-RH7.3, clean install
-Linksys WPC11, don't know version, but it's > 1 Yr old
-WPC11 is recognized by PCMCIA
-It is also installed as a Intersil Prism2 device using wvlan_cs

Steps followed so far:
1. Copied the hermes.conf file to /etc/pcmcia
2. checked for orinoco_cs: it's present

I am struggling getting my card to use orinoco_cs instead of wvlan_cs. Even though I have copied the hermes.conf file, it keeps using the wvlan_cs module

I have also experimented with changing the settings in the hermes.conf file, but same result: keeps using wvlan_cs (I restart the pcmcia service every time I change settings.


Rino

P.S.:
On a previous install [there have been a few... :-( ] the card worked right after the install of Redhat 7.3 (without hermes.conf), but failed after I shut down and then rebooted, and then I couldn't get it to work again

OK, here's some more info. The following is after a clean install of RH7.3, and the hermes.conf file copied to /etc/pcmcia

dmesg from boot:
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Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:04.0
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 01:00.0
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:04.1
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:03.0
Yenta IRQ list 0690, PCI irq11
Socket status: 30000010
Yenta IRQ list 0690, PCI irq11
Socket status: 30000006
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x378-0x37f 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean. cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean. wvlan_cs: WaveLAN/IEEE PCMCIA driver v1.0.6 wvlan_cs: (c) Andreas Neuhaus <andy@fasta.fh-dortmund.de> wvlan_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 9, io 0x0100-0x013f
wvlan_cs: Registered netdevice eth0 wvlan_cs: MAC address on eth0 is 00 00 00 00 00 00 wvlan_cs: Found firmware 0x20000008 (vendor -1070209340) - Firmware capabilities : 0-0-0-0-0
wvlan_cs: Initialization failed! NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out wvlan_cs: eth0 Tx timed out! Resetting card wvlan_cs: MAC address on eth0 is 00 00 00 00 00 00 wvlan_cs: Found firmware 0x3DC48900 (vendor 6680) - Firmware capabilities : 0-0-0-0-0

restarting pcmcia:
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[root@localhost root]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart
Shutting down PCMCIA services: cardmgr modulesds: Device or resource busy
yenta_socket: Device or resource busy
pcmcia_core: Device or resource busy
.
Starting PCMCIA services: cardmgr.

a look at the configuration and cardident:
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[root@localhost root]# ifconfig eth0
Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING 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:598 (598.0 b) Base address:0x100

lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:560 (560.0 b) TX bytes:560 (560.0 b)

eth0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:" ZÎ ZÓ @" Nickname:"stuvwxyz" Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:40.5518GHz Cell: FF:BF:0D:00:01:00 Bit Rate=0kb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity:0/3 RTS thr=0 B Fragment thr=0 B
Power Management:off Link Quality:92/92 Signal level:-102 dBm Noise level:-102 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

[root@localhost root]# cardctl ident

Socket 0: product info: "Instant Wireless ", " Network PC CARD", "Version 01.02", ""
manfid: 0x0156, 0x0002
function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:no product info available

Hope this helps you help me ;)

Thanks.


Rino

Mmmm, I think I just solved the problem (not sure, I have my WPC11 here, but no WAP (I'm at work).

After trying many edits of the hermes.conf file, wvlan_cs was still being used. I then edited the 'config' file (instead of the hermes.conf' file) entry for the 'Intersil Prism2 ...' card to bind to orinoco_cs, and that seems to have worked.

Like I said, no WAP, but I'll post a message tonite to say whether it really solved my problem.

At least it's using orinoco now

Rino

Ok, just got home and it works. But after I fiddled with hermes.conf a little more, it is actually using the WPC11 entry from that file now. For my card (an old version of the WPC11), the entry that made it work is:

card "Instant Wireless Network PC Card"
version "Instant Wireless ", " Network PC CARD", "Version 01.02"
bind "orinoco_cs"

So, with this change in the hermes.conf file, I didn't need the change in the config file anymore (but it doesn't hurt).

Rino

PS. The connection is very slow at the moment. I hope it's not a Linux problem....