Decide I has better start a new thread because I've already tried everything I have tracked down on this and other forums, so here goes.

I am currently dual booting a Toshibe Tecra 8000 laptop with XP and SuSE 8.2 installed. Everything installed fine except (you guessed it ) the wireless network card. This is the second card as the first, a D-Link DWL-650+, is proven not to work with Linux (Texas Instrument Chip). So I purchased, a hard to find, Linksys WPC11 v.3 and have not been able to get it to work. I have tried modifying files as other within this forum have to no avail, so any help would be appreciated:

Setup:

SMC 2404WBR router with WEP disabled currently, auto speed, static ip addresses (I use mac filtering).

Linksys WPC11 v.3 FCC ID PKW-WPC11-V31

(I have no problems with this setup under XP)

output of cardctl indent

Socket 0:
product info: "The Linksys Group, Inc.", "Instant Wirless Network PC Card", "ISL37300P", "RevA"
manfid: 0x0274, 0x1613

output of lsmod (relative info)
Module Not tainted
prism2_cs (not used) line4
p80211 [prism2_cs] line5
ds [prism2_cs] line6
yenta_socket line7
pcmcia_core [prism2_cs ds yenta_socket]

output of lspci -n

00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:7192 (rev 03)
00:04.0 Class 0300: 10c8:0005 (rev 12)
00:05.0 Class 0680: 8086:7110 (rev 02)
00:05.1 Class 0101: 8086:7111 (rev 01)
00:05.2 Class 0c03: 8086:7112 (rev 01)
00:05.3 Class 0680: 8086:7113 (rev 02)
00.09.0 Class 0780: 1179:0701 (rev 23)
00b.0 Class 0607: 1179:060f (rev 05)
00b.1 Class 0607: 1179:060f (rev 05)

If anymore info is needed please let me know

Thanks in advance for the help

Kevin Edmonds

I'm assuming you've read this post:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=38579

It looks like a lot of the necessary pieces are already in place, I'd also like to see the output of ifconfig -a, iwconfig and the related lines from dmesg, eg: the ones following the line in dmesg that reads "Linux Kernel Card Services Kernel Version", or similar. Also, if you could do a grep -i card /var/log/messages | grep 'Jul 19' (use the date of your last actual boot-up, single digits preceded by a space, eg: 'Jul 4') that may also help.

I did read that particular thread but I could not find hermes.conf with my / directory. Apparently since 8.0 SuSE has taken everything and put it in the /etc/pcmcia directory, but I still did not find hermes.conf under search file her*.*

ouptu is as follows:

