Yes, it seems the crashing thing happens to some when ever we boot up with the linksys wireless adapter. Now alot, I mean alot of digging has lead me to one credible source posted at stanford, but Ill be honest, Im still too new to understande this... Could some one help, please?

Installing Mandrake Linux 9.1 notes:

I just recently installed Mandrake Linux 9.1. Here are some notes -- perhaps you can avoid some problems that I encountered.

USB Wireless - WUSB11 Linksys wireless USB receiver

Installing the wireless USB card caused a great deal of problems. I routinely got a kernel panic while linux was booting. This would crash the load, and caused me to unplug the WUSB11 Linksys wireless USB receiver.

1. Edited the file /etc/modules.conf

I changed the line

probeall usb-interface usb-uhci to probeall usb-interface uhci

and added the line

alias usb-controller uhci

This finally caused the kernel to stop panicking, and allowed it to boot normally.

2. You need to install drivers for the wireless devices. I then followed these very helpful instructions for installing the atmel wireless driver

http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.n...owto.html#toc5

I found this document helpful when I needed to set the WEP key. Using the utility lvnet which came with the atmel drivers.

https://iprserv.jura.uni-leipzig.de/...st/000255.html

http://freewebhosting.hostdepartment.com/b/brounich/

I finally got my WUSB11 working after 2 full days -- there is a huge learning curve for Linux.

Installing the Linux Kernel Source Code

All of these instructions tell you to install the linux source. I had no idea how to install the Mandrake source, as I couldn't find it on the installation CD. It's actually very easy, once you know what to install. For linux 9.1, the kernel source is called:

kernel-source-2.4.21-0.13mdk.i586.rpm

The source was located in the directory /mandrake/9.1/i586/Mandrake/RPMS off of the ftp site.

ftp://anonymous:email-notset.com@ftp...Mandrake/RPMS/

To install it, start a terminal window. Log in as root (su root). Then type rpm -i kernel-source-2.4.21-0.13mdk.i586.rpm

After it is installed, if you look in your /usr/src directory, you will see a directory called linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk

Create a symbolic link for linux in your /usr/src directory by typing ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk linux


This RMPS directory is where all of the RPMS for this version of Mandrake are stored.


First, does anyone know if this sounds credible? Great, if so, what if my modules.conf say this:

probeall usb-interface usb-uhci ehci-hcd

Please note ehci-hcd, he makes no mention of this, should I just change the usb thingy? or the hcd thing as well, adding a seperate alias line for this as well? Also, the: alias usb-controller uhci - is that added above or below the probeall line?

Remember guys, I hate asking, but Ive read and searched, but alas, I have come up with nothing. Personally I think my win xp partition see's his days numbered, and have now stooped to supernatural powers that stop at nothing... Seriously though, this is my final roadblock to doing away with my xp. The gents and ladies here have helped me solve my audio issues and I am very gratefull, any insite would be greatly appriciated.

Well the first part worked, I figured why not just try it, I can always reinstall if I fucked things up that much.. Well its actually plugged in, and booted with out crashing. Logic said the alias line should come first, so I tried it that way, and well, Im here now. I will try to get the drivers working now. =-) Anyone have any success with the wusb11 and mandrake 9.1?

omg... OMFG... It said somthing about modprobe error on bootup, and something else about "reassociation" but I cant magically be connected right now, so its working.. I could scream. Wow... =-) (-=

Ok.. Im not on crack, I swear it, but this whole thing is a bit buggy. If I install the driver, reboot, all is ok. Like Im talking to you now. But it says its my ethernet card, not the usb wifi thats connected. Im serious. It sounds impossible, but its true. My ethernmet has the 10.whatever ip, and it still shows the usb device as unknown. But Im connected, speed tests and all, and Im holding the other end of my ethernet cable, so I know its not still physically connected. If I power offf, then I need to reinstall the drivers, and reboot, and it connects through my other ethernet card(even though we all know, if its wireless, its using the wireless usb adapter). Any ideas? Im friggin stumped.

Ok, scratch the above.... The only reason it didnt work on powering down, then booting up, was because I powered off on reboot sequence, and it fuzzed up the boot sector for that sequence... Works fine, although probably not the way it should. I get the re association notice, and I get the modprobe error, and the usb device isnt recognized. But it works... Just leave it and wait for the next kernel with inlcuded drivers, or?

PS- But still this is so damn cool, my wifi works!!!! Next onto gift... Bye bye windows, mr gates, new virus infections every other fucking week(i know, why dont u use a virus scanner, umm because in windows, it hurts the resources, and every little bit counts withe video editing) , hello linux...

Glad to hear you are getting it going. good job at making all that gobbly gook stuff up. You are more skilled than I.

Thank you so much. I never said I knew what I was doing, but reading and trying led to succesfull results this time. The exact errors are as follows - reassociation response, modeprobe - cannot locate module (this is for eth1 - the wifi adapter) but eth0 comes up fine, the wired ethernet that isnt connected, says ok upon bootup. Trying to set it to wifi in my network properties yeilds nnothing, as it isnt recognized on auto, when I try expert mode, the model is not there for me to select. And my hardware shows an unrecognized usb device, which it obviously is.

Thank you again for any ideas, thoughts, or input.

PS- upon waking up and poering up, and 3 reboots, Im still talking to you on the wireless.