----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 10:56 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Detecting WLAN Card
> On Monday 12 Jan 2004 1:57 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > SNIP > > > > Derek, > > I've located the Prism2_cs module, exactly where you said it was. That > > means I definitely have it. But when I launch the wizard to setup the LAN, > > therefore detecting network cards also, this module does not show up on the > > list. This probably has to do with the problem. > > > > When I do modprobe prism2_cs, nothing happens. This card definitely works, > > because, as I said, it works fine on Windows XP. > > > > I also checked Force No APIC in the CC, and nothing changed. > > > > /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia contains PCMCIA = yes > > > > I added the card to the config file also. > > > > There must be something one of us is forgetting or doing wrong, because the > > card works fine. > > > > Thanks for all your help so far, > > Marc > > I am not surprised you do not see prism2_cs appear in the driver list. Drivers > for pcmcia cards are always autodetected. > > > When you say nothing happens when you do a modprobe, that is actually quite > positive. It implies the driver is loading, and is not being rejected. > What do you see if you do > > lsmod | grep prism > > after the modprobe? That will tell us if the driver is loading. > > And what do you see if you do > > tail -n 30 /var/log/syslog ? Any entries about pcmcia or prism? > > And > iwconfig ? > > There is one other thing I forgot to check. > The pcmcia service has to be started. In a root terminal enter > service pcmcia restart > You should hear two beeps as it restarts, then do > tail -n 30 /var/log/syslog again to see what it says. > > derek > > -- > ---------------------------------- > www.jennings.homelinux.net > http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org > > > Derek, To make it easier for you, I've posted some screenshots here(because the files are too big to send through the mailing group): http://www.freewebs.com/linuxss/ss1.png http://www.freewebs.com/linuxss/ss2.png http://www.freewebs.com/linuxss/ss3.png http://www.freewebs.com/linuxss/ss4.png http://www.freewebs.com/linuxss/ss5.png I gather from those that we got part of the name of the network card wrong when inserting it in the config file. Thanks, Marc ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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