I know this was discussed a few weeks ago and I have tried to follow previous advice, but I can't seem to get my linksys WPC-11 wireless network card to work in SuSE 8.0. It was working in 7.3 with and still works in windows on the same computer so I know it's not a hardware problem. I have temporarily disabled the encryption on the wireless hub, so the problem is not in the encryption. I have included the output of ifconfig and the relevant section of /var/log/messages. Running dhcpcd manually results in a time-out error. I would appreciate any advice (and maybe an explanation of why SuSE apparently changed the pcmcia setting files, included the drivers for wireless interface cards, and yet provides absolutely no documentation on how to use them!) Thanks Bernie w1az@arrl.net ifconfig output lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:98 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:98 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:7576 (7.3 Kb) TX bytes:7576 (7.3 Kb) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:25:01:F1:AA inet6 addr: fe80::206:25ff:fe01:f1aa/10 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:3 Base address:0x100 entry in /var/log/messages on insertion of card: Jun 1 06:45:38 owen cardmgr[536]: socket 0: Bromax OEM 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN Card (Prism 2.5) Jun 1 06:45:38 owen cardmgr[536]: executing: 'insmod -v /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB//pcmcia-external/prism2_cs.o' Jun 1 06:45:38 owen kernel: init_module: prism2_cs.o: 0.1.13-devel1 Loaded Jun 1 06:45:38 owen kernel: init_module: dev_info is: prism2_cs Jun 1 06:45:38 owen cardmgr[536]: + Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB//pcmcia-external/prism2_cs.o Jun 1 06:45:38 owen cardmgr[536]: + Symbol version prefix '' Jun 1 06:45:39 owen cardmgr[536]: executing: './wlan-ng start wlan0' Jun 1 06:45:39 owen kernel: prism2_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x013f Jun 1 06:45:39 owen kernel: hfa384x_corereset: hfa384x_corereset not supported on pcmcia. Use driver services COR access function instead Jun 1 06:45:39 owen kernel: ident: nic h/w: id=0x800c 1.0.0 Jun 1 06:45:39 owen kernel: ident: pri f/w: id=0x15 1.0.4 Jun 1 06:45:39 owen kernel: ident: sta f/w: id=0x1f 1.0.3 Jun 1 06:45:39 owen kernel: MFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1 Jun 1 06:45:39 owen kernel: CFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1 Jun 1 06:45:39 owen kernel: PRI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x03:var=0x01:b/t=1/3 Jun 1 06:45:39 owen kernel: STA:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x04:var=0x01:b/t=1/6 Jun 1 06:45:39 owen kernel: PRI-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1 Jun 1 06:45:39 owen kernel: STA-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1 Jun 1 06:45:39 owen kernel: STA-MFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1 Jun 1 06:45:39 owen kernel: Prism2 card SN: 99SA01000000 Jun 1 06:45:39 owen cardmgr[536]: + usage: ./network [action] [device name] Jun 1 06:45:39 owen cardmgr[536]: + actions: start check stop suspend resume Jun 1 06:45:39 owen cardmgr[536]: + Device <wlan0> not found in stab Jun 1 06:45:40 owen kernel: p80211knetdev_hard_start_xmit: Tx attempt prior to association, frame dropped. Jun 1 06:45:45 owen last message repeated 2 times Jun 1 06:45:47 owen /etc/hotplug/net.agent[1551]: No HW description found ... exiting Jun 1 06:45:49 owen kernel: p80211knetdev_hard_start_xmit: Tx attempt prior to association, frame dropped.
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 06:57:50AM -0400, Bernie Gardner wrote:
I know this was discussed a few weeks ago and I have tried to follow previous advice, but I can't seem to get my linksys WPC-11 wireless network card to work in SuSE 8.0. It was working in 7.3 with and still works in windows on the same computer so I know it's not a hardware problem. I have temporarily disabled the encryption on the wireless hub, so the problem is not in the encryption. I have included the output of ifconfig and the relevant section of /var/log/messages. Running dhcpcd manually results in a time-out error. I would appreciate any advice (and maybe an explanation of why SuSE apparently changed the pcmcia setting files, included the drivers for wireless interface cards, and yet provides absolutely no documentation on how to use them!)
