Still no luck! PLEASE help.
 

Well, I've tried every combination of PCMCIA-CS packages, I've tried the agere driver v 7.08 and v 7.14. I've also tried using Redhat 9.0, Mandrake 9.1, SuSe 9.0, and Fedora Core r1. No luck, everything still gives me one high beep then one low beep when the card is inserted. If I type 'dmesg' I get this (which I've seen posted here before):

wlags49_h2_cs.o:ERROR:wl_insert hcf_connect() failed, status: 0x83
: Wireless, HCF failure: "Timeout on timer calibration during initialization process"
wlags49_h2_cs.o:ERROR:wl_insert wl_insert() FAILED

What gives. I do have a Dell Inspiron 7000 if that matters. I can't figure it out. I'm at about my wit's end. Someone please help. Thanks for any help in advance.

-Jake

8420-WD WILL NOT WORK IN SUSE 9.0!!!!!!!
 

Hello,

Ive walked through every single step that you guys have posted for this card and I simply cannot get it to work in suse 9.0 . I tried getting the driver from ageres website and greenblaze.com but when I try to install it I keep getting this :

linux:/home/gbb123/agere # ./Install

Error: Run 'make config' first!

linux:/home/gbb123/agere #

There is no file named "config" :confused: so I dont understand why it wants me to do this.

Ive also gotten a different orinoco driver that is suppose to work for hermes chipsets and I have been subscribed to orinoco-devel@lists.sourceforge.net for about a month and it has not yielded any answers or worked for that matter.

Can anyone help me get this driver to work or tell me where I can find help installing this card with suse 9.0 ?

Mine works as I've previously posted -- but seriously

1) Is your card the "Real one" I.E does it have Lucent Technologies wriiten in white on the front

here's what it should look like

http://www.1kyle.com/orinoco1.jpg

and on the back

http://www.1kyle.com/orinoco2.jpg

If it is then it should use the ORINOCO module as the card will be PRISM chip based.

Anything else -- you've got probs as the card will be a "Clone" and anything could be inside.

If it is a genuine one - on SUSE 9 start again -- you don't need to compile anything -- follow my posts on this card in this forum -- it should work.

Important -- any other LAN cards -- ensure you set to MANUAL start

the Orinoco card set wlan0 to boot on HOTPLUG and don't have the card in when booting.
insert after system has booted.

If it's not a prism chipset -- Sorry can't help you.

Good Luck

I'm a total linux newbie just for the record, but I'm really trying to get my wireless up and running on Red Hat 9 -- I also tried Mandrake 9.2, 10 and Knoppix STD 0.1

I've found this thread more promising than almost any other piece of info I've located on the net -- I have gotten just about as far as jipe did on his first post -- however when I run

cardctl ident

I get
Socket 0:
product info = none

Socket 1:
product info = none

that's not the exact output, but I had to reboot with windows to type up this post.

This orinoco card has the external connector -- and it came out of an Orinoco GOLD USB adapter that I have. I would be using the USB but it's kinda buggy and I can't even get the freaking card running in a pci to pcmcia adapter ... so good luck with usb and linux.

The socket detects as a YENTA socket on the pci bus...

also, I was unable to run
#/etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart

it seems that it's not there.

Could it be the firmware that's on the card? Is it possible to flash it from linux even though it doesn't seem to be detecting properly?

Well it is important to realize what card you have. There are general two chips sets that i have seen hermes, and hermes2. My problems with drivers is do to the fact that the hermes2 chipset was unsupported in linux until several months ago. I had spent a long time try to get any drivers to work. Once drivers were posted it didn't take me to long to get it nailed. If it is a new proxim card than it is most likely a hermes2 chipset.

Hi, thanks for the heads up --- the thing is that the card that comes out of the USB adaptor has no sticker on one side. Also, the card does not provide me with the info i.e v. 0111 like you guys get.

I'll keep on it and report back in.