linux:~ # dmesg
Linux version 2.4.20-4GB (root@Pentium.suse.de) (gcc version 3.3 20030226 (prere
lease) (SuSE Linux)) #1 Mon Mar 17 17:54:44 UTC 2003
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 0000000007ff0000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 0000000007ff0000 - 0000000008000000 (ACPI data)
BIOS-e820: 00000000100a0000 - 00000000100b6e00 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000100b6e00 - 00000000100b7000 (ACPI NVS)
BIOS-e820: 00000000100b7000 - 0000000010100000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fff80000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
Scanning bios EBDA for MXT signature
0MB HIGHMEM available.
127MB LOWMEM available.
ACPI: have wakeup address 0xc0001000
On node 0 totalpages: 32752
zone(0): 4096 pages.
zone(1): 28656 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
Building zonelist for node : 0
Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda5 vga=0x311 acpi=off splash=silent splash=sil
ent
bootsplash: silent mode.
bootsplash: silent mode.
Initializing CPU#0
Detected 366.601 MHz processor.
Console: colour dummy device 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 730.72 BogoMIPS
Memory: 125748k/131008k available (1569k kernel code, 4872k reserved, 574k data,
160k init, 0k highmem)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Inode cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Buffer-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K
CPU: L2 cache: 256K
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
CPU: After generic, caps: 0183f9ff 00000000 00000000 00000000
CPU: Common caps: 0183f9ff 00000000 00000000 00000000
CPU: Intel Mobile Pentium II stepping 0a
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
mtrr: detected mtrr type: Intel
ACPI: Subsystem revision 20030228
ACPI: Disabled via command line (acpi=off)
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf1987, last bus=21
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
PCI: ACPI tables contain no PCI IRQ routing entries
PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
PCI: Using IRQ router PIIX [8086/7110] at 00:05.0
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0b.0
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0b.1
PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 4 of device 00:05.1
Limiting direct PCI/PCI transfers.
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Initializing RT netlink socket
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x02 (Driver version 1.16)
mxt_scan_bios: enter
Starting kswapd
bigpage subsystem: allocated 0 bigpages (=0MB).
kinoded started
VFS: Disk quotas vdquot_6.5.1
aio_setup: num_physpages = 8188
aio_setup: sizeof(struct page) = 48
vesafb: framebuffer at 0xdf000000, mapped to 0xc880d000, size 2496k
vesafb: mode is 640x480x16, linelength=1280, pages=3
vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:9da0
vesafb: scrolling: redraw
vesafb: directcolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0
Looking for splash picture.... silenjpeg size 16061 bytes, found (640x480, 11951
bytes, v3).
Got silent jpeg.
Got silent jpeg.
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 78x25
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with HUB-6 MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_I
RQ SERIAL_PCI enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Real Time Clock Driver v1.10e
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is an 8272A
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 64000K size 1024 blocksize
loop: loaded (max 16 devices)
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta-2.4
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
PIIX4: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:05.1
PIIX4: chipset revision 1
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1000-0x1007, BIOS settings: hdaMA, hdbio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1008-0x100f, BIOS settings: hdcMA, hddio
hda: IBM-DCXA-210000, ATA DISK drive
blk: queue c03ac0c0, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
hdc: CD-224E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: attached ide-disk driver.
hda: host protected area => 1
hda: 19640880 sectors (10056 MB) w/420KiB Cache, CHS=1222/255/63, UDMA(33)
ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 >
ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2
md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 8192 bind 16384)
Linux IP multicast router 0.06 plus PIM-SM
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
Freeing initrd memory: 453k freed
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
reiserfs: found format "3.6" with standard journal
reiserfs: enabling write barrier flush mode
reiserfs: using ordered data mode
reiserfs: checking transaction log (ide0(3,5)) for (ide0(3,5))
Using r5 hash to sort names
VFS: Mounted root (reiserfs filesystem) readonly.
Trying to move old root to /initrd ... failed
Unmounting old root
Trying to free ramdisk memory ... okay
Freeing unused kernel memory: 160k freed
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
LVM version 1.0.5+(mp-v6a)(22/07/2002) module loaded
Adding Swap: 131088k swap-space (priority 42)
NTFS driver 2.1.1a [Flags: R/O MODULE].
NTFS volume version 3.1.
Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
hermes.c: 4 Dec 2002 David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
orinoco.c 0.13b (David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au> and others)
ds: no socket drivers loaded!
unloading Kernel Card Services
Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
hermes.c: 4 Dec 2002 David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
orinoco.c 0.13b (David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au> and others)
ds: no socket drivers loaded!
unloading Kernel Card Services
raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 18:24:43 Mar 17 2003
usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:05.2
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xffe0, IRQ 11
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
hub.c: new USB device 00:05.2-1, assigned address 2
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x46d/0xc408) is not claimed by any active driver
.
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
usb.c: registered new driver hiddev
usb.c: registered new driver hid
input0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Trackball] on usb1:2.0
hid-core.c: v1.8.1 Andreas Gal, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
hid-core.c: USB HID support drivers
Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0b.0
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0b.1
Yenta IRQ list 0490, PCI irq11
Socket status: 30000011
Yenta IRQ list 0490, PCI irq11
Socket status: 30000007
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0820-0x08ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x080f: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x03e0-0x04ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x03af: excluding 0x220-0x22f 0x2f8-0x2ff 0x330-0x337 0
x378-0x37f 0x388-0x38f
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean.
init_module: prism2_cs.o: 0.1.16-pre9 Loaded
init_module: dev_info is: prism2_cs
prism2_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 10, io 0x0100-0x013f
ident: nic h/w: id=0x801b 1.0.0
ident: pri f/w: id=0x15 1.1.0
ident: sta f/w: id=0x1f 1.4.2
MFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
CFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
PRI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x03:var=0x01:b/t=4/4
STA:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x04:var=0x01:b/t=1/9
PRI-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
STA-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
STA-MFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
Prism2 card SN: 99SA01000000
Got silent jpeg.
IPv6 v0.8 for NET4.0
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
Got silent jpeg.
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
mtrr: 0xdf000000,0x400000 overlaps existing 0xdf000000,0x200000
Linux video capture interface: v1.00
linux:~ # ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1956 (1.9 Kb) TX bytes:1956 (1.9 Kb)

