Hello, As per the thread at oesf, the issue was that there wasn't enough power coming from the Zaurus's USB port to power it. When I used a powered USB hub, the adapter worked fine.
-Montana On Dec 12, 2007 11:46 AM, Montana Quiring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > First off, thanks for the work put into this driver. I'm sure it > wasn't a walk in the park. > > As per the Subject line I'm trying to get a USB Wifi device working on > the Sharp Zaurus (a Linux sub-sub-laptop). > > I started a thread on the OESF forum, if you want to read it first: > http://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=25125 > > Someone who has the kernel source and a compile environment was kind > enough to compile the driver for me. > I'm running a 2.6.16 kernel with the pdaXrom R198 distro. Because it > no 2.6.18 or better he had to compile the one that was not supported. > :( > > I've installed the kernel module and according to dmesg it looks like > it loads OK: > usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > > _____ ____ _ ____ > |__ / _| _ \ / \ / ___| > / / | | | | | |/ _ \ \___ \ > / /| |_| | |_| / ___ \ ___) | > /____\__, |____/_/ \_\____/ > |___/ > ZD1211B - version 2.22.0.0-development > vendor_id = 0ace > product_id = 1215 > USB 1.1 Host > Release Ver = 4810 > EEPORM Ver = 4810 > Finsih download Firmware. Ready to reboot > PA type: 0 > PHYNEWLayout = 1 > Airoha AL2230S_RF > OverWrite CR47 = 0x1C > zd1205_config: EEP(HWFeature)=0x580 > AllowedChannel = 000107ff > Region:16 > usbcore: registered new driver zd1211b > > I've typed the following, but it still just keeps blinking and never > connects to the AP: > modprobe -v zd1211b > ifconfig eth0 up > iwconfig eth0 rate 2000kb > iwconfig eth0 channel 11 > iwconfig eth0 essid linksys > iwpriv eth0 set_mac_mode 3 > iwconfig eth0 mode 2 > > (I read that I can't changed the channel while in managed mode... why is > that?) > > if I try and run "dhcpd eth0", it blinks for a bit and then seems to > down the eth0 device > > If I look at dmesg after I've tried connecting to an AP it starts out by > saying: > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready > Wait too long to start scanning > > then is says a lot of: > ZD1211_TX_BUSY is locked over 5 seconds > jiffies = 1817302, lastSetBusy = 1815785, HZ=100 > (the above two lines repeat many times with only the jiffies and > lastSetBusy numbers changing) > > then near the bottom I get (FYI, might have been around when I > unplugged the device): > macp is NULL or macp.flags.ZD1211_RUNNING > Wait too long to start scanning > soc: WM8750 <-> pxa2xx-i2s info > soc: rate mask 0x6fe > soc: min ch 2 max ch 2 > soc: min rate 8000 max 96000 > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready > Call StartSTA(IBSS or AP) > > Any advice would be appreciated! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
