Nick Rout wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:06:17 +1200
> Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>> Nick Rout wrote:
>>
>>>> The drivers are included with kubuntu dapper. Try modprobe ath_pci
>>>> and see what happens.
>>>>
>>>> Otherwise tell us what lspci says about the card, with and without
>>>> the -n option.
>>>>
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# modprobe ath_pci
>>> FATAL: Module ath_pci not found.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lspci -n
>>> 0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:2560 (rev 03)
>>> 0000:00:02.0 0300: 8086:2562 (rev 03)
>>> 0000:00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:24c2 (rev 02)
>>> 0000:00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:24c4 (rev 02)
>>> 0000:00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:24c7 (rev 02)
>>> 0000:00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:24cd (rev 02)
>>> 0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev 82)
>>> 0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:24c0 (rev 02)
>>> 0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:24cb (rev 02)
>>> 0000:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:24c3 (rev 02)
>>> 0000:00:1f.5 0401: 8086:24c5 (rev 02)
>>> 0000:00:1f.6 0703: 8086:24c6 (rev 02)
>>> 0000:02:05.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
>>> 0000:02:09.0 0607: 1217:6972
>>> 0000:03:00.0 0200: 168c:001a (rev 01)
>>>
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lspci | grep Ath
>>> 0000:03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc.:
>>> Unknown device 001a (rev 01)
>>>
>
> This means it has found an atheros device on the pci bus (vendor number 168C
> in the numerical output, Atheros Comunications Inc in the text output) but
> doesn't know what this particular device is (Device ID 001A / Unknown Device).
>
> However this isn't actually helpful as the PCI bus is not the PCMCIA bus. Odd
> though that there is an atheros device on the pci bus - are you sure wireless
> is not built in - the built in wireless in a notebook is generally mini-pci.
>
> Is the pcmcia service yurned on on your machine?
>
> /etc/init.d/pcmcia status
>
> does it beep when you pulg and unplug the pcmcia card?
>
> what do dmesg and syslog tell you about what happens when you plug and unplug?
>
>
>
>
>> So what does this tell me? Apart from the device being detected... Is
>> it that there is a module (or should I say driver?) available and I can
>> now proceed with configuring /etc/network/interfaces as Steve suggested,
>> or is there more that needs to be done? From the modprobe ath_pci I'm
>> guessing the latter.
>>
>
> ath_pci is the driver for a pci card, not a pcmcia card so it is not
> surprising t did not work.
>
>
>> But at this point, it is no more than a guess.
>>
>> Also, if anyone could clarify what the difference is between a module
>> and a driver, that would be great as this is a point of confusion for me
>> generally.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Roger
>>
>>
>
> A driver is a part of the kernel that communicates with a device such as a
> network card. A module is that driver built so that it is not a permanenet
> part of the kernel, it can be inserted into the running kernel with modprobe.
>
Thanks Nick, this is all good learning for me and makes good sense.
relevant dmesg lines:
[17180756.812000] pccard: card ejected from slot 0
[17180781.176000] pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
relevant syslog lines:
Jul 20 22:36:03 notebook kernel: [17180279.104000] pccard: CardBus card
inserted into slot 0
Jul 20 22:37:29 notebook kernel: [17180365.628000] pccard: card ejected
from slot 0
Jul 20 22:38:14 notebook kernel: [17180410.488000] pccard: CardBus card
inserted into slot 0
Showing basically the same thing. Interestingly though maybe not
relevant - inserting the card may or may not result in it becoming
powered and adding lines to dmesg or syslog on first attempt. seems to
be related to "how" I insert it - slowly is successful. No beeping,
however only the power light flashes - the second light for activity
does not.
This notebook definitely has no built in wireless. The only wireless
card is this pcmcia one - don't ask me why it appears to be on the pci bus!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /etc/init.d/pcmcia status
* Linux >= 2.6.13-rc1 requires pcmciautils instead of pcmcia-cs
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /etc/init.d/pcmciautils status
* Usage: /etc/init.d/pcmciautils {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /etc/init.d/pcmciautils start (this hung -
guess that it must already be started, so...)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /etc/init.d/pcmciautils stop
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /etc/init.d/pcmciautils start
* Starting PCMCIA services...
[ ok ]
So yes, the service is/was running.
I suspect this is not relevant but just in case: I see in adept
manager, that there are various kernel-pcmcia-modules-2.4.27-2 packages,
none of which are installed. No reference to my kernel version
2.6.15-26-386...
So where to from here? Do I need to do a modprobe because the correct
module isn't in the kernel? How would I know - how do I check? Or is
it time to move on to installing the madwifi drivers I have downloaded?
Cheers,
Roger
