Mandrake, Ubuntu, DSL

Birgi · 10-09-2005, 12:30 PM

Hi everybody,

In fact I am highly discouraged about working on this problem, but I have to go on asking. I tried my wireless card (D-Link DWL-650+) with 3 different distros and encountered the same problem; whenever I inserted the card in the PCMCIA slot all the systems freezed.

If I insert the card before the boot then the systems freezes when the system "brings up the pcmcia."

I tried Damn Small Linux and got the same results. When the card is inserted I tried to boot and got the following:

"PCMCI found. Starting cardmgr"

and FREEZE.

I read some threads about "conflicting i/o and memory ports", but none of them helped.

And I was using the same card, same computer (Compaw Evo N160) with Window 98 and it was working well .

Does anybody have any clue about this problem?

Thanks

Birgi

Birgi · 10-11-2005, 02:40 PM

Hi again,

When I was trying to start the PCMCIA service from the Mandrake Control Center I got the following:

- I inserted the card when the PCMCIA service was not active.
- Then I start the PCMCIA service.
- System freezed.
- I ejected the card and got the following message:

Code:

Shutting down PCMCIA services: done.
Starting PCMCIA services: cardmgr[4854]: watching 1 socket
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: IO ports 0xc00-0xcff: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: IO ports 0x800-0x8ff: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: IO ports 0x100-0x4ff: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: memory 0xc0000-0xfffff: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: memory 0x60000000-0x60ffffff: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: memory 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: IO ports 0xa00-0xaff: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: irq 1: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: irq 2: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: irq 3: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: irq 4: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: irq 8: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: irq 9: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: irq 10: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: irq 11: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: irq 12: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: irq 13: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: irq 14: Input/output error
cardmgr[4854]: could not adjust resource: irq 15: Input/output error
done.

My /etc/pcmcia/config.opts file is as fallows:

Code:

# Local PCMCIA Configuration File
#
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# System resources available for PCMCIA cards
#
# NOTE: these settings have no effect on resources assigned to a
# CardBus bridge device itself; this file only affects resources
# assigned to cards.  Also, interrupt settings here will only affect
# ISA bus interrupts assigned to 16-bit cards.  PCI interrupts
# generally can't be reconfigured.
#
# With the kernel PCMCIA subsystem, these settings also have no effect
# at all on resources used for 32-bit CardBus cards.  Those are set by
# the PCI hotplug subsystem.
#

#include port 0x100-0x169, port 0x1ff-0x375, port 0x400-0x579
#include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0xc00-0xcff *** original

include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x800-0x8ff, port 0xc00-0xcff
include memory 0xc0000-0xfffff
include memory 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff, memory 0x60000000-0x60ffffff

#include memory 0xc0000-0xfffff *** original
#include memory 0xd0000-0xdffff
#include memory 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff, memory 0x60000000-0x60ffffff *** original

# High port numbers do not always work...
# include port 0x1000-0x17ff

# Extra port range for IBM Token Ring
include port 0xa00-0xaff

# Resources we should not use, even if they appear to be available

# birgi
exclude irq 1
exclude irq 2
exclude irq 3
exclude irq 4
exclude irq 8
exclude irq 9
exclude irq 10
exclude irq 11
exclude irq 12
exclude irq 13
exclude irq 14
exclude irq 15
# birgi

# First built-in serial port
# exclude irq 4 *** original
# Second built-in serial port
# exclude irq 3
# First built-in parallel port
# exclude irq 7 *** original
# PS/2 Mouse controller port, comment this out if you don't have a PS/2
# based mouse
# exclude irq 12 *** original
#----------------------------------------------------------------------

# Examples of options for loadable modules

# To fix sluggish network with IBM ethernet adapter...
#module "pcnet_cs" opts "mem_speed=600"

# Options for IBM Token Ring adapters
#module "ibmtr_cs" opts "mmiobase=0xd0000 srambase=0xd4000"

# Options for Raylink/WebGear driver: uncomment only one line...
# Generic ad-hoc network
module "ray_cs" opts "essid=ADHOC_ESSID hop_dwell=128 beacon_period=256 translate=1"
# Infrastructure network for older cards
#module "ray_cs" opts "net_type=1 essid=ESSID1"
# Infrastructure network for WebGear
#module "ray_cs" opts "net_type=1 essid=ESSID1 translate=1 hop_dwell=128 beacon_period=256"

# Options for WaveLAN/IEEE driver (AccessPoint mode)...
#module "wvlan_cs" opts "station_name=MY_PC"
# Options for WaveLAN/IEEE driver (ad-hoc mode)...
#module "wvlan_cs" opts "port_type=3 channel=1 station_name=MY_PC"

# Options for Xircom Netwave driver...
#module "netwave_cs" opts "domain=0x100 scramble_key=0x0"

I hope these information can help somebody so that he or she can help me... Any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks

Birgi