In that case open MandrakeControlCentre>System>Services and check that pcmcia is set to start at boot, and if it already is then you may have an IRQ conflict between your pcmcia slot and your sound card. You can check that in KDE Control Centre>Information>Interrupts (I daresay there is a Gnome equivalent)
If you have an IRQ conflict you have to fix it in your BIOS. Start by setting PnPAwareOS=no, then if you are unable to assign IRQ lines in your BIOS, try disabling unused devices, or moving cards to different slots. It can be a bit of a PITA getting the IRQ lines right. derek On Wednesday 19 Feb 2003 1:42 pm, Noah A Hicks wrote: > /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia does contain PCMCIA=yes, however, the two beeps were > not heard at bootup and upon starting GNOME I got the message "could not > open device /dev/sound/mixer" so apparently booting up with the card in > kicks my sound card offline. I just rechecked to make sure that the RPMs > were installed as you said and they were. > -Noah > > On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Derek Jennings wrote: > > Did you check that /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia contains > > PCMCIA=yes ? > > > > And do you hear two 'beeps' from your computer when booting? > > > > > > The DWL-650 is supported by Mandrake using the wvlan_cs driver by > > default. > > > > > > derk > > > > On Wednesday 19 Feb 2003 5:24 am, Noah A Hicks wrote: > > > Some information I forgot to include: > > > PCMCIA wireless card make: > > > D-Link > > > Model: > > > DWL-650 > > > > > > I saw on a website I can't remember that this card was supported in > > > Linux. The website didn't mention how difficult it might be to get it > > > running ;). -Noah > > > On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Noah A Hicks > > > > > > wrote: > > > > Well derek, I did exactly as you said but I don't see any thing on > > > > the MDK control center wizard regarding wireless networking. It only > > > > shows my ethernet card. I installed the RPMS you suggested with > > > > grpmi. dmesg does not show anything with PCMCIA. > > > > > > > > I have > > > > found an article on: > > > > http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/02/17/1610206.shtml?tid=14 > > > > with looks really similar to my problem. I have tried the first few > > > > steps with no success. Any other pointers? > > > > Thanks alot > > > > Noah > > > > > > > > On Tuesday 18 Feb 2003 5:35 am, Noah A Hicks wrote: > > > > > Could anyone tell me the basic steps to getting a pcmcia wireless > > > > > card setup on MDK 9.0? I have just purchased a card and I recall > > > > > MDK Linux setup asking me if I had a PCMCIA card but at that time I > > > > > did not. I've looked at: http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ and I > > > > > downloaded the file from: > > > > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/pcmcia-cs/ but I don't know if I > > > > > should start unpacking this file and compiling everything or if MDK > > > > > has some way of setting it up. The system seems to know that > > > > > something has happened when I plug it in, so maybe it's just a > > > > > matter of loading modules into the kernel. I have no idea. > > > > > Thanks for any info, > > > > > -Noah > > > > > > > > No do not compile anything. Everything is already available. If you > > > > did not have a pcmcia adapter in your computer when you installed > > > > then you need to install pcmcia-cs which is already on your CDs. Just > > > > use your Mandrake Software Manager. You will also need to install > > > > wireless-tools RPM (from your CD) Next take a look at the file > > > > /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia and make sure it says PCMCIA=yes Now do a > > > > reboot with your card plugged in and you should hear some 'beeps' > > > > when the Pcmcia slot is activated. Now just go through the networking > > > > wizard in Mandrake Control Centre, and hopefully it will detetct your > > > > card type and offer you the wireless parameters to set up. The > > > > important ones are :- MODE Managed or Ad-Hoc ESSID to match your > > > > network RATE 11M KEY your encryption key either in Hex as > > > > 11:22:33:44:55 , or in ascii as s:mykey You did not actually say what > > > > type if card you have. So we will have to guess if it is a supported > > > > model. If it does not work type dmesg in a terminal and look for the > > > > setup messages for the pcmcia slot. HTH derek -- > > > > ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to > > > > buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to > > > > http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > -- > > ---------------------------------- > > www.jennings.homelinux.net -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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