Linksys WPC11 and g3

Sat May 17 17:45:01 2003

so you got it to work on Mandrake?

I haven't even started working on the card driver, I am 
still trying to get card services to load. from 
/var/log/messages:

May 17 09:29:03 wafer kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 
3.1.22
May 17 09:29:03 wafer kernel:   options:  [pci] 
[cardbus][pm]
May 17 09:29:03 wafer kernel: ds: no socket drivers 
loaded!
May 17 09:29:03 wafer kernel: unloading Kernel Card 
Services
May 17 09:29:03 wafer insmod: 
/lib/modules/2.4.20-8d/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o:
   init_module: Operation not permitted
May 17 09:29:03 wafer insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be 
caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid 
IO or IRQ parameters. You may find more
information in syslog or the output from dmesg

On Sat, 17 May 2003 08:50:36 -0700
  Bob Sams <rwsams@pacbell.net> wrote:
>Doug,
>I had exactly the same set of problems with a Lucent 
>Orinoco Silver
>802.11b card which I think uses the same driver as your 
>Linksys.  I
>could not get the card to work although the pcmcia 
>cardmgr system
>recognized and initialized it and it should up as working 
>in ifconfig
>and iwconfig.  The signal quality was 0 and the rate was 
>listed as 2 mbs
>in iwconfig but it moved no data.I worked on this thing 
>for days,
>although I am not an expert by any means.  YDL should be 
>able to get the
>most popular 802.11b card to work in my opinion.
>
>I gave up and went back to Linux Mandrake. 
>
>Setup
>Powerbook Wallstreet 384 MB ram.
>
>Bob
>
>
>On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 13:48, Doug Brewer wrote:
>> Apologies, but this might also be helpful info...from 
>>/var/log/messages:
>> 
>> May 16 14:59:09 localhost cardmgr[31588]: starting, 
>>version is 3.1.31
>> May 16 14:59:09 localhost cardmgr[31588]: no pcmcia 
>>driver in
>> /proc/devices
>> May 16 14:59:09 localhost cardmgr[31588]: exiting
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 
>>yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>> [mailto:yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] 
>>On Behalf
>> Of Doug Brewer
>> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 2:13 PM
>> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>> Subject: Linksys WPC11 and g3
>> 
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I am not new to linux but new to YDL and have installed 
>>3.0 on my
>> wallstreet g3 laptop (smooth install). My next task is 
>>to get my linksys
>> WPC11 wireless card running.
>> 
>> I have spent a bit of time searching the archives and 
>>found bits and
>> pieces of info, but nothing complete.
>> 
>> I have configured /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia to enable 
>>pcmcia. However I have
>> no idea what to enter under PCIC, and have tried various 
>>values gleaned
>> from the archives such as yenta and yenta_socket, but 
>>continue to get
>> error messages when trying to start the pcmcia service. 
>>I think this is
>> due to entering the wrong PCIC value:
>> 
>> Starting PCMCIA services: modulesmodprobe: Can't locate 
>>module
>> pcmcia_core.o
>> modprobe: Can't locate module yenta_socket.o
>> modprobe: Can't locate module ds.o
>>  cardmgr.
>> 
>> Any pointers or help would be appreciated.
>> 
>> Doug
>> 
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