Proxim/Orinoco 8420-WD
 

I'm not exactly sure what I have done wrong, or not done, but I can't seem to get this card up and running.
slackware current, kernel 2.6.5.
The error I am getting is that the wlags49_h2_cs.o can't be found:

May 13 18:05:42 casebliss cardmgr[167]: executing: 'modprobe wlags49_h2_cs 2>&1'
May 13 18:05:42 casebliss cardmgr[167]: + FATAL: Module wlags49_h2_cs not found.
May 13 18:05:42 casebliss cardmgr[167]: modprobe exited with status 1
May 13 18:05:42 casebliss cardmgr[167]: module /lib/modules/2.6.5/pcmcia/wlags49_h2_cs.o not available
May 13 18:05:42 casebliss cardmgr[167]: socket 1: NDC Instant-Link Ethernet
May 13 18:05:42 casebliss kernel: eth0: NE2000 Compatible: io 0x300, irq 3, hw_addr 00:C0:F0:1C:FF:FF

I have done 3 kernel update's since the original install, so in /lib/modules, there is
2.4.25, 2.6.0, and 2.6.5 (my present kernel) The only one that has a pcmcia directory is
the 2.4.25?

What I did was from pcmcia-cs-3.2.7, extract wl_lkm_718_release.tar.gz
./Configure
./Build
./Install

here is the output of cardctl ident:
Socket 0:
product info: "Agere Systems", "Wireless PC Card Model 0111", "", ""
manfid: 0x0156, 0x0003
function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:
product info: "PCMCIA", "Ethernet", "", ""
function: 6 (network)

and the output of lsmod:
Module Size Used by
nfsd 100168 8
exportfs 6656 1 nfsd
intel_agp 18716 1
pcnet_cs 19892 1
8390 10368 1 pcnet_cs
crc32 4608 1 8390
ds 18692 5 pcnet_cs
yenta_socket 17792 2
pcmcia_core 64964 3 pcnet_cs,ds,yenta_socket
agpgart 34728 1 intel_agp

does anyone have any idea what I have done wrong?

Orinoco Gold Card 8420-WD
 

.....Like many others on this post...I am going crazy...I've been trying to get this shit to work for months...although unlike many others...I'll never go back to windows wether wireless works or not....I'm not sure if the borderline threats to go back to windows are supposed to scare the people trying to help or not...but w/e...

I get my wireless card...plug it in..and I format my not new dell laptop with Fedora Core 3 Test 3....
The wireless card not recognized and not working.... ok....So I plug in my 3com and it's recognized and working in a few seconds...I yum update, get fluxbox configure that, play around with my themes, download a fxp program, download some porn...Then I go back to my wireless card...I try to manually modprobe some drivers...


[root@admins wireless]# modprobe orinoco
[root@admins wireless]# modprobe orinoco_pci
[root@admins wireless]# modprobe orinoco_plx
[root@admins wireless]# modprobe orinoco_tmd
[root@admins wireless]# modprobe wavelan
[root@admins wireless]# modprobe hermes
[root@admins wireless]# modprobe orinoco_pci

So then I pop my card out, and pop it back in...do tail -3 /var/log/messages

[root@admins wireless]# tail -3 /var/log/messages
Oct 13 21:46:10 admins cardmgr[1563]: unsupported card in socket 1
Oct 13 21:46:10 admins cardmgr[1563]: product info: "Agere Systems", "Wireless PC Card Model 0111", "", ""
Oct 13 21:46:10 admins cardmgr[1563]: manfid: 0x0156, 0x0003 function: 6 (network)
[root@admins wireless]#


ok, So then I start to wonder...hmm...I thought orinoco cards were one of the first linux cards to have open source drivers....This must be odd...The sole reason for buying this card was that it would be supported by linux...So I do some investigating...and I find out...That they switch the chipsets or soomething...And this chipset is hermes 2 apparently.... ''cardctl info" down below

[root@admins wireless]# cardctl info
PRODID_1="3Com"
PRODID_2="Megahertz 589E"
PRODID_3="TP/BNC LAN PC Card"
PRODID_4="005"
MANFID=0101,0589
FUNCID=6
PRODID_1="Agere Systems"
PRODID_2="Wireless PC Card Model 0111"
PRODID_3=""
PRODID_4=""
MANFID=0156,0003
FUNCID=6
[root@admins wireless]#

And I find out that even though proxim makes my card, agere makes the chipset...which is the important part...

