On Thursday 04 November 2004 07:47 pm, Jacob S wrote: > Hello List, > > I've got an old Toshiba Tecra 720CDT (133Mhz w/96MB ram). I just > bought a Netgear WG511 802.11g wireless card to put in it. The pcmcia > card is (obviously) a 32bit card. Up to this point I've only used > 16bit cards in the laptop. > > The problem is the card is not being recognized at all by Linux. I > upgraded the kernel to 2.6.8 (it had been running an old 2.2 kernel), > and installed hotplug and discover (didn't think they would really do > anything, but it made it easier to get the drivers installed for > other things like the sound card). When I insert the card, neither of > the leds on the card turn on, I don't get any of the usual beeps from > the computer, etc. Cardctl reports both sockets as being empty. The > pcmcia controller is an old generic i82365 chipset. > > So, my question. I'm guessing this is a compatability issue; the old > laptop can use 16bit cards but not 32bit and that the card shouldn't > be this dead even if it were somehow defective when I got it. Can > someone with more pcmcia experience confirm this, or give me any tips > to do more troubleshooting?
Iam sure the Tecra has a 32 bit cardbus slot. Can't help on the pcmcia stuff though. -- Greg C. Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
