or maybe a knoppix disk which is pretty good at detecting hardware. On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 19:22:37 -0400 Michael Crute wrote:
> Being lazy I would start with the dead simple route. Boot the ubuntu livecd > check out what driver it loads and if the card works, if all is peachy under > ubuntu reboot gentoo and modprobe the driver that ubuntu loaded. If all that > fails then you need to dig deeper into your kernel config. I could make some > guesses on what options you need there but since I dont have a computer with > PCMCIA I really cant say for sure. > > -Mike > > On 8/2/05, Ian K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > HI guys, > > I have resorted to putting Ubuntu on my friend's laptop. > > If you remember, it was an evil Panasonic Toughbook, with > > a Ricoh PCMCIA card slot(?) from hell. If you want a brief > > explanation, read starting from the 1. If you want to skip > > to the problem, goto 2. :