Llama, Ok, I no longer have to do yast. It still requires however, a rcnetwark restart to turn on the card. Should I try alias eth-pcmcia orinoco_cs in /etc/modules.conf? Where do I change the order so that the pcmcia loads after network loads?
Best, Keith B. "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> LLama, >> >> No such bird as ifcfg-eth1. I did put alias eth1 orinoco_cs in >> /etc/modulesconf. I found ifcfg-eth-pcmcia-0, but no entry for >> ONBOOOT. I restarted the network using rcnetwork restart, but I have >> not rebooted. Will do it now and get back to you. > >I should have prefaced my suggestions with the warning that I have zero >wireless experience, and i'm just basing everything on how this all >works with a traditional 10/100 NIC. Its quite possible that SuSE uses >ifcfg-eth-pcmcia-0 instead of ifcfg-eth[0,1]. > >> >> Thanks for your response. Enjoy that new baby!!! > >Thanks. We're trying, in between the lack of sleep :) > > >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Keith B. >> >> "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>Sounds like Joel might be onto something. First, *forget* YAST. Its >>>obscuring what you need to accomplish. You should first look at >>>/etc/modules.conf to see if there is an entry for eth1. If not, add it >>>like this: >>>alias eth1 orinoco_cs >>> >>>Next, look at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 and verify that >>>ONBOOT=YES, and all the other info listed is correct. >>> >>>Report your progress. >>> >>>Joel Hammer wrote: >>> >>>>Don't know nuthin' about wireless, laptops, or PCMCIA, but: This sounds >>>> >>> >> >> like the drivers aren't loading at boot up. What modules are present after >> >>>>YAST sets up your card and what modules are loaded after reboot (lsmod) ? >>>> >>>>You might look at your bootup messages (/var/log/messages, dmesg) and >>>>see if your card is being detected at bootup. >>>> >>>>Does ifconfig show this type of card? >>>> >>>>Joel >>>> >>>>On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 01:35:55PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Hello Lists, >>>>> >>>>>I have set up my Siemens Wireless PCMCIA card using the orinoco_cs drivers >>>>>and according to the manufacturer, I have altered the following files: >>>>> >>>>>1. /etc/pcmcia/config - put the info about the card and told it to >>>>> bind to orinoco_cs here. >>>>>2. /etc/wireless.opts - put the INFO aabout INFO, ESSID, MODE here. >>>>> >>>>>3. Setup the card under yast as eth-pcmcia-0 which gets put up as eth1. >>>>>4. When I finish the set up it runs like a charm. >>>>> >>>>>When I shutdown the laptop when I'm done and later reboot it, nothings >>>>>works until I go back to yast and reset the card up again. What am I >>>>>missing? >>>>> >>>>>HARDWARE INFO: Compaq M700 (PIII-850, 256M RAM, Two Type II PCMCIA slots >>>>> Linksys Access Point >>>>> Siemens PCMCIA Wireless NIC in Slot 1 (2nd slot) >>>>> >>>>>SOFTWARE INFO: SuSE 8.0 Pro, KDE3, Basically out of box install with >>>>> YOU updates. Uses yenta_socket drivers. >>>>> >>>>>Thanks in advance for help. BTW, Can't get it to run at all under WinXP. >>>>>Go figure!!! > > >-- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com > > 2:20pm up 30 days, 21:13, 4 users, load average: 0.07, 0.07, 0.10 > >_______________________________________________ >Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
