[Prism54-users] Everything seems to be working ... except no wireless!

Brian Bothwell sysrage@sysrage.net
Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:42:20 -0800


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As stated in multiple previous posts, it depends on the revision. The A1 model of that NIC works with prism54. The rest are atheros.

On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 23:39:59 -0500
"Dave Feller" <dave.feller@conexant.com> wrote:

> Not sure that is a PRISM card - think it is Atheros...
> 
> David Feller
> Director Prism Marketing
> Conexant
> 972-562-7379
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: prism54-users-admin@prism54.org
> [mailto:prism54-users-admin@prism54.org] On Behalf Of Collin
> Starkweather
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 6:19 PM
> To: prism54-users@prism54.org
> Subject: [Prism54-users] Everything seems to be working ... except no
> wireless!
> 
> I have been trying to get wireless (802.11g) working via a D-Link
> AirPlus DWL-G650 a.k.a. AirPlus Extreme G (CardBus) on a Dell Inspiron
> 4150 and am just about out of ideas.  
> 
> The card is specifically mentioned in the kernel config in 
> 
>   Device Drivers ---> 
>     Networking Support ---> 
>       Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) ---> 
>         Intersil Prism GT/Duette/Indigo PCI/PCMCIA
> 
> so I figure someone has got it working.
> 
> Here is what I know (lots of good details / proof below my sig):
> 
> 0) pcmcia-cs is installed
> 1) hotplug and pcmcia are running
> 2) The prism54 and firmware_class modules 
>    are installed (and listed with lsmod)
> 3) The firmware is in place
> 4) lspci seems to think there is a card (or something) there
> 
> When I insert/remove my D-Link AirPlus, however, I don't even get the
> two beeps from cardmgr.  And yes, in case you're wondering, sound is
> working just fine.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Collin
> 
> -- 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Collin Starkweather, Ph.D.  collin.starkweather@collinstarkweather.com
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> 
> I restart pcmcia just to make sure:
> 
>   freak root # /etc/init.d/pcmcia restart
>    * Stopping pcmcia...                          [ ok ]
>    * 'modprobe yenta_socket' failed
>    * Trying alternative PCIC driver: yenta_socket
>    * Starting pcmcia...
>   cardmgr[6815]: watching 2 sockets             [ ok ]
>   freak root #
> 
> I restart hotplug just to make sure:
> 
>   freak root # /etc/init.d/hotplug restart
>    * Stopping USB and PCI hotplugging...         [ ok ] 
>    * Starting USB and PCI hotplugging...         [ ok ]
>   freak root #
> 
> I installed the prism54 module and have pcmcia working through the
> yenta_socket module (presumably the above modprobe message arose because
> the yenta_socket module was already installed):
> 
>   freak root # lsmod
>   Module                  Size  Used by
>   prism54                44184  0
>   firmware_class          6528  1 prism54
>   ... blah blah blah ...
>   yenta_socket           13952  1
>   freak root #
> 
> I have the firmware in place:
> 
>   freak root # ls -l /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/
>   total 96
>   -rw-r--r--    1 root     root        93996 Mar  2 12:59 isl3890
>   freak root #
> 
> lspci seems to think the card is there (though I don't know why it call
> it an "Unknown device"):
> 
>   freak root # lspci
>   ... blah blah blah ...
>   02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
>   02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
>   07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc.: Unknown
> device 0013 (rev 01)
>   freak root #
> 
> Here are some messages I found in /var/log/messages that I don't quite
> know what to make of but which may seem relevant:
> 
>   Mar  2 15:26:53 freak cardmgr[6566]: watching 2 sockets
>   Mar  2 15:26:53 freak cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
>   Mar  2 15:26:53 freak cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: excluding
> 0x800-0x817 0x828-0x837 0x840-0x84f 0x860-0x877 0x880-0x88f 0x898-0x89f
> 0x8a8-0x8cf 0x8e0-0x8ff
>   Mar  2 15:26:53 freak cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding
> 0x378-0x37f 0x3c0-0x3df 0x4d0-0x4d7
>   Mar  2 15:26:53 freak cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
>   Mar  2 15:26:53 freak cardmgr[6566]: starting, version is 3.2.5
> 
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