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ndiswrapper Old Thinkpad 760XL wireless problems
Kernel 2.4.31
Slackware 10.2 I'm not sure where to go from here, and one thought that came to mind was that maybe the old Thinkpad 760XL doesn't support cardbus32, but maybe that's a crazy thought. Anyway Does this mean its carbus 16 only? Code:
00:02.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1130 (rev 04) lspci -n and found out this: 04:00.0 Class 0200: 11ab:1faa (rev 03) Code:
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03) Code:
# ndiswrapper -i WG511v2.INF Code:
ndiswrapper version 1.10 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no) |
Hi,
I've been working on my 760s' wireless a long time. Might I suggest you try the win2k drivers instead of the winxp. The 4k vs 8k stack can cause some headaches. You can use the 2.6 kernel and change the stack and get rid of some of the problem. I've found some success with using the win2k vs the winxp drivers when using ndiswrappers. I also found that the IRQ conflicts can be a problem with the TP series. You should try and get the current drivers from the vendor and not use the ones on the CD for your card. What does your cardctl give you for ident,status, config? HTH! |
Similar output when I try the Win 2000 drivers.
Code:
ndiswrapper version 1.10 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no) What do you mean by 4k vs 8k stacks? I'm not quite familar with that and changing stacks? cardctl information below. The first socket is my SMC 10/100 network card I'm using to connect currently. config Code:
Socket 0: Code:
Socket 0: Code:
Socket 0: |
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Hi, One, the exe file needs you to be extracted by running it on a windows os. Then you can copy the files onto floppy,cdrw, flash or network, whatever so as to get it to your linux os. edit: disregard this. I was thinking about suggesting pcmcia-cs usage and failed to expand on it. Sorry! Memory serves me right I think your rc.wireless.conf will need tweaked for the high memory. Not on a TP right now so I can't look at my file. edit: end Try to get the driver files for this card as suggested. It looks like your close. Switch the card to the slot 0 and see what happens. Look at your dmesg, cardctl and lspci -vv to trail this. As for the stack issue, you can work with a 4k stack but you should expect dropouts or overruns. The 8k stack will require a kernel compile. A google got this; http://verens.com/archives/2005/02/2...pset-in-linux/ In the post is a reference for the drivers and a simple install description with ndiswrapper. So close! |
I had similar problem for a pcmcia ethernet adapter and I could trace it bt looking at dmesg and lspci. The problem was not at driver level, but it was at bios level !
There were in the bios setup some different option for the pcmcia mode. I found the default setting was "Automatic" and I changed it to "cardbus". After that, the pcmcia slots and also the pcmcia card were recognized with the correct IRQ (I could see it by looking at dmesg) and the ethernet card was finally working. |
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