Realtek V1.5 drivers with SuSE 8.2 - kernel panic
Hi All, Prologue: I have a home wireless LAN built around a standalone router/access point from Belkin. The main PC (SuSE 8.2) is wired to the router via good old fashioned cable. Then there are two laptops - one (SuSE 9.0) using a Cisco PCMCIA card, the other (a Crusoe-based laptop running 8.2) a generic PCMCIA card with the Realtek 8180L chipset. The latter I had no problems getting working with the driver from Realtek's site (rtl8180_linuxdrv_v15_rh90.zip) after the usual "makefile tweaks, build, install, run wlanup script" cycle. Main event: So, when I needed to bring the fourth machine into the network - an athlon-based desktop unit running 8.2 but out of easy cable range - I got a Realtek 8180L based PCI wireless card from Startech (PCI511WB). The rtl8180_24x.o module built and insmod'ed no problem. So I proceed to bring up the card using the same steps that worked on the laptop.... except that on executing "iwpriv wlan0 enable" I get a kernel panic (in the binary portion of the driver, naturally!) The machine is running the stock 2.4.20-4GB-athlon kernel with latest updates. 1) Has anyone got positive experience running Realtek-based PCI (not PCMICA) wireless cards? I didn't find anything corresponding to my problem on the net, except for suggestiong to try ndiswrapper (which I plan to do) 2) I'm prepared to write off the card for now - does anyone have any recommendations for a PCI wireless (11Mps) card for use with SuSE 8.2? An increasing number of cards seem to be switching to Realtek which makes me apprehensive... Thanks in advance, Vince Legal Disclaimer: Any views expressed by the sender of this message are not necessarily those of Application Solutions Ltd. Information in this e-mail may be confidential and is for the use of the intended recipient only, no mistake in transmission is intended to waive or compromise such privilege. Please advise the sender if you receive this e-mail by mistake.
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Vince Negri