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AIR-PCM352 card on a HP PAVILION zx5000 laptop. Redhat 9 w/2.4.20-8 and pcmcia-cs-3.2.8. (I know it's old but for current work I don't have time to work on a upgrade. )

The configure tool "ACU" report "no radio found" and LED on the card indicates error. This is the 3rd day on this, got frustrated

+After boot with the air-pcm352 card inserted:
--NO LED lit.
--"pcmcia" reports "cardmgr is stopped".
--"cardmgr" and "cardctl ident 0" and "cardctl status 0" report "no pcmcia driver found in /proc/devices".
--no driver module appears in "lsmod" list.

+Run "/etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start", shows->>>>
Starting PCMCIA services: done.
cardmgr[4671]: watching 2 sockets.
<<<<
--amber LED lit.
--the following modules shown in "lsmod"->>>>
Module Size Used by Tainted: P
airo_cs 4580 0 (unused)
airo 99456 0 [airo_cs]
ds 8840 1 [airo_cs]
yenta_socket 13600 2
pcmcia_core 62304 0 [airo_cs ds yenta_socket]
<<<<( "airo" and "airo_cs" are air-pcm352 card driver and loader)
-Run "cardctl status 0" shows ->>>>
5V 16-bit PC Card
function 0: [ready]
<<<<
-Run "cardctl ident 0" shows ->>>>
product info: "Cisco Systems", "350 Series Wireless LAN Adapter"
manfid: 0x015f, 0x000a
function: 6 (network)
<<<<
-Run "/etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia status" shows "cardmgr is stopped"

BUT

-Run "cardmgr" shows ->>>>
cardmgr[4731]: open_sock(socket 0) failed: Device or resource busy
cardmgr[4731]: another cardmgr is already running?
<<<< (BUT cardmgr not shown in "ps -A" nor "lsmod".)

-Run "/etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia stop" shows ->>>>
Shutting down PCMCIA services: /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia: line 137: kill: (4672) - No such process
ds: Device or resource busy
pcmcia_core: Device or resource busy
done.
<<<<

-Run cisco card configuration tool "acu" gives "no radio found".

Does this mean pcmcia has to be loaded manually? And pcmcia seems to work and card driver not?

Any suggestion are welcome. Thanks.

Finally, I got the card works although w/out encrption settings since my access point won't ask for that - it's not up to me

The main reason is that ACU 2.1 cannot recognize the card and the lastest driver don't work at all. This is how I did. Mine is redhat 9.0 w/ 2.4.20-8. And firmware is v4.23. (Other version may work as well. I haven't tested yet just heard from the web that v4.25.30 should work.)


1st. remove kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-13 installed w/ redhat from kernel by using rpm. (originally installed from scratch of the current system). remove 352 drivers and utilties by "sh install -R".

2nd. reinstall pcmcia-cs-3.2.8. that's downloading the tar.gz and do make config, make all and make install and DON"T use 32-bit card port!!!!(I'm not sure if this is the trick but I did this since I see 352 uses 16-bit.)

3rd. reboot and check "lsmod" if we see pcmcia_core, ds, airo, airo_cs, and if "ps -A |grep cardmgr". if it's there, great, eveything is ready.

4th, insert the card. check the 2 LED's status and use "cardctl ident", or "cardctl status" to check if the card is there. then, configure network script. my access point doesn't use encryption and use dhcp. so it's easy to me.

BUT, ACU 2.1 still complains "no radio found", let it be will consider it when there's no important work and if someone knows how to work out this, pls notify me. Anyway, it's a good tool for configuration.

And thanks for all guys here for great help and enthusiasm.