I call proxim, and I talked to 3 women....That have no idea what linux is...And they hold my hand, and tell me to download a zip file with all windows binaries..and they insist I click on the executable....

10 minutes later, they get me through to a man, who knows what linux is....He tells me that my card model is unsupported....and I inquiry about agere.com...and he says that's 3rd party support and he can't help with that...and he can't help me at all...and he hangs up on me...

So then I check agere's website...and I download 722 tarball, and I attempt to install the drivers...


[root@admins chit]# mkdir 722; cd 722; wget http://www.agere.com/mobility/docs/w...22_abg.tar.gz; tar zxf *.gz; ls;
--22:04:59-- http://www.agere.com/mobility/docs/w...722_abg.tar.gz
=> `wl_lkm_722_abg.tar.gz'
Resolving www.agere.com... 192.19.194.178
Connecting to www.agere.com[192.19.194.178]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1,088,679 [application/x-tar]

100%[===================================================================================>] 1,088,679 647.71K/s

22:05:02 (645.41 KB/s) - `wl_lkm_722_abg.tar.gz' saved [1,088,679/1,088,679]

Build hcf include lib README.wlags49 wlags49.mk
etc hostap Install man wireless wl_lkm_722_abg.tar.gz
[root@admins 722]#



So it must be easy to install... just ./Install right?
[root@admins 722]# ./Install

Error: Run 'make config' first!

make config...There is no config file..



maybe ./Build ?

[root@admins 722]# ./Build

Error: Run 'make config' first!

[root@admins 722]#

Hmm, back to the invisble config file...

There is one wlags49.mk file, so I make -f wlags49.mk


[root@admins 722]# make -f wlags49.mk
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/chit/722/wireless'
wlags49_cs.mk:5: ../config.mk: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `../config.mk'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/chit/722/wireless'
make: *** [wlags49_h2_cs] Error 2


o great...it wants that invisible config file again...
lags49_cs.mk:5: ../config.mk: No such file or directory



AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I call agere, and I only have to talk to one woman this time, she says she'll have someone call me and she takes my number, so a couple hours later, I get a call...And we talk about Fedora for awhile...and he says he couldn't get them installed on fedora either....


Then I tried downloading 718 and I get the exact same results...(no config file).

Then I actually find the README*
and I read it...
and I find out there is no 2.6.x kernel support!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 AHHHHHHH

DOes anyone have custom drivers...or anything for 2.6.x?

Can anyone help me or direct me in a better or the right direction...

Has anyone at all got the 8420-WD card with the hermes II chipset(I'm assuming they all have hermesII?) to work with linux?

If so please reply, TIA to all!!!

answer for make config
 

Hi guys,

First you have to install the PCMCIA package, you can download it from

http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net

the file name will looks like

pcmcia-cs-3.2.7.tar.tar

After running the ./Configure, run the make.

Please have a look at man make first.

"config" is actually a parameter you are passing to make command and it is not the file name.
"-f config" - if you give -f option and config, then it looks for config file name.

if you just give "make config", the make command will look for a file "Makefile" and executes command from the "Makefile" under section called "config". Please have a look at the Makefile, inside that you will find "config".
So dont worry much of it and just run the command, it works.

Iam also trying to install ageres card, but facing hell lot of problems.. get you back if I get done..

Cheers..Mahendra.

Still having problems!
 

Hello,

I ran through the installation procedure downloading the latest versions of Pcmcia-cs and Wlags722 driver.

I extracted pcmcia-cs and wlags to the same folder. I then ran ./Configure specifying my kernel source to be /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-243.
Then I specified the default answers for the rest of the configuration script. I then followed up the configuration with ./Build, and ./Install.

Then I went to insert the card, and ran /etc/rc.d/pcmcia restart. Then I ran cardctl ident, and got nothing. Before I extracted wlags driver into the pcmcia folder, I ran ./Configure, make install. Then /etc/rc.d/pcmcia restart. Then cardctl ident command gave me the agere card
information correctly!

