Is this a question better asked on this list or the expert list? > I just purchased a Blitzz BWP612B NetWave Point PC > 802.11b 11Mbps Wireless LAN Cardbus PC Card. The > product claims to support Linux Red Hat 8.0, so I > would assume that it would work with Mandrake 9.2, > but > I don't know what I need to do to make it work > > I honestly don't remember the specs on my system. > It > is a Gateway 400 SP series laptop. The card works just > fine when I reboot and use WindowsXP, so the problem > is not with incompatible hardware. > > I've read through some of the previous postings and > attempted to follow some of the instructions there. > I > have installed pcmcia-cs and wireless-tools. > > # more /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia > PCMCIA=yes > PCIC=yenta_socket > > But whenever I startup, my card doesn't give the > "two > beeps" i am supposed to hear when the PCMCIA slot > is > activated. > > # cardctl ident > Socket 0: > no product info available > > I also don't see a listing for the pcmcia slot under > HardDrake, and > # dmesg | grep pcmcia returns nothing. > > If it didn't work perfectly in Windows I would think > that there was a hardware problem. As it is, I have > no idea what is wrong, nor any idea what I need to > do > to fix it. > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. > http://photos.yahoo.com/ > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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