PCMCIA wireless in 8.0 is fscked as you found out. Check out susefaq.sourceforge.net for my workarounds (which while they apply to the Orinoco cards may still be useful for you).
entry in /var/log/messages on insertion of card:
Jun 1 06:45:38 owen cardmgr[536]: socket 0: Bromax OEM 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN Card (Prism 2.5) Jun 1 06:45:38 owen cardmgr[536]: executing: 'insmod -v /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB//pcmcia-external/prism2_cs.o' Jun 1 06:45:38 owen kernel: init_module: prism2_cs.o: 0.1.13-devel1 Loaded
If the prism2_cs.o the driver you were using in 7.3? I think almost very wireless card is set to use this driver in the 8.0 config. I changed mine to use the driver I was using before and it is working. Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ Got spam? Get spastic http://spastic.sourceforge.net
Hi, On Samstag, Juni 01, 2002 at 06:57:50, Bernie Gardner wrote:
I know this was discussed a few weeks ago and I have tried to follow previous advice, but I can't seem to get my linksys WPC-11 wireless network card to work in SuSE 8.0. It was working in 7.3 with and still works in windows on the same computer so I know it's not a hardware problem. I have temporarily disabled the encryption on the wireless hub, so the problem is not in the encryption. I have included the output of ifconfig and the relevant section of /var/log/messages. Running dhcpcd manually results in a time-out error. I would appreciate any advice (and maybe an explanation of why SuSE apparently changed the pcmcia setting files, included the drivers for wireless interface cards, and yet provides absolutely no documentation on how to use them!)
Update to this package and everything should work like on 7.x. ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/zoz/pcmcia/8.0/pcmcia-3.1.31-0.i386.rpm The "problem" was that the pcmcia package was build with wlan-ng without implement it very well. Update the package with rcpcmcia stop rpm -e pcmcia rpm -ihv pcmcia-3.1.31-0.i386.rpm rcpmcia start Henne -- Hendrik Vogelsang aka Henne mailto: hvogel<at>hennevogel.de We are a generation raised by women. I'm wondering if another woman is the answer. # random sigs made with fortune
Thanks to all who replied to my query, including Henry Harpending who replied off-list due to list problems. I now have the wireless network working. I applied the update suggested by Henne, but it did not have any immediate effect. After some additional browsing through the file system, I found wlancfg in /usr/sbin. Running this indicated that "dot11DesiredSSID=linux-wlan". I had changed the ssid setting in /etc/sysconfig/network for essid to 'WIRELESS_ESSID="lynksys"', linksys being the default essid for the network. I was unclear why the system was looking for something else, but since the laptop is the only wireless device I'm using at the moment, I just changed the setting in the router and it worked. On further checking and rereading Henry's and Keith's suggestions, I discovered that the linux-wlan setting is from /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.opts. Anyway, I'm happy it's working, but still rather annoyed at the poor documentation SuSE provides for wireless lan, and pcmcia in general. The setup in fact is very simple if you know what to do, but SuSE makes no effort to explain what is needed. I still have to run dhcpcd manually, but I don't turn the computer off very often, so that's not a big problem. Again, thanks for the advice. Bernie w1az@arrl.net (p.s. to Henry. Sorry for the double post. I meant to reply to the list, but I haven't figured out how to do that easily in evolution.) On Sat, 2002-06-01 at 15:56, Henne Vogelsang wrote:
Hi,
On Samstag, Juni 01, 2002 at 06:57:50, Bernie Gardner wrote:
I know this was discussed a few weeks ago and I have tried to follow previous advice, but I can't seem to get my linksys WPC-11 wireless network card to work in SuSE 8.0. It was working in 7.3 with and still works in windows on the same computer so I know it's not a hardware problem. I have temporarily disabled the encryption on the wireless hub, so the problem is not in the encryption. I have included the output of ifconfig and the relevant section of /var/log/messages. Running dhcpcd manually results in a time-out error. I would appreciate any advice (and maybe an explanation of why SuSE apparently changed the pcmcia setting files, included the drivers for wireless interface cards, and yet provides absolutely no documentation on how to use them!)