Here is what I got after trying to compile the driver with pcmcia-cs:


linux:/home/gbb123/downloads/pcmcia_3.2.8/pcmcia-cs-3.2.8 # /etc/rc.d/pcmcia restart
Shutting down PCMCIA done
Starting external PCMCIA startproc: exit status of parent of /sbin/cardmgr: 1
failed
linux:/home/gbb123/downloads/pcmcia_3.2.8/pcmcia-cs-3.2.8 # cardctl ident
no pcmcia driver in /proc/devices
linux:/home/gbb123/downloads/pcmcia_3.2.8/pcmcia-cs-3.2.8 # lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
parport_pc 28648 0
parport 25608 0 [parport_pc]
snd-seq 41424 1 (autoclean)
snd-seq-device 4528 0 (autoclean) [snd-seq]
snd-mixer-oss 15576 1 (autoclean)
videodev 6272 0 (autoclean)
powernow-k7 4033 0 (unused)
ipv6 227456 -1 (autoclean)
key 70456 0 (autoclean) [ipv6]
snd-ali5451 14308 5
snd-pcm 74148 0 [snd-ali5451]
snd-page-alloc 6676 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-timer 17024 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec 45400 0 [snd-ali5451]
thermal 6180 0 (unused)
processor 8312 0 [thermal]
snd 40388 4 [snd-seq snd-seq-device snd-mixer-oss snd-ali5451 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec]
fan 1472 0 (unused)
button 2380 0 (unused)
soundcore 3940 0 [snd]
battery 5600 0 (unused)
ac 1696 0 (unused)
st 29680 0 (autoclean) (unused)
sr_mod 14616 0 (autoclean)
sg 35232 0 (autoclean)
keybdev 2156 0 (unused)
mousedev 4340 0 (unused)
joydev 5440 0 (unused)
evdev 3840 0 (unused)
input 3488 0 [keybdev mousedev joydev evdev]
usb-ohci 20104 0 (unused)
usbcore 64332 1 [usb-ohci]
raw1394 18288 0 (unused)
ohci1394 25808 0 (unused)
ieee1394 188260 0 [raw1394 ohci1394]
af_packet 13192 1 (autoclean)
natsemi 16352 1
ide-scsi 11056 0
scsi_mod 101236 4 [st sr_mod sg ide-scsi]
ide-cd 32416 0
cdrom 29216 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
lvm-mod 65508 0 (autoclean)
reiserfs 217396 1
linux:/home/gbb123/downloads/pcmcia_3.2.8/pcmcia-cs-3.2.8 #

Orinoco classic gold PC card works with Fedora
 

I am using the classic gold card with Fedora core 2. It was autodetected. I just needed to give it the essid and wep key to interface with an apple airport.

Re: Orinoco classic gold PC card works with Fedora
 

Are you using the k ernel 2.6?
How long ago did you buy you card?
Do y ou have a picture of it?
It's not hermes II is it?


Does anyone want t o rewrite the drivers from agere, for the 2.6 k ernel?

Actually I called up agere to find whether they have better software than the one available in the net for linux, i got the reply back saying that they have sold out orinoco production proxim and proxim will be supporting it.... Iam very tired of linux and wireless installation.. i hate it.

cardmgr wont start!
 

I think I could get the card to work if cardmgr stopped failing. Can someone please tell me how to stop getting this error when cardmgr starts:

Starting external PCMCIA startproc: exit status of parent of /sbin/cardmgr: 1
failed

One time just by some miracle I restarted pcmcia /etc/rc.d/pcmcia restart, and the card was working for about 30 seconds until I ran /etc/rc.d/pcmcia restart again, then I got the same old cardmgr error again :(.

I really need your help if you understand what is happening!

Thanks,

Garrett

Re: Re: Orinoco classic gold PC card works with Fedora
 

I am using kernel 2.6.8-1.521, I believe.

I bought the card online about 1 month ago.

Here is a picture of it:

http://www.storecommerce.net/prodima...56_orinoco.gif

It's serial number is 03UT53330155

It indicates Agere Systems