linux:~ # ifconfig -n
ifconfig: option `-n' not recognised.
ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information.
linux:~ # ifconfig -a
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1956 (1.9 Kb) TX bytes:1956 (1.9 Kb)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:25:29:C0:EF
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x100

linux:~ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11-b ESSID:""
Mode:Auto Channel:0 Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate:2Mb/s Tx-Power:2346 dBm
Retry min limit:8 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Link Quality:0/92 Signal level:-69 dBm Noise level:-90 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

linux:~ # grep -i card /var/log/messages | grep 'Jul 19'
Jul 19 09:03:24 linux kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
Jul 19 09:03:24 linux kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Jul 19 09:03:24 linux kernel: unloading Kernel Card Services
Jul 19 09:03:24 linux kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
Jul 19 09:03:24 linux kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Jul 19 09:03:24 linux kernel: unloading Kernel Card Services
Jul 19 09:03:30 linux kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
Jul 19 09:03:30 linux kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[991]: modpath = /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB/
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[991]: modsubdir = pcmcia
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[991]: watching 2 sockets
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: starting, version is 3.2.3
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: socket 0: Bromax OEM 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN Card (Prism 3)
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: executing: 'insmod -v /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o'
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: + /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol p80211netdev_hwremoved
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: + /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol p802addr_to_str
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: + /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol register_wlandev
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: + /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol p80211netdev_rx
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: + /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol unregister_wlandev
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: + /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol wlan_setup
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: + /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol wlan_unsetup
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: + Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: + Symbol version prefix ''
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: insmod exited with status 1
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: executing: 'modprobe -v prism2_cs'
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: + /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB/wlan-ng/p80211.o
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: + Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB/wlan-ng/p80211.o
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: + Symbol version prefix ''
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: + /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB/wlan-ng/prism2_cs.o
Jul 19 09:03:32 linux cardmgr[993]: + Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB/wlan-ng/prism2_cs.o
Jul 19 09:03:33 linux cardmgr[993]: executing: './wlan-ng start wlan0'
Jul 19 09:03:33 linux kernel: Prism2 card SN: 99SA01000000
Jul 19 09:03:33 linux cardmgr[993]: + message=dot11req_mibset
Jul 19 09:03:33 linux cardmgr[993]: + mibattribute=dot11PrivacyInvoked=false
Jul 19 09:03:33 linux cardmgr[993]: + resultcode=success
Jul 19 09:03:33 linux cardmgr[993]: + message=dot11req_mibset
Jul 19 09:03:33 linux cardmgr[993]: + mibattribute=dot11ExcludeUnencrypted=false
Jul 19 09:03:33 linux cardmgr[993]: + resultcode=success
Jul 19 09:03:47 linux kernel: isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
Jul 19 09:25:51 linux cardmgr[993]: executing: './wlan-ng stop wlan0'
Jul 19 09:25:52 linux cardmgr[993]: + message=lnxreq_ifstate
Jul 19 09:25:52 linux cardmgr[993]: + ifstate=disable
Jul 19 09:25:52 linux cardmgr[993]: + resultcode=success
Jul 19 09:25:52 linux cardmgr[993]: executing: 'rmmod prism2_cs'
Jul 19 09:53:49 linux cardmgr[993]: socket 0: Bromax OEM 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN Card (Prism 3)
Jul 19 09:53:50 linux cardmgr[993]: executing: 'insmod -v /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o'
Jul 19 09:53:50 linux cardmgr[993]: + Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o
Jul 19 09:53:50 linux cardmgr[993]: + Symbol version prefix ''
Jul 19 09:53:50 linux cardmgr[993]: executing: './wlan-ng start wlan0'
Jul 19 09:53:50 linux kernel: Prism2 card SN: 99SA01000000
Jul 19 09:53:50 linux cardmgr[993]: + message=dot11req_mibset
Jul 19 09:53:50 linux cardmgr[993]: + mibattribute=dot11PrivacyInvoked=false
Jul 19 09:53:50 linux cardmgr[993]: + resultcode=success
Jul 19 09:53:50 linux cardmgr[993]: + message=dot11req_mibset
Jul 19 09:53:50 linux cardmgr[993]: + mibattribute=dot11ExcludeUnencrypted=false
