Hello, everybody!
I've an old notebook with a Realtek Semiconductor 8185 PCMCIA wireless card. But I can not install it. I'm needing some help with this, please. Some outputs are in the following text.

Thank you,

Roby (Ushuaia, Argentina)




steve@steve-laptop:~$ lspci -v
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8605 [ProSavage PM133]
Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited.: Unknown device 1183
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Memory at a0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities:

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8605 [PM133 AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: e0000000-efffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 90000000-9fffffff
Capabilities:

0000:00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933/711E1 CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited.: Unknown device 10e7
Flags: bus master, stepping, slow devsel, latency 168, IRQ 9
Memory at 18000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 10000000-11fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 12000000-13fff000
I/O window 0: 00001800-000018ff
I/O window 1: 00001c00-00001cff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

0000:00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933/711E1 CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited.: Unknown device 10e7
Flags: bus master, stepping, slow devsel, latency 168, IRQ 9
Memory at 18001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=09, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 14000000-15fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 16000000-17fff000
I/O window 0: 00002000-000020ff
I/O window 1: 00002400-000024ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

0000:00:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited.: Unknown device 1162
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 9
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Memory at f0004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities:

0000:00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited.: Unknown device 111c
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 10
I/O ports at e400 [size=256]
Memory at f0008000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities:

0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8231 [PCI-to-ISA Bridge] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited.: Unknown device 1186
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities:

0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited.: Unknown device 1186
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
I/O ports at 1100 [size=16]
Capabilities:

0000:00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1e) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 22, IRQ 9
I/O ports at 1200 [size=32]
Capabilities:

0000:00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1e) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 22, IRQ 9
I/O ports at 1300 [size=32]
Capabilities:

0000:00:11.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ACPI (rev 10)
Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited.: Unknown device 1186
Flags: medium devsel
Capabilities:

0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 40)
Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited.: Unknown device 1185
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
I/O ports at e100 [size=4]
I/O ports at e104 [size=4]
Capabilities:

0000:00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 20)
Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited.: Unknown device 1185
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at e200 [size=256]
Capabilities:

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C380 [ProSavageDDR K4M266] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited.: Unknown device 1184
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Memory at 90000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Expansion ROM at 98000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities:

0000:06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 8185 (rev 20)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 8185
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9
I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
Memory at 16000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities:

steve@steve-laptop:~$ lsusb -v

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 9 Hub
bDeviceSubClass 0 Unused
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x0000
idProduct 0x0000
bcdDevice 2.06
iManufacturer 3
iProduct 2
iSerial 1
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 25
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xe0
Self Powered
Remote Wakeup
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 9 Hub
bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes
bInterval 255
can't get hub descriptor: Operation not permitted
cannot read device status, Operation not permitted (1)

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 9 Hub
bDeviceSubClass 0 Unused
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x0000
idProduct 0x0000
bcdDevice 2.06
iManufacturer 3
iProduct 2
iSerial 1
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 25
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xe0
Self Powered
Remote Wakeup
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 9 Hub
bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes
bInterval 255
can't get hub descriptor: Operation not permitted
cannot read device status, Operation not permitted (1)

Hi rsottini, Welcome to lq. You can try the experimental drivers here or ndiswrapper here.
Good luck. ;-)

I installed Xubuntu and it recognized the wireless network card.

Thank you,



Roby

You're welcome, glad you sorted it!
Good luck. ;-)

Hi!
Now I'm having another problem. This notebook locks two seconds some minutes later that a do the first ping or connection to a web site. Then the wireless doesn't work anymore. I have to turn the notebook off and on, and then it works again.
Very rare!

This notebook is not mine. My friend has it in his home. I didn't take a look yet, but he uses UNIX and know is learning Linux (Xubuntu).

Thanks

Roby (from Argentina)

What does /var/log/syslog and /var/log/messages say about the lockups?
Good luck. ;-)