/etc/sysconfig/pcmcia does contain PCMCIA=yes, however, the two beeps were not heard at bootup and upon starting GNOME I got the message "could not open device /dev/sound/mixer" so apparently booting up with the card in kicks my sound card offline. I just rechecked to make sure that the RPMs were installed as you said and they were. -Noah
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Derek Jennings wrote: > > Did you check that /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia contains > PCMCIA=yes ? > > And do you hear two 'beeps' from your computer when booting? > > > The DWL-650 is supported by Mandrake using the wvlan_cs driver by default. > > > derk > > > On Wednesday 19 Feb 2003 5:24 am, Noah A Hicks wrote: > > Some information I forgot to include: > > PCMCIA wireless card make: > > D-Link > > Model: > > DWL-650 > > > > I saw on a website I can't remember that this card was supported in Linux. > > The website didn't mention how difficult it might be to get it running ;). > > -Noah > > On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Noah A Hicks > > > > wrote: > > > Well derek, I did exactly as you said but I don't see any thing on the > > > MDK control center wizard regarding wireless networking. It only shows > > > my ethernet card. I installed the RPMS you suggested with grpmi. > > > dmesg does not show anything with PCMCIA. > > > > > > I have > > > found an article on: > > > http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/02/17/1610206.shtml?tid=14 > > > with looks really similar to my problem. I have tried the first few > > > steps with no success. Any other pointers? > > > Thanks alot > > > Noah > > > > > > On Tuesday 18 Feb 2003 5:35 am, Noah A Hicks wrote: > > > > Could anyone tell me the basic steps to getting a pcmcia wireless card > > > > setup on MDK 9.0? I have just purchased a card and I recall MDK Linux > > > > setup asking me if I had a PCMCIA card but at that time I did not. I've > > > > looked at: http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ and I downloaded the file > > > > from: https://sourceforge.net/projects/pcmcia-cs/ but I don't know if I > > > > should start unpacking this file and compiling everything or if MDK has > > > > some way of setting it up. The system seems to know that something has > > > > happened when I plug it in, so maybe it's just a matter of loading > > > > modules into the kernel. I have no idea. > > > > Thanks for any info, > > > > -Noah > > > > > > No do not compile anything. Everything is already available. If you did > > > not have a pcmcia adapter in your computer when you installed then you > > > need to install pcmcia-cs which is already on your CDs. Just use your > > > Mandrake Software Manager. You will also need to install wireless-tools > > > RPM (from your CD) Next take a look at the file /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia and > > > make sure it says PCMCIA=yes Now do a reboot with your card plugged in > > > and you should hear some 'beeps' when the Pcmcia slot is activated. Now > > > just go through the networking wizard in Mandrake Control Centre, and > > > hopefully it will detetct your card type and offer you the wireless > > > parameters to set up. The important ones are :- MODE Managed or Ad-Hoc > > > ESSID to match your network RATE 11M KEY your encryption key either in > > > Hex as > > > 11:22:33:44:55 , or in ascii as s:mykey You did not actually say what > > > type if card you have. So we will have to guess if it is a supported > > > model. If it does not work type dmesg in a terminal and look for the > > > setup messages for the pcmcia slot. HTH derek -- > > > ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy > > > your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to > > > http://www.mandrakestore.com > > -- > ---------------------------------- > www.jennings.homelinux.net > >
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