Re: [suse-amd64] PCMCIA Wireless card
Hello David
Welcome in the team of the people who have some problems with PCMCIA and
Linux 64 bits :-)) !!!!
Well, as Matt wrote it, you can find in this mailing list some
informations that can help you, in particular
my two messages :
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-amd64/2005-Jan/0204.html
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-amd64/2005-Jan/0205.html
in which there are a solution. But I can explain how I could get my
cards working fine after several tests
with the help of Matt and David Hinds the "father" of the PCMCIA kit for
linux.
So my laptop : an Asus of the L5D series, the first one of Asus with
Athlon 64. It is built with nVidia
chipsets. On it : Win XP Pro SP2, SuSE AMD64 9.0 (kernel 2.4.21) and
SuSE AMD64 9.1 with kernel
(a 2.6.8-24.10 one) and PCMCIA package of the SuSE AMD64 9.2.
My cards are a Com One modem card (Platinium 56k), a Netgear ethernet
FA411 card and a Hayes modem
card (Optima 288).
Accordind to "lspci -vv", hereafter the data about the PCMCIA port of my
laptop:
0000:02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ab)
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 1854
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
Greetings Matt and Pascal! Thanks for the info. I won't have much time to work with my laptop much until thiss weekend, but will read this stuff and give it a go then. I guess if I can't get it going then, there's always hammers. David patheve2 wrote:
Hello David
Welcome in the team of the people who have some problems with PCMCIA and Linux 64 bits :-)) !!!! Well, as Matt wrote it, you can find in this mailing list some informations that can help you, in particular my two messages : http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-amd64/2005-Jan/0204.html http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-amd64/2005-Jan/0205.html in which there are a solution. But I can explain how I could get my cards working fine after several tests with the help of Matt and David Hinds the "father" of the PCMCIA kit for linux.
So my laptop : an Asus of the L5D series, the first one of Asus with Athlon 64. It is built with nVidia chipsets. On it : Win XP Pro SP2, SuSE AMD64 9.0 (kernel 2.4.21) and SuSE AMD64 9.1 with kernel (a 2.6.8-24.10 one) and PCMCIA package of the SuSE AMD64 9.2. My cards are a Com One modem card (Platinium 56k), a Netgear ethernet FA411 card and a Hayes modem card (Optima 288).
Accordind to "lspci -vv", hereafter the data about the PCMCIA port of my laptop:
0000:02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ab) Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 1854 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
Reset- 16bInt- PostWrite+ 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 0000:02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ab) Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 1854 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
Reset- 16bInt+ PostWrite+ 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 So with a full SuSE 9.2 (9.3 ?) AMD64, the basis is correct : kernel and PCMCIA package. At first, verify that your card is defined in the /etc/pcmcia/config file. If not, go to the next step, we will see after. Now, have a look on I/O windows and memory window above. These datas are required in the config.opts file in the /etc/pcmcia directory under this form :
# range of port addresses : ##################### include port 0xb000-0xb7ff include port 0xb800-0xbfff include port 0xc000-0xc7ff include port 0xc800-0xcfff # range of memory addresses : ######################## include memory 0xf8a00000-0xfd1ff000
I have to take the min and max of the memory for defining one range and take all the ranges of port.
Copy the original config.opts and rename it, modify the config.opts by suppressing all datas concerning port and memory and add your own datas. Reboot your PC. Insert a card and see the results with "dmesg" and tell us what you get. I think you can see at this level an improvement . No ?? Then with "/sbin/cardctl info", see the character strings after "PRODID_1" and "PRODID_2". With this, make an entry in the /etc/pcmcia/config file. If you don't know how to do, tell it us. If an entry is already defined, forget this step. Go to the following. Now, see what give /sbin/lsmod. Are there some loaded modules such as "pcmcia_core", "yenta_socket", "ds" and the module depending on the type of PCMCIA card (for example : serial_cs if modem) ? If wrong, don't worry, try this : with /sbin/lspci -vv, find the datas about PCI bridge with secondary=02. In my cas, here what I get :
0000:00:0a.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 PCI Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
Reset- FastB2B- Take the min and max of the memory behind brigde and put them in the config.opts file. Reboot your PC and see the results. Verify all the above steps after boot. Better or not ? If not, I thing that the solution should only come from .... Windows XP !!! Sorry. But if you have Windows on dual boot. This is the first time that Win XP can help Linux !!!!! In my case, I took the datas given by Win XP for PCMCIA port and used them as following in the config.opts file :
# range of port addresses : ##################### include port 0xcc00-0xccff include port 0xd000-0xd0ff include port 0xd400-0xd4ff include port 0xdc00-0xdcff # range of memory addresses : ######################## include memory 0xfa200000-0xfeafcfff
As you can see, there is a significant difference between my previous and actual config.opts files. With such a file, under SuSE 9.0 and SuSE 9.1, I can use my Com One modem card (not the Hayes and I can't explain why) and the FA411 card. So, if Win XP is not installed on your laptop, well try do it in order to get the right date for PCMCIA port. If you can try a dual installation, Win XP and SuSE 9.2 (9.3), the boot being managed by Win XP (lilo for linux on the boot partition). Perhaps with Grub.
