I have red all the pages I can find
(like http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_...nux/Tools.html and so on), and this and other forums about getting an Orinoco Gold card up and running in Gentoo. I've gotten so far that my laptop (HP/Compaq nw8000) sees the card (1), but I just can't get it up running.

I have loaded all the modules necessary (2) and compiled the kernel with the modules I need. (as far as I know ;)

/etc/pcmcia/wireless.conf (3) is set up as basic as I can get it (I want it to work without WEP and so on before I start using those things).

Yenta is set to IRQ 10 (4), so it should have an IRQ, but noting shows up in ioports (5)

iwconfig doesn't find anything either, and the card doesn't show up as eth1 / wlan0 or anything. (I do have an internal ethernet which is eth0).

When I try to start '/etc/init.d/net.wlan0' (I have linked net.wlan0 to net.eth0, and configured wlan0 (see next secction)), "/var/log/messages" shows
"dhcpcd[4230]: dhcpStart: ioctl SIOCGIFHWADDR: No such device"

(I set up wlan0 in /etc/init.d/net as "iface_wlan0="dhcp", and "alias wlan0 orinoco_cs" in /etc/modules.d/aliases)..

I think I've given most of the info I get, but if there's anything missing, please ask.. I really need to get this card up and running! (I have no clue how to fix the problem that shows up in "/var/log/messages".. I have googled around, but without any results..)

Please let me know if anyone knows how to fix this, or if you just have a suggestion about what to test next.. It might be something very basic I have missed..!?

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(1)
'lspci' gives me among others:

07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Unknown device 168c:0013 (rev 01)
which is the card I'm trying to get working.
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(2)
'lsmod' shows

Module Size Used by
orinoco_cs 7048 0
orinoco 40964 1 orinoco_cs
hermes 8064 2 orinoco_cs,orinoco
ds 11136 7 orinoco_cs
yenta_socket 14592 1
pcmcia_core 62080 3 orinoco_cs,ds,yenta_socket
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(3)
'cat /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts' gives
case "$ADDRESS" in
*,*,*,*)
INFO="test"
ESSID="test"
;;
esac
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(4)
'cat /proc/interrupts' shows among others
10: 24133 XT-PIC ehci_hcd, uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd, yenta, yenta, yenta
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(5)
'cat /proc/ioports' shows
0000-001f : dma1
0020-0021 : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-0077 : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00a1 : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
01f0-01f7 : ide0
03c0-03df : vga+
03e8-03ef : serial
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f8-03ff : serial
0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
1000-107f : 0000:00:1f.0
1100-113f : 0000:00:1f.0
2000-2fff : PCI Bus #01
2000-20ff : 0000:01:00.0
3000-30ff : 0000:00:1f.5
3000-30ff : Intel ICH4
3400-34ff : 0000:00:1f.6
3800-387f : 0000:00:1f.6
3880-38bf : 0000:00:1f.5
3880-38bf : Intel ICH4
38c0-38df : 0000:00:1d.0
38c0-38df : uhci_hcd
38e0-38ff : 0000:00:1d.1
38e0-38ff : uhci_hcd
3c00-3c1f : 0000:00:1d.2
3c00-3c1f : uhci_hcd
3c20-3c2f : 0000:00:1f.1
3c20-3c27 : ide0
3c28-3c2f : ide1
4000-40ff : PCI CardBus #03
4400-44ff : PCI CardBus #03
4800-48ff : PCI CardBus #07
4c00-4cff : PCI CardBus #07
5000-50ff : PCI CardBus #0b
5400-54ff : PCI CardBus #0b
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(6)
'iwconfig' shows
eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

dummy0 no wireless extensions.
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I'm no expert but that wireless.opts seems a little too basic. I have my channel set, key set to "off", among other things that it might need to work.
Also, I had to add my card to the rc.modules file, and with that small change I was online!

The driver you're using and documents you've been reading are all (most likely) assuming an original ORiNOCO Gold card. In your thread title, you mention a/b/g. For that card (an Atheros-based device), you'll need to use the MadWiFi driver.
The Sourceforge page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/
The Wiki, with an example for your card: http://madwifiwiki.thewebhost.de/wiki/FrontPage

The product description on the box is

ORi 11a/b/g ComboCard Gold World

I need the card up running in the first place, don't need 54Mb/s speed, but that would be nice! Do I need the MadWifi ever though I just need 11Mb/s?

I haven't tried the MadWifi-drivers, but I will!

Thanks to both of you! I hope I'll get this card up running soon! If I get more problems, I will post them here!

Yes. The chipset on your card requires drivers not included in the kernel. The MadWiFi drivers are on Sourceforge and there's a Wiki with user step-by-steps.

Thanks a lot, 2Gnu!

With the MadWifi-drivers installed, I got the card up and running in the matter of seconds.. I did download those drivers a while ago, but didn't know that I actually needed them instead of the Orionoco-drivers..

Again.. Thanks a lot, from me with a 54Mb/s wireless card up and running!

hi i am sorry to do this to you but u got hp/compaq nw8000 i need to know what drivers you used for your modem

many thanks

If you mean an analoge modem, I haven't set that up. I only use a LAN connection with this computer. To be honest, I haven't looked at the IR, Bluetooth or modem yet, but I might if I need them.

I did a google linux-search ( http://www.google.com/linux ), and found this page. It's not the same computer, but should be the same modem! Take a look at how he did it!

http://www.angelfire.com/linux/noteb...tsu/m7400.html