Folks, It’s been a couple of days that I am trying to install an Avaya Gold wireless card on my Sony notebook (SuSE PRO 8.0), but I don't have much progress: I have installed the wavelan2_cs-6.16Avaya.tar.gz package which is recommended for my card (the one that Avaya suggests) together with the latest pcmcia-cs-3.2.1 driver. I have also installed wireless_tools.25. What I have managed to do is to get my card recognised (and configured?) when I insert it (two high beeps) and displayed via cardctl ident. It doesn't seem to get any power though neither signal from my base station (no LED flashes/is turned on). I have tried the card under windows and it works. I have also tried an Orinoco card on my laptop and I get one LED (i.e. power) on. I am including some relevant messages from my system, just in case someone has any ideas (It seems like I am getting there, but...) Any hints/suggestions greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance, Dimitris. --------------------------------------------------------------- /var/log/messages Oct 16 20:51:43 egcsky000020 /etc/hotplug/net.agent[1371]: Interface eth1 is handled by service PCMCIA ... exiting Oct 16 20:51:43 egcsky000020 cardmgr[629]: exiting Oct 16 20:51:43 egcsky000020 rcpcmcia: /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o Oct 16 20:51:44 egcsky000020 rcpcmcia: /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o Oct 16 20:51:44 egcsky000020 rcpcmcia: /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.o Oct 16 20:51:44 egcsky000020 rcpcmcia: /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o Oct 16 20:51:44 egcsky000020 rcpcmcia: /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o Oct 16 20:51:44 egcsky000020 cardmgr[1439]: starting, version is 3.1.31 Oct 16 20:51:44 egcsky000020 cardmgr[1439]: modpath = /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB/ Oct 16 20:51:44 egcsky000020 cardmgr[1439]: modsubdir = pcmcia Oct 16 20:51:44 egcsky000020 cardmgr[1439]: watching 2 sockets Oct 16 20:51:44 egcsky000020 cardmgr[1439]: Card Services release does not match Oct 16 20:51:44 egcsky000020 kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean. Oct 16 20:51:44 egcsky000020 kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0816-0x08ff: clean. Oct 16 20:51:44 egcsky000020 kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x080f: clean. Oct 16 20:51:44 egcsky000020 kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x378-0x37f 0x4d0-0x4d7 Oct 16 20:51:44 egcsky000020 kernel: cs: IO port probe 0xff40-0xff7f: clean. Oct 16 20:52:12 egcsky000020 cardmgr[1439]: socket 1: Avaya Wireless PC Card Oct 16 20:52:12 egcsky000020 cardmgr[1439]: executing: 'insmod -v /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB//pcmcia/wavelan2_cs.o network_name=WaveLAN\ Network' Oct 16 20:52:12 egcsky000020 kernel: Linux Wireless driver, Variant 1, Version 6.16 Oct 16 20:52:12 egcsky000020 cardmgr[1439]: + Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB//pcmcia/wavelan2_cs.o will taint the kernel: no license Oct 16 20:52:12 egcsky000020 cardmgr[1439]: + Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-4GB//pcmcia/wavelan2_cs.o Oct 16 20:52:12 egcsky000020 cardmgr[1439]: + Symbol version prefix '' Oct 16 20:52:13 egcsky000020 kernel: eth1: Wireless, Station Functions firmware, Variant 1, Version 7.28 Oct 16 20:52:13 egcsky000020 kernel: eth1: Wireless, io_addr 0x100, irq 5, mac_address 00:02:2D:66:A1:45 Oct 16 20:52:13 egcsky000020 cardmgr[1439]: executing: './network start eth1' Oct 16 20:52:13 egcsky000020 cardmgr[1439]: + ./network: get_info_new: command not found Oct 16 20:52:14 egcsky000020 /etc/hotplug/net.agent[1445]: Interface eth1 is handled by service PCMCIA ... exiting egcsky000020:/etc/sysconfig # iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. sit0 no wireless extensions. Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 0 of Wireless Extension, while this program is using version 12. Some things may be broken... eth1 Wireless ESSID:"" Nickname:"Linux" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 Sensitivity:1/3 RTS thr:off Encryption key:off Link Quality:0/92 Signal level:-102 dBm Noise level:-102 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 egcsky000020:/etc/sysconfig # cardctl ident Socket 0: no product info available Socket 1: product info: "Avaya Communication", "Avaya Wireless PC Card", "Version 01.01", "" manfid: 0x0156, 0x0002 function: 6 (network)