LinuxQuestions.org - DWL-G650 problems on Slackware 10.2

Ok, I'm new here and not much of a forum goer, but I'm stuck and need help.
Here's the deal, I bought an Acer Travelmate 4402, and managed to get everything working under Slackware 10.2 with some kernel tweaking and whatnot.

Then I ran into some trouble with Wireless.
First of all, I have to admit, I'm new to wireless, and I'm new to laptops. Which means I'm new to PCMCIA, so this might explain part of my ignorance.

First I tried to make the integrated wireless card with NdisWrapper, which installed fine, modules worked etc... but then when i ran iwlist wlan0 scan. it would find nothing. Nor would it let me change the ESSID.

So I gave up and bought a cheap D-Link Airplus XtremeG (DWL-g650) rev B5.
The only reason to buy this card is that it appears in the kernel as supported by the Prism2 drivers (if i recall correctly)

But now, I can't seem to access the card via PCMCIA.

Here's some output from some of the common commands, dmesg doesn't throw anything other than "ioctl is deprecated" regarding PCMCIA

Code:

#cardctl ident

Socket 0:

  no product info available



#cardctl status

Socket 0:

  3.3V CardBus card

  function 0: [ready]



#cardctl config

Socket 0:

  Vcc 3.3V  Vpp1 3.3V  Vpp2 3.3V

  interface type is "cardbus"

  irq 11 [exclusive] [level]

  function 0:



# cardctl info

PRODID_1=""

PRODID_2=""

PRODID_3=""

PRODID_4=""

MANFID=0000,0000

FUNCID=255



# lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 01)

00:02.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI-X Root Port

00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a38

00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a39

00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller

00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller

00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller

00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 11)

00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI

00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge

00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge

00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)

00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4378 (rev 02)

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X700 (PCIE)

06:05.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

06:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller

06:06.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller

06:06.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller

06:06.4 Class 0805: Texas Instruments PCI6411, PCI6421, PCI6611, PCI6621, PCI7411, PCI7421, PCI7611, PCI7621 Secure Digital (SD) Controller

06:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)



#lsmod doesn't show much because I'm using a custom kernel with everything I needed compiled in.

Does anyone have any idea why the card isn't being recognized anywhere?
The card works just fine in windows, so I know it's not damaged...

Thanks a lot and sorry for the long post. Hope i haven't bored you too much and that this was posted on the correct section.

- A n00b -