Well, it's up to you : try and tell us what you get.
Regards
Pascal
===========================================
I have been trying to get a second wireless card to work in my hp laptop with a 64 AMD. I have not been successful at all. I have found that I believe that SuSE is mis detecting the orinoco gold card that I am trying to use. When that card is plugged in I get the following. When it is not plugged in these lines are not in the system log.
Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: executing: 'modprobe memory_cs 2>&1' Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: + FATAL: Module memory_cs not found. Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: modprobe exited with status 1 Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: module /lib/modules/2.6.8-24.14-default/pcmcia/memory_cs.o not available Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: bind 'memory_cs' to socket 0 failed: Invalid argument
I have never had a problem with the orinoco gold card and SuSE. I have used it with 9.1 and 9.2 but only the 32 bit version. I am now using the 64b version. Any ideas?
David
Good morning, I have gone through this and had good luck. I decided to switch to a Netgear card as I wanted to use kismet and these cards don't require patched drivers. I am using a HP laptop and what I came up with matched Matt's pretty close, so I just used what he had posted. My card works great and I can now use either the internal or the pcmcia card. There is one item that showed up, the lights on the card don't work. Not a big deal, but I am just wondering why. David patheve2 wrote:
Hello David
Welcome in the team of the people who have some problems with PCMCIA and Linux 64 bits :-)) !!!! Well, as Matt wrote it, you can find in this mailing list some informations that can help you, in particular my two messages : http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-amd64/2005-Jan/0204.html http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-amd64/2005-Jan/0205.html in which there are a solution. But I can explain how I could get my cards working fine after several tests with the help of Matt and David Hinds the "father" of the PCMCIA kit for linux.
So my laptop : an Asus of the L5D series, the first one of Asus with Athlon 64. It is built with nVidia chipsets. On it : Win XP Pro SP2, SuSE AMD64 9.0 (kernel 2.4.21) and SuSE AMD64 9.1 with kernel (a 2.6.8-24.10 one) and PCMCIA package of the SuSE AMD64 9.2. My cards are a Com One modem card (Platinium 56k), a Netgear ethernet FA411 card and a Hayes modem card (Optima 288).
Accordind to "lspci -vv", hereafter the data about the PCMCIA port of my laptop:
0000:02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ab) Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 1854 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
Reset- 16bInt- PostWrite+ 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 0000:02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ab) Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 1854 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
Reset- 16bInt+ PostWrite+ 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 So with a full SuSE 9.2 (9.3 ?) AMD64, the basis is correct : kernel and PCMCIA package. At first, verify that your card is defined in the /etc/pcmcia/config file. If not, go to the next step, we will see after. Now, have a look on I/O windows and memory window above. These datas are required in the config.opts file in the /etc/pcmcia directory under this form :
# range of port addresses : ##################### include port 0xb000-0xb7ff include port 0xb800-0xbfff include port 0xc000-0xc7ff include port 0xc800-0xcfff # range of memory addresses : ######################## include memory 0xf8a00000-0xfd1ff000
I have to take the min and max of the memory for defining one range and take all the ranges of port.
Copy the original config.opts and rename it, modify the config.opts by suppressing all datas concerning port and memory and add your own datas. Reboot your PC. Insert a card and see the results with "dmesg" and tell us what you get. I think you can see at this level an improvement . No ?? Then with "/sbin/cardctl info", see the character strings after "PRODID_1" and "PRODID_2". With this, make an entry in the /etc/pcmcia/config file. If you don't know how to do, tell it us. If an entry is already defined, forget this step. Go to the following. Now, see what give /sbin/lsmod. Are there some loaded modules such as "pcmcia_core", "yenta_socket", "ds" and the module depending on the type of PCMCIA card (for example : serial_cs if modem) ? If wrong, don't worry, try this : with /sbin/lspci -vv, find the datas about PCI bridge with secondary=02. In my cas, here what I get :
0000:00:0a.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 PCI Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
Reset- FastB2B- Take the min and max of the memory behind brigde and put them in the config.opts file. Reboot your PC and see the results. Verify all the above steps after boot. Better or not ? If not, I thing that the solution should only come from .... Windows XP !!! Sorry. But if you have Windows on dual boot. This is the first time that Win XP can help Linux !!!!! In my case, I took the datas given by Win XP for PCMCIA port and used them as following in the config.opts file :
# range of port addresses : ##################### include port 0xcc00-0xccff include port 0xd000-0xd0ff include port 0xd400-0xd4ff include port 0xdc00-0xdcff # range of memory addresses : ######################## include memory 0xfa200000-0xfeafcfff
As you can see, there is a significant difference between my previous and actual config.opts files. With such a file, under SuSE 9.0 and SuSE 9.1, I can use my Com One modem card (not the Hayes and I can't explain why) and the FA411 card. So, if Win XP is not installed on your laptop, well try do it in order to get the right date for PCMCIA port. If you can try a dual installation, Win XP and SuSE 9.2 (9.3), the boot being managed by Win XP (lilo for linux on the boot partition). Perhaps with Grub.