Jul 19 09:53:50 linux cardmgr[993]: + resultcode=success
Jul 19 10:03:23 linux cardmgr[993]: executing: './wlan-ng check wlan0'
Jul 19 10:03:24 linux cardmgr[993]: executing: './wlan-ng stop wlan0'
Jul 19 10:03:24 linux cardmgr[993]: + message=lnxreq_ifstate
Jul 19 10:03:24 linux cardmgr[993]: + ifstate=disable
Jul 19 10:03:24 linux cardmgr[993]: + resultcode=success
Jul 19 10:03:24 linux cardmgr[993]: executing: 'rmmod prism2_cs'
Jul 19 10:03:26 linux cardmgr[993]: exiting
Jul 19 10:03:28 linux kernel: unloading Kernel Card Services
Jul 19 14:25:52 linux kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
Jul 19 14:25:52 linux kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Jul 19 14:25:52 linux kernel: unloading Kernel Card Services
Jul 19 14:25:52 linux kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
Jul 19 14:25:52 linux kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Jul 19 14:25:52 linux kernel: unloading Kernel Card Services
Jul 19 14:25:59 linux kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
Jul 19 14:25:59 linux kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Jul 19 14:26:01 linux cardmgr[993]: modpath = /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB/
Jul 19 14:26:01 linux cardmgr[993]: modsubdir = pcmcia
Jul 19 14:26:01 linux cardmgr[993]: watching 2 sockets
Jul 19 14:26:01 linux cardmgr[995]: starting, version is 3.2.3
Jul 19 14:26:01 linux cardmgr[995]: socket 0: Bromax OEM 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN Card (Prism 3)
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: executing: 'insmod -v /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o'
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: + /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol p80211netdev_hwremoved
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: + /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol p802addr_to_str
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: + /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol register_wlandev
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: + /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol p80211netdev_rx
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: + /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol unregister_wlandev
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: + /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol wlan_setup
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: + /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o: unresolved symbol wlan_unsetup
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: + Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: + Symbol version prefix ''
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: insmod exited with status 1
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: executing: 'modprobe -v prism2_cs'
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: + /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB/wlan-ng/p80211.o
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: + Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB/wlan-ng/p80211.o
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: + Symbol version prefix ''
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: + /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB/wlan-ng/prism2_cs.o
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: + Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB/wlan-ng/prism2_cs.o
Jul 19 14:26:02 linux cardmgr[995]: executing: './wlan-ng start wlan0'
Jul 19 14:26:03 linux kernel: Prism2 card SN: 99SA01000000
Jul 19 14:26:03 linux cardmgr[995]: + message=dot11req_mibset
Jul 19 14:26:03 linux cardmgr[995]: + mibattribute=dot11PrivacyInvoked=false
Jul 19 14:26:03 linux cardmgr[995]: + resultcode=success
Jul 19 14:26:03 linux cardmgr[995]: + message=dot11req_mibset
Jul 19 14:26:03 linux cardmgr[995]: + mibattribute=dot11ExcludeUnencrypted=false
Jul 19 14:26:03 linux cardmgr[995]: + resultcode=success
Jul 19 14:26:17 linux kernel: isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
Jul 19 14:53:32 linux cardmgr[995]: executing: './wlan-ng stop wlan0'
Jul 19 14:53:32 linux cardmgr[995]: + message=lnxreq_ifstate
Jul 19 14:53:32 linux cardmgr[995]: + ifstate=disable
Jul 19 14:53:32 linux cardmgr[995]: + resultcode=success
Jul 19 14:53:32 linux cardmgr[995]: executing: 'rmmod prism2_cs'
Jul 19 14:54:04 linux cardmgr[995]: socket 0: Bromax OEM 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN Card (Prism 3)
Jul 19 14:54:04 linux cardmgr[995]: executing: 'insmod -v /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o'
Jul 19 14:54:04 linux cardmgr[995]: + Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o
Jul 19 14:54:04 linux cardmgr[995]: + Symbol version prefix ''
Jul 19 14:54:04 linux cardmgr[995]: executing: './wlan-ng start wlan0'
Jul 19 14:54:05 linux kernel: Prism2 card SN: 99SA01000000
Jul 19 14:54:05 linux cardmgr[995]: + message=dot11req_mibset
Jul 19 14:54:05 linux cardmgr[995]: + mibattribute=dot11PrivacyInvoked=false
Jul 19 14:54:05 linux cardmgr[995]: + resultcode=success
Jul 19 14:54:05 linux cardmgr[995]: + message=dot11req_mibset
Jul 19 14:54:05 linux cardmgr[995]: + mibattribute=dot11ExcludeUnencrypted=false
Jul 19 14:54:05 linux cardmgr[995]: + resultcode=success
linux:~ #
apparently my ESSID is not set even though SuSE says it is so I am not sure as to where to configure or how to use command line because YAST is not doing it's job

