On Sun, 2006-12-17 at 18:13 +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi Henrik, > > Henrik Hjelte wrote: > > > > Also I have problems with starting the driver automatically at startup. > > I've put zd1211rw last in /etc/modules. I have to unplug the usb stick > > before rebooting, and plug it in again after Linux has loaded, else it > > fails: USB control request for firmware upload failed. Error number > > -110. I suspect this has to do with zd1211rw being loaded too early in > > the process, but I don't know to fix it. What is the proper way to load > > the modules, is /etc/modules the right thing? > > > > No, usually the driver modules for usb are supposed > to be loaded by the appropriate udev rules. And this > should work at boot time too, i.e. no need to unplug > the usb dongle. This doesn't work for me. The log says that some usb device is plugged-in, but the zd1211rw driver isn't loaded.
> > I would suggest to try the wpasupplicant package. I use an open network, so I don't think I need wpasupplicant. > For > Debian and Ubuntu the appropriate support has been added > to the ifupdown scripts. You have to configure your wlan > gateway to do wpa-psk, though. > > My entry for wlan in /etc/network/interfaces looks like > this: > allow-hotplug eth2 > iface eth2 inet static > wpa-driver wext > wpa-ssid mynet > wpa-psk my_precious_wpa_passphrase > address 192.168.1.2 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > gateway 192.168.1.1 I use dhcp on an open network, and the usb stick is eth1, so I tried allow-hotplug eth1 iface eth1 inet dhcp wpa-driver wext wireless-essid MyOpenNetwork it almost worked, I got a connection but no dhcp ip. I don't use my laptop that much, so I can live with my current setup that works. Plugging in the usb stick after reboots, and this little wlan.sh script for connecting. #!/bin/sh sudo iwconfig eth1 essid MyOpenNetwork dhclient I have not tried downgrading the firmware yet. Thanks for all help, Henrik Hjelte ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.ath.cx/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