Update to this package and everything should work like on 7.x.
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/zoz/pcmcia/8.0/pcmcia-3.1.31-0.i386.rpm
The "problem" was that the pcmcia package was build with wlan-ng without implement it very well.
Update the package with
rcpcmcia stop rpm -e pcmcia rpm -ihv pcmcia-3.1.31-0.i386.rpm rcpmcia start
Henne
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On 1 Jun 2002, Bernie Gardner wrote:
I still have to run dhcpcd manually, but I don't turn the computer off very often, so that's not a big problem. Again, thanks for the advice.
I was just poking through the scripts because I was running into the same problem: the card services would start up, but the dhcp wouldn't go. After prodding a bit, I managed to get it working. But, as I'm not exactly a shell script guru, I'm not sure if the problems were with the scripts to begin with, or because of my weird configuration, or if I'm just misunderstanding what is supposed to be happening. The first thing I noticed in the message log: I noticed that the network script wasn't running properly, followed by the message <wlan0> not found in stab. So, I found that this check for the device in the stab was being called from the /etc/pcmcia/shared script. I may be wrong, but it looks like the return values in where it's checking the stab for the device are reversed: if it finds it, it's returning a 0, if not, a 1. However, the script that is using this function call is checking to see if the device exists, with a non-zero value representing it exists. So...I switched the return values in the check function (in grep_stab). Ok...now I was at least able to get rid of the not found in stab message. Then, I was running into "/etc/init.d/dhclient: no such file or directory." Well, I'm not sure if it's because I'm using dhclient rather than dhcpd (for some reason my dhcpcd doesn't work on my network at work, so I usually use dhcp-client rather than dhcpcd), but here on 8.0 when I run 'rcdhclient', it tells me I should run 'ifup-dhcp' and 'ifdown-dhcp' client instead, so logically there is no /etc/init.d/dhclient. So, I changed the network script to call /sbin/ifup-dhcp and /sbin/ifdown-dhcp, rather than /etc/init.d/dhclient start and stop. With those changes (return values in grep_stab() in /etc/pcmcia/shared, and the ifup-dhcp and ifdown-dhcp in /etc/pcmcia/network), it grabs an IP address when the card is identified by the pcmcia service. Like I said, I'm not sure if it was something weird on my machine which necessitated these changes, or me just not understanding things properly, but hopefully this will work for you. Neil -- Neil Palmer, B.Ed. palmern@compusmart.ab.ca ICQ#636657 http://www.fdisk.org neilp@fdisk.org Perl Developer, CSM Systems neilp@csm-systems.com Neither a borrower nor a lender be. - William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Thank-you VERY much for posting this information. After weeks of frustration it fixed the broken wireless on both my laptops. THANK-YOU -- R o b T o w robtow@tauzero.com www.tauzero.com/Rob_Tow (408)-829-7407 * * his sword for hire * another faithless lord left, * the ronin walks on * On Saturday 01 June 2002 12:56, Henne Vogelsang wrote:
Hi,
On Samstag, Juni 01, 2002 at 06:57:50, Bernie Gardner wrote:
I know this was discussed a few weeks ago and I have tried to follow previous advice, but I can't seem to get my linksys WPC-11 wireless network card to work in SuSE 8.0. It was working in 7.3 with and still works in windows on the same computer so I know it's not a hardware problem. I have temporarily disabled the encryption on the wireless hub, so the problem is not in the encryption. I have included the output of ifconfig and the relevant section of /var/log/messages. Running dhcpcd manually results in a time-out error. I would appreciate any advice (and maybe an explanation of why SuSE apparently changed the pcmcia setting files, included the drivers for wireless interface cards, and yet provides absolutely no documentation on how to use them!)
Update to this package and everything should work like on 7.x.
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/zoz/pcmcia/8.0/pcmcia-3.1.31-0.i386.rpm
The "problem" was that the pcmcia package was build with wlan-ng without implement it very well.
Update the package with
rcpcmcia stop rpm -e pcmcia rpm -ihv pcmcia-3.1.31-0.i386.rpm rcpmcia start
Henne
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