Thanks again

Sorry for the long output but I wasn't sure of what was essential

Kevin Edmonds

looks like you're getting partial support, these 2 lines are telling:

Jul 19 14:54:04 linux cardmgr[995]: socket 0: Bromax OEM 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN Card (Prism 3)
Jul 19 14:54:04 linux cardmgr[995]: executing: 'insmod -v /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/prism2_cs.o'

your card is a prism 3 but the driver is a prism2. I'll look into where to get that module and get back to you.

in the meantime could you post the output of lsmod?

It seems that the orinoco driver may work, but how do I switch? Also still can not find out where to my ESSID it still comes up blank. I'm trying to learn command line but the flags are confusing.

output lsmod

linux:~ # lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
st 27956 0 (autoclean) (unused)
sr_mod 12600 0 (autoclean) (unused)
cdrom 28192 0 (autoclean) [sr_mod]
sg 25852 0 (autoclean)
usb-storage 56596 0
orinoco_cs 4436 0 (unused)
orinoco 31188 0 [orinoco_cs]
hermes 5924 0 [orinoco_cs orinoco]
videodev 5600 0 (autoclean)
isa-pnp 29672 0 (unused)
ipv6 134388 -1 (autoclean)
keybdev 1996 0 (unused)
hid 18308 0 (unused)
ds 6604 4 [orinoco_cs]
yenta_socket 9760 2
pcmcia_core 41824 0 [orinoco_cs ds yenta_socket]
mousedev 4148 1
joydev 5632 0 (unused)
evdev 4032 0 (unused)
input 3104 0 [keybdev hid mousedev joydev evdev]
usb-uhci 22096 0 (unused)
usbcore 57836 1 [usb-storage hid usb-uhci]


Thanks

sorry about the delay in getting back to you, was in the middle of installing slack 9 on an old, really slow notebook.

anyway, regarding orinoco, looks as though it's already inserted and running, this makes me think you need to locate the hermes.conf file and see what it says.

In the meantime, you can try some manual config from the console just to test things out. Let's begin:
1. ifconfig wlan0 192.168.2.2
2. iwconfig wlan0 essid <your router's essid name goes here, in quotes if it contains spaces> rate 11M key off channel <your router's channel # goes here>
3. iwconfig - and see if your router's mac address shows up on this line Mode:Auto Channel:0 Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00

4. If it does, add a gateway to routing table:route add default gw 192.168.2.1
5. then, try to ping the router: ping 192.168.2.1
6. then, try to ping the web: ping cnet.com

if the above is functional, then we can automate all this. If not, we'll have to see why, although you're very close, as your card's mac address is recognized, always a good sign .

Sorry it took so long just got a chance to sit down at the computer again.

