Patrick. Do you hear the 'beeps' when pcmcia service starts? Have a look in syslog (/var/log/syslog) for messages relating to pcmcia What do they say?
Is this a laptop or a desktop with a pcmcia-pci adapter? What happens if you type pcic_probe in a root terminal window? derek On Sunday 03 Nov 2002 2:32 am, Patrick Griffin wrote: > Thanks derek for that have all installed as far as i can tell. Cardmanager > reports No pcmcia driver in Proc/devices on start. What did I do wrong > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 12:20 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Wireless > > > BTW: I should have also said. If your pcmcia card is not detected then > > look at the file /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia It should read > > > PCMCIA=yes > > PCIC=yenta_socket > > > > derek > > > > > > On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 13:04:37 +0000 > > > > Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 13:06:50 +1100 > > > > > > "Patrick Griffin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > Running mandrake 8.2 and I'm trying to install a plx wireless > > carrier with an Orinoco wireless card. Tried reading the how to's with no > success. Can any one step me through how to add this module. Hardware > reports an unknown device. > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > > > Regards pat > > > > > > You need to install the pcmcia_cs and wireless-tools RPMS from your CDs > > > Then next time you reboot yor pcmcia sockets should be detected and > > become active. You will hear two beeps from your computer when the pcmcia > slots are enabled. Two beeps of different tone means your oricoco card was > detected OK. Two beeps of same tone means it was not. > > > > Go through the Mandrake Control Centre Networking wizard. It should > > > have > > detected your card and installed the 'wvlan_cs' driver. In the wizard you > can set the wireless parameters (encryption key rate etc) after you > complete the wizard with OK, DO NOT exit the GUI with OK. A bug means that > it will write your old configuration back again. You must exit the GUI > with 'Cancel' > > > > Your card should now be working. If it is not it is most likely a > > problem with encryption key or essid (Note ASCII encryption keys have to > be entered in the format s:key_name ) > > > > You can use the command 'iwconfig eth0' in a root terminal window to > > > set > > up the wireless card by hand, and 'man iwconfig' will give you all the > parameters. > > > > HTH > > > > > > derek > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- ---- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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