Well, it's up to you : try and tell us what you get.
Regards
Pascal
===========================================
I have been trying to get a second wireless card to work in my hp laptop with a 64 AMD. I have not been successful at all. I have found that I believe that SuSE is mis detecting the orinoco gold card that I am trying to use. When that card is plugged in I get the following. When it is not plugged in these lines are not in the system log.
Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: executing: 'modprobe memory_cs 2>&1' Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: + FATAL: Module memory_cs not found. Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: modprobe exited with status 1 Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: module /lib/modules/2.6.8-24.14-default/pcmcia/memory_cs.o not available Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: bind 'memory_cs' to socket 0 failed: Invalid argument
I have never had a problem with the orinoco gold card and SuSE. I have used it with 9.1 and 9.2 but only the 32 bit version. I am now using the 64b version. Any ideas?
David
Has anyone gotten Superkaramba .36 working with Suse 9.3? The Guru RPM (which is only built for 32-bit) only works on themes that don't use Python. Those that do quit at the first Python import statement. I've tried compiling from source, but `make install' quits, complaining that it can't find 'libfam.la', and a few others. I have those libraries installed in /usr/lib (not /usr/lib64), and I used "--with-extra-libs=/usr/lib" on the configure step. It seems that 32-bit Suse 9.3 users have gotten Superkaramba to compile, but I've only seen negative responses from 64-bit users.
On Monday 25 April 2005 19:06, David wrote:
Good morning,
I have gone through this and had good luck. I decided to switch to a Netgear card as I wanted to use kismet and these cards don't require patched drivers. I am using a HP laptop and what I came up with matched Matt's pretty close, so I just used what he had posted. My card works great and I can now use either the internal or the pcmcia card. There is one item that showed up, the lights on the card don't work. Not a big deal, but I am just wondering why.
No idea about this. Do they work on other Linux systems? If not, may be they need interaction with the windows drivers? But I'm happy that we could help :) Regards, Matt
David
patheve2 wrote:
Hello David
Welcome in the team of the people who have some problems with PCMCIA and Linux 64 bits :-)) !!!! Well, as Matt wrote it, you can find in this mailing list some informations that can help you, [snip]
===========================================
I have been trying to get a second wireless card to work in my hp laptop with a 64 AMD. I have not been successful at all. I have found that I believe that SuSE is mis detecting the orinoco gold card that I am trying to use. When that card is plugged in I get the following. When it is not plugged in these lines are not in the system log.
Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: executing: 'modprobe memory_cs 2>&1' Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: + FATAL: Module memory_cs not found. Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: modprobe exited with status 1 Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: module /lib/modules/2.6.8-24.14-default/pcmcia/memory_cs.o not available Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: bind 'memory_cs' to socket 0 failed: Invalid argument
I have never had a problem with the orinoco gold card and SuSE. I have used it with 9.1 and 9.2 but only the 32 bit version. I am now using the 64b version. Any ideas?
David
Those lights are not a big deal Matt. I just thought it was curios. I have noticed the activity light ocasionally flickers. Yes they do work on other systems. Your help was greatly appreciated. David Matt T. wrote:
On Monday 25 April 2005 19:06, David wrote:
Good morning,
I have gone through this and had good luck. I decided to switch to a Netgear card as I wanted to use kismet and these cards don't require patched drivers. I am using a HP laptop and what I came up with matched Matt's pretty close, so I just used what he had posted. My card works great and I can now use either the internal or the pcmcia card. There is one item that showed up, the lights on the card don't work. Not a big deal, but I am just wondering why.
No idea about this. Do they work on other Linux systems? If not, may be they need interaction with the windows drivers?
But I'm happy that we could help :)
Regards, Matt
David
patheve2 wrote:
Hello David
Welcome in the team of the people who have some problems with PCMCIA and Linux 64 bits :-)) !!!! Well, as Matt wrote it, you can find in this mailing list some informations that can help you, [snip]
===========================================
I have been trying to get a second wireless card to work in my hp laptop with a 64 AMD. I have not been successful at all. I have found that I believe that SuSE is mis detecting the orinoco gold card that I am trying to use. When that card is plugged in I get the following. When it is not plugged in these lines are not in the system log.
Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: executing: 'modprobe memory_cs 2>&1' Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: + FATAL: Module memory_cs not found. Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: modprobe exited with status 1 Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: module /lib/modules/2.6.8-24.14-default/pcmcia/memory_cs.o not available Apr 18 16:50:55 DsHP cardmgr[6463]: bind 'memory_cs' to socket 0 failed: Invalid argument
I have never had a problem with the orinoco gold card and SuSE. I have used it with 9.1 and 9.2 but only the 32 bit version. I am now using the 64b version. Any ideas?
David
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