[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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