I have been trying for several days to install the SMC 2632W-V2 wireless network card onto my Toshiba Satellite 1805-S274 notebook running RH8.0. I puchased theis card because I saw that is was supposed to work with Linux but am having no luck at all with it.
I downloaded the GPL drivers that were supposed to work with this card and followed the info I found at:
https://iprserv.jura.uni-leipzig.de/...er/000475.html
I did not do the patches since the current driver appears to be newer than the one described in the how-to.
After compiling and installing the drivers all I get in /var/log/messages when I insert the card is:
Mar 16 12:43:15 toshiba cardmgr[572]: unsupported card in socket 1
Mar 16 12:43:15 toshiba cardmgr[572]: product info: "SMC", "2632W-V2"
Mar 16 12:43:15 toshiba cardmgr[572]: manfid: 0x01bf, 0xb301 function: 6 (network)
I have editied the /etc/pcmcia/options file to add the card as described, and I can modprobe the pcmf502r module without any error messages, but the card is not being recognized.
I am dual booting WinXP and RH8 and the card works great under WIndows. I am fairly new to Linux and am trying to do more work with Linux, but this is very frustrating to me.
I am probably missing something here that is preventing me from getting this done. Any help, advise, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks....
Bob