Tried what you posted here is the output:

ifconfig wlan0 192.168.2.2

returned: SIOCSIFADDR: No such device

iwconfig wlan0 essid "router name"

returned: Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
SET failed on device wlan0; No such device

I appreciate your patient and help hope this helps

Kevin

Hello Kevin, I hope you don't mind me jumping in the thread here. I have the exact same setup as you, and I'm having the same problems you are.

When I run "iwconfig wlan0" I get the following:


wlan0 IEEE 802.11-b ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462GHz Access Point: 00:C0:02:DA:49:08
Bit Rate:2Mb/s Tx-Power:2346 dBm
Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Link Quality:68/92 Signal level:-51 dBm Noise level:-98 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0



So far, so good. The ESSID bit is blank, so I try to set it with "iwconfig wlan0 essid "Over Here" ". To which the beast responds:

Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Function not implemented.


From what i can tell that command syntax is correct, what's the problem? Can you set your essid, or do you get the same error?

Kevin,
you need to return your system to the setup it had in post #3 above, eg: ifconfig -a shows a wlan0 device, apparently something has changed if you're getting "no such device" errors when attempting to address wlan0, because at one point it was there and had an interrupt, io address and your card's mac address listed. The question is, as things are now, does ifconfig -a still show the wlan0 device?

DustOff, you're problem is entirely different at this point. Take a look at the output of iwconfig: you are already associated with an access point and you're even showing a signal level related to that connection; essid doesn't matter at that point. I have a card that *never* reports essid as anything but blank, yet works fine. All you need to do is give wlan0 a valid address on your network, add a route naming your wireless router or access point as the default gateway for wlan0 and you should be able to ping the world. If you have wep enabled on your router, then you'll need to set that up using iwconfig, if you have mac filtering on your router, you'll need to add your card to it's list. You're 99% setup.

Beavis, I'm just now noticing that the wireless card I configured in yast2 is called "eth-pcmcia". II'm guessing that is some crap that yast2 made up, because i deleted it from yast2 and wlan0 is still up. I'm trying to figure this out from the man pages, but I can't quite get it working.

Assuming that yast2's eth-pcmcia is crap, how do I configure wlan0 to get it's ip from dhcp / set its default route?

Excuse me, I used to be irish ;)

Dust,
If you have dhcpcd installed (which dhcpcd should return something), then use this: /<path returned above goes here>/dhcpcd <your router's hostname/ip goes here> wlan0.

Also, I'm guessing the eth-pcmcia is a symlink to wlan0, explaining why you could delete it and wlan0 is still there.

I found dhcpcd in /sbin.

Jusst wanted to clarify, I want the router/ap's dhcp service to assign my laptop's wireless card an address. And I'm assuming I need to point eth0's default route at the router, but I can't figure out how to do that either.

The penguin frustrates, because my goal is painfully close ;0

Sorry to post this to that thread, but this bbs won't let me PM for some reason...

It won't allow a pm unless you're a contributor ($), c'mon, contribute! it's cheap *and* fun! (shameless plug for LQ, ends...)

Ok, there are 2 other possible dhcp clients, dhclient and pump, type "which <name>" at console to see if they are installed and you have access to them. Logging in as root may allow you access to prog's you otherwise would not have access to, so I recommend that for this exercise.

Oh, I am so going to send some money the way of this bbs. You've been extremely helpfull, and it looks like that's a universal thing here. Wicked cool, and deserving of my hard earned bucks!

I opened a terminal window, typed su and then my pass. I tried 'which <both dhcp clients>". No error message, no confirmation. I'm gonna go over to root and see if that changes anything.

Oops, your last post leap-frogged me, ok, well try "/sbin/dhcpcd router-hostname device_name".
examples:
(I have my wireless router in my /etc/hosts as "192.168.2.1 wrouter" so the just the name works, take a look at that file to see where/how to add yours)

dhcpcd -h wrouter eth0 <-- configs eth0 to get ip and route via dhcp from wireless router

dhcpcd -h 192.168.2.1 wlan0 <-- configs wlan0....

note: oops forgot the "-h" business...

by the way. try 'man dhcpcd' to see all options for your version.