Hi, (useless to say that I am a newbie)

I installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 on a Toshiba Laptop. It works good except my sound card (Cirrus Logic Crystal CS4281) and my pcmcia net card (Linksys NP100 Fast Ethernet 10/100).

'cardctl ident' return :
Socket1:
product info:"Network Everywhere", "Fast Ethernet 10/100 PC Card", "3.0", "AX 88190"
manfid: 0x0149, 0xc1ab
function: 6 (network)

But when I boot : cardmgr[190] : get dev info on socket 1 failed : No such device

~~What can I do to make it work so I can access the internet?

My sound card is weird too, if I do sndconfig it finds it but says it cant supported. I tried ALSA and it didnt work.

PLEASE HELP me to figure those two out ! I read tons of HOWTOs and other advices on the internet, but none of them worked for me.

Thanks,
m_m

Well, first off the ethernet card, is one of the more supported on the planet, so I'm kinda confused: what's listed under "lsmod" (as root).

The sound card, again supported to mars and back:

modprobe cs4281

Then go to whatever GUI window manager you use, look under multimedia, find the sound mixer and if you have settings to fiddle with, you've at least got the driver loaded.

Cheers,

Finegan

'lsmod' return :

Module Size Used by
soundcore 2800 0 (autoclean) (unused)
parport_probe 3536 0 (autoclean)
parport_pc 7568 1 (autoclean)
lp 5552 0 (autoclean)
parport 7744 1 (autoclean) [parport_probe parport_pc lp]
pcnet_cs 10656 0 (unused)
8390 6208 0 [pcnet_cs]
usb-ohci 12624 0 (unused)
usbcore 43632 1 [usb-ohci]
ds 6448 2 [pcnet_cs]
i82365 22928 2
pcmcia_core 45984 0 [pcnet_cs ds i82365]
supermount 14224 2 (autoclean)


'modprobe cs4281' returns:

/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/cs4281.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/cs4281.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/cs4281.o failed
/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/cs4281.o: insmod cs4281 failed

And now on top of all this if I do 'make xconfig' it says ***No rule to make target 'xconfig'. Stop.

PLEASE HELP ME !!! It is very frustrating.

First off... "make xconfig" is usually the first step in re-compiling your kernel... there's no need to do that.

pcnet_cs is the module for your ethernet card, the drivers are loaded, everything is fine as far as that goes. How do you normally get a connection to whatever network it is you are on: dhcp, pppoe, a static IP? If dhcp, then as root:

dhcpcd eth0

Back to the sound card, if that is indeed the exact chipset of your soundcard, that module should have loaded. Then again, you are running a 2 year old copy of Mandrake. The command, again as root, "lspci" will list the onboard PCI devices and their chipsets... that'll make us certain of the sound card info.

Cheers,

Finegan

None of those 2 commands work. I use a cable modem and a Lynksys hub.

I found this Linux Mandrake in my cds and I want to give it a try.
If you can suggest me other Linux compilation I will be happy to try it. This Mandrake is getting on my nerves. :-)
Although, I would appreciate a Linux that would work with my Toshiba Laptop 1605 Satelitte.

Thanks,
m_m

PS: Why would "make" is not working suddenly? (No rules for target)

Sorry, those to commands DONT WORK.

m_m

Sorry, for either of those commands to be in your path, you have to be root, and not su'ed into root either... another way to enter them would be their full pathname:

/sbin/lspci
/sbin/dhcpcd

Cheers,

Finegan

Nope, still those commands dont work.

You didnt told me which Linux distribution I should try instead this 2 years old Mandrake.

m_m

Well, okay I never recommend re-installing as part of my usual schtick, but yeah, if you're new to this and just need a learner distro, then: Mandy 8.2... 9.0 will be out in October, but really its not worth waiting for. RedHat 7.3 is alright too, and SuSe 8.0; those are the newest of the newbie friendlies: RedHat and Mandrake you can just download the ISOs, SuSe is a little nastier about giving things away... really its just easiest to buy the box set.

Yeah a newer distro will definately get you past these dinky little annoying problems and on to the great big annoying problems!

Cheers,

Finegan