On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 07:41:29PM +1100, Grahame Kelly wrote: > Unfortuantely I still get the following /var/log/message errors on the PCMCIA > card install. > > Can anyone suggest a fix ? I am running 24.19 kernel (SuSE 8.0 Distribution). > > > millie -- MARK -- > millie cardmgr[219]: socket 0: Intersil PRISM2 Reference Design 11Mb/s WLAN > Card > millie cardmgr[219]: executing: 'modprobe prism2_cs' > millie kernel: init_module: prism2_cs.o: 0.1.10 Loaded > millie kernel: init_module: dev_info is: prism2_cs > millie kernel: prism2_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 3.3, irq 5, io 0x0100-0x013f > millie kernel: prism2sta_initmac: Failed, result=-61 > millie kernel: prism2sta_event: MAC Initialization failed. result=-61 > (Laptop hangs where until I remove the PCMCIA Wireless card then ...) > millie cardmgr[219]: executing: './wlan-ng start wlan0' > millie kernel: hfa384x_docmd_wait: hfa384x_cmd timeout(1), reg=0xffff. > millie kernel: hfa384x_docmd_wait: hfa384x_cmd timeout(1), reg=0xffff. > millie cardmgr[219]: executing: './wlan-ng stop wlan0' > millie cardmgr[219]: executing: 'modprobe -r prism2_cs' > millie kernel: prism2_cs.o: 0.1.10 Unloaded > millie kernel: p80211.o: 0.1.10 Unloaded > > On the PCI machines, I am able to successfully : > "modprobe prism2_pci" to load correctly along with 802_11 module. > "wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=default authtype=opensystem" > "ifconfig wlan0 10.10.10.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.10.10.255" > "route add default gw 10.10.10.100" > all respond with any errors or conerns on 2> or in syslog. > But, unfortunately on a ping 10.10.10.100 I get network unreachable errors. > I have probably got some setup wrong! >
Hi Grahame, The problem with some native PCI wireless cards is that you must have a PCI2.2 compliant motherboard to make them work. So if you bought these cards to work in computers which aren't fairly recent, you may be out of luck. The main difference in PCI2.2 is the existance of a 3.3VDC rail, and the necessary logic conditions to indicate its availability. See if your motherboards are PCI2.2 compliant, if not, there isn't much you can do about it (however, there are some exceptions to the rule, sometimes, out of chance, a PCI2.2 card will work in a PCI2.1 board.) -- Jon Teh -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
