bvc Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 1. when you boot is eth0 brought up, or error? 2. right after login su to root and do lsmod, and post the results here. su <Enter> root_password <Enter> lsmod Also post /etc/modules.conf When you do; ifconfig -a is the eth card configed with an ip?...or just a mac address? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdemers883 Posted September 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 I'll try all this stuff tomorrow, I tried doing the kernel-source and it asked for disc 3 of mandrake and my buddy has it :( Thank you guys for helping me and I will try this out tomorrow and see if progress is made :) Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdemers883 Posted September 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 I tried this: urpmi kernel-source and rpm -qa |grep kernel and here is the output [root@localhost user1]# urpmi kernel-source Please insert the medium named "International CD (x86) (cdrom3)" on device [/dev/hdc] Press Enter when ready... installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kernel-source-2.4.21-0.13mdk.i586.rpm Preparing... ################################################## 1:kernel-source ################################################## [root@localhost user1]# rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-enterprise-2.4.21.0.13mdk-1-1mdk kernel-2.4.21.0.13mdk-1-1mdk kernel-source-2.4.21-0.13mdk [root@localhost user1]# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 ok, now try locate orinoco_pci and see if you get the same 2 locations I did earlier. If so, try modprobe orinoco_pci again and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdemers883 Posted September 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 I'll try this stuff when I get home, I"m in my red hat 9 class at school right now. Thanks for the help so far. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdemers883 Posted September 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 tried locate orinoco_pci and modprobe orinoco_pci and here's the output [root@localhost user1]# locate orinoco_pci warning: locate: could not open database: /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db: No such f ile or directory warning: You need to run the 'updatedb' command (as root) to create the database . [root@localhost user1]# updatedb [root@localhost user1]# locate orinoco_pci /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco_pci.c /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco_pci.o.gz /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdkenterprise/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco_pci.o.gz [root@localhost user1]# modprobe orinoco_pci /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdkenterprise/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco_pci.o.gz: init_module: No such device 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 modprobe: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdkenterprise/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco_pci.o.gz failed modprobe: insmod orinoco_pci failed [root@localhost user1]# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 Ok, I just searched a little farther and before we continue, which version of this card is it? If it is 2.7 or above unfortunately there is no driver for it yet. If it is lower than 2.7, we can get it working. See response 5 here: http://www.computing.net/linux/wwwboard/fo...orum/21897.html for where I got that. If it is a version lower than 2.7, you can get the wlan-ng drivers that have been proven to work here: ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-wlan-ng/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdemers883 Posted September 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 Ok, I just searched a little farther and before we continue, which version of this card is it? If it is 2.7 or above unfortunately there is no driver for it yet. If it is lower than 2.7, we can get it working. See response 5 here: http://www.computing.net/linux/wwwboard/fo...orum/21897.html for where I got that. If it is a version lower than 2.7, you can get the wlan-ng drivers that have been proven to work here:ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-wlan-ng/ Thanks man, you have been a very big help. Unfortunately my card is version 2.7 :( hopefully tomorrow I can go snag a compatible card. Is there a card (wifi) that you would recommend? Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 I don't have much experience with PCI WiFi cards, but if you take a look at my FAQ on Wireless PCMCIA cards, I posted a link there with a list of cards that definitely work in Linux. If it has a driver next listed next to it, it works. Check it out. I personally have a Siemens PCMCIA card in my laptop. I love it and it works perfectly. If you can get one, I would definitely suggest a Siemens PCI card. 3Com and Netgear also have pretty good support. Also, if you still have the packaging for your current card and wherever you bought it from will accept it back, I would say return it and write an email to Linksys explaining that you returned it and the reason why (no Linux driver). The more emails that get sent out about things like this, the more companies will (hopefully) realize that we are most definitely a viable market and put more R&D money into writing good drivers for Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdemers883 Posted September 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 LiquidZoo I checked the hardware compatibility list and saw the dlink dwk-520 was supported. I went and bought it this afternoon. How would I go about getting this workijng properly? Thanks for any help you can give. mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 Which version did you get? The 520+ only works for some people and only then with an experimental driver. If you got the regular 520 then you're all good. That one uses the prism2 driver so just modprobe prism2_pci and you should be all set and able to configure it from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdemers883 Posted September 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 Which version did you get? The 520+ only works for some people and only then with an experimental driver. If you got the regular 520 then you're all good. That one uses the prism2 driver so just modprobe prism2_pci and you should be all set and able to configure it from there. I bought the plain old 520. Thanks for the suggestion liquidzoo you have been a big help to me, thank you for your patience as well. Once I got my 120gig formatted and reinstall xp pro and mandrake I'll test it out! Thanks! Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted September 20, 2003 Report Share Posted September 20, 2003 My pleasure. It's good that you bought the plain 520. Let me know if you have any problems or let any of us know if you have any other questions. We'll be happy to help you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdemers883 Posted September 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2003 here's the updated situation. I formatted my 120gig drive last night. I installed xp pro and mandrake 9.1 with no probs. I still can't get online with mandrake yet, I'm not sure if my onboard ethernet (SiS900 10/100) is interfering. Here is what I've done at the terminal thus far. [root@localhost mark]# urpmi kernel-source Please insert the medium named "International CD (x86) (cdrom3)" on device [/dev/hdc] Press Enter when ready... installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kernel-source-2.4.21-0.13mdk.i586.rpm Preparing... ################################################## 1:kernel-source ################################################## [root@localhost mark]# modprob prism2_pci bash: modprob: command not found [root@localhost mark]# modprobe prism2_pci /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdkenterprise/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o.gz: init_module: Operation not permitted 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 modprobe: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdkenterprise/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o.gz failed modprobe: insmod prism2_pci failed [root@localhost mark]# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted September 20, 2003 Report Share Posted September 20, 2003 ....like I said above 1. when you boot is eth0 brought up, or error? 2. right after login su to root and do lsmod, and post the results here. su <Enter> root_password <Enter> lsmod Also post /etc/modules.conf When you do; ifconfig -a is the eth card configed with an ip?...or just a mac address? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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