502000-b00501fff irq:11 memory:30000000-30000fff ioport:2000(size=256) ioport:2400(size=256) memory:20000000-23ffffff(prefetchable) memory:24000000-27ffffff
        *-pcmcia:1
             description: CardBus bridge
             product: RL5c476 II
             vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
             physical id: e.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:0e.1
             version: aa
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=128
             resources: iomemory:b00906000-b00905fff irq:9 memory:30001000-30001fff ioport:2800(size=256) ioport:2c00(size=256) memory:28000000-2bffffff(prefetchable) memory:2c000000-2fffffff
        *-firewire
             description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
             product: R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller
             vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
             physical id: e.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:0e.2
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=32 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2
             resources: irq:11 memory:e0000800-e0000fff
        *-usb:0
             description: USB Controller
             product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 10
             bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
             version: 80
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=64
             resources: irq:11 ioport:1020(size=32)
        *-usb:1
             description: USB Controller
             product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 10.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:10.1
             version: 80
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=64
             resources: irq:9 ioport:1040(size=32)
        *-usb:2
             description: USB Controller
             product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 10.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:10.2
             version: 80
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm uhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=64
             resources: irq:11 ioport:1060(size=32)
        *-usb:3
             description: USB Controller
             product: USB 2.0
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 10.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:10.3
             version: 82
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=64
             resources: irq:9 memory:e0000400-e00004ff
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: VT8235 ISA Bridge
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 11
             bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
        *-ide
             description: IDE interface
             product: VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 11.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:11.1
             logical name: scsi0
             logical name: scsi1
             version: 06
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list emulated
             configuration: driver=pata_via latency=64
             resources: irq:11 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:1000(size=16)
           *-disk
                description: ATA Disk
                product: FUJITSU MHS2040A
                vendor: Fujitsu
                physical id: 0
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/sda
                version: 8004
                serial: NL62T37147KR
                size: 37GiB (40GB)
                capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=000b1148
              *-volume:0
                   description: EXT4 volume
                   vendor: Linux
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                   logical name: /dev/sda1
                   logical name: /
                   version: 1.0
                   serial: def260ab-d9dd-40d0-abd1-1538950f4c69
                   size: 36GiB
                   capacity: 36GiB
                   capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                   configuration: created=2012-06-15 20:15:49 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/�3?)�"�����]�#��.���Y����������"�������������!��$��"�� modified=2012-06-15 20:25:21 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2012-06-15 21:25:29 state=mounted
              *-volume:1
                   description: Extended partition
                   physical id: 2
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                   logical name: /dev/sda2
                   size: 980MiB
                   capacity: 980MiB
                   capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
                 *-logicalvolume
                      description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
                      physical id: 5
                      logical name: /dev/sda5
                      capacity: 980MiB
                      capabilities: nofs
           *-cdrom
                description: DVD reader
                product: CDRW/DVD SBW-241
                vendor: QSI
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/cdrom
                logical name: /dev/cdrw
                logical name: /dev/dvd
                logical name: /dev/scd0
                logical name: /dev/sr0
                version: VS04
                serial: [QSI     CDRW/DVD SBW-241VS0430625PV210B7326006
                capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
                configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
        *-multimedia
             description: Multimedia audio controller
             product: VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 11.5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:11.5
             version: 50
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm cap_list
             configuration: driver=VIA 82xx Audio latency=0
             resources: irq:11 ioport:1800(size=256)
        *-communication
             description: Communication controller
             product: AC'97 Modem Controller
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 11.6
             bus info: pci@0000:00:11.6
             version: 80
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm cap_list
             configuration: driver=VIA 82xx Modem latency=0
             resources: irq:11 ioport:1c00(size=256)

Problema: abilitare il Wi Fi, che pare funzionasse in WinXP.

Trovo qui le istruzioni per Debian:

http://wiki.debian.org/slmodem

Primo passo:

florence@crunchbang:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install sl-modem-daemon
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances       
Lecture des informations d'état... Fait
Les NOUVEAUX paquets suivants seront installés :
  sl-modem-daemon
0 mis à jour, 1 nouvellement installés, 0 à enlever et 0 non mis à jour.
Il est nécessaire de prendre 520 ko dans les archives.
Après cette opération, 1 208 ko d'espace disque supplémentaires seront utilisés.
Réception de : 1 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/non-free sl-modem-daemon i386 2.9.11~20100718-3 [520 kB]
520 ko réceptionnés en 0s (741 ko/s)    
Préconfiguration des paquets...
Sélection du paquet sl-modem-daemon précédemment désélectionné.
(Lecture de la base de données... 98991 fichiers et répertoires déjà installés.)
Dépaquetage de sl-modem-daemon (à partir de .../sl-modem-daemon_2.9.11~20100718-3_i386.deb) ...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour « man-db »...
Paramétrage de sl-modem-daemon (2.9.11~20100718-3) ...
Attention ! Impossible d'accéder au répertoire personnel que vous avez indiqué (/var/log/slmodemd) : Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type.
Autorise l'usage de noms d'utilisateur critiquables.
Ajout de l'utilisateur système « Slmodemd » (UID 109) ...
Ajout du nouveau groupe « Slmodemd » (GID 116) ...
Ajout du nouvel utilisateur « Slmodemd » (UID 109) avec pour groupe d'appartenance « Slmodemd » ...
Le répertoire personnel « /var/log/slmodemd » n'a pas été créé.
usermod : aucun changement
 1 [modem          ]: VIA82XX-MODEM - VIA 82XX modem
Starting SmartLink Modem driver for: modem:1.
Creating /dev/modem symlink, pointing to: /dev/ttySL0.