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Old 05-14-2004, 09:22 PM   #1
chopp
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Unhappy Proxim/Orinoco 8420-WD


I'm not exactly sure what I have done wrong, or not done, but I can't seem to get this card up and running.
slackware current, kernel 2.6.5.
The error I am getting is that the wlags49_h2_cs.o can't be found:

May 13 18:05:42 casebliss cardmgr[167]: executing: 'modprobe wlags49_h2_cs 2>&1'
May 13 18:05:42 casebliss cardmgr[167]: + FATAL: Module wlags49_h2_cs not found.
May 13 18:05:42 casebliss cardmgr[167]: modprobe exited with status 1
May 13 18:05:42 casebliss cardmgr[167]: module /lib/modules/2.6.5/pcmcia/wlags49_h2_cs.o not available
May 13 18:05:42 casebliss cardmgr[167]: socket 1: NDC Instant-Link Ethernet
May 13 18:05:42 casebliss kernel: eth0: NE2000 Compatible: io 0x300, irq 3, hw_addr 00:C0:F0:1C:FF:FF

I have done 3 kernel update's since the original install, so in /lib/modules, there is
2.4.25, 2.6.0, and 2.6.5 (my present kernel) The only one that has a pcmcia directory is
the 2.4.25?

What I did was from pcmcia-cs-3.2.7, extract wl_lkm_718_release.tar.gz
./Configure
./Build
./Install

here is the output of cardctl ident:
Socket 0:
product info: "Agere Systems", "Wireless PC Card Model 0111", "", ""
manfid: 0x0156, 0x0003
function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:
product info: "PCMCIA", "Ethernet", "", ""
function: 6 (network)

and the output of lsmod:
Module Size Used by
nfsd 100168 8
exportfs 6656 1 nfsd
intel_agp 18716 1
pcnet_cs 19892 1
8390 10368 1 pcnet_cs
crc32 4608 1 8390
ds 18692 5 pcnet_cs
yenta_socket 17792 2
pcmcia_core 64964 3 pcnet_cs,ds,yenta_socket
agpgart 34728 1 intel_agp

does anyone have any idea what I have done wrong?

Last edited by chopp; 05-14-2004 at 09:38 PM.
 
Old 06-03-2004, 03:36 PM   #2
raghos
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Hi!

I have the same problem: I'm trying to setup my proxim 8421-WD pc-card, but I don't seem to be able to install the agere drivers properly.

The readme files of the drivers has the following instructions:

1) download/extract pcmcia package
2) exctract drivers
3) run ./COnfigure, make all, ./Build and ./Install

Now, I have Mandrake 10 and I've installed the latest kernel (2.6.3-13mdk) and also downloaded the source files for the kernel.

The kernel I have has built-in pcmcia support, which I believe is working fine as "cardctl ident" and other stuff works fine except that I have the wrong driver. So far I've tried many things except recompiling the kernel which seems unnecessary (and I don't know what I'm doing so...). The question is how the hell to install those drivers given that the kernel has built-in pcmcia support and won't use the pcmcia package which I'm trying to installl?

Thanks!
 
Old 08-27-2004, 09:06 AM   #3
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You need to downgrade your kernel to a 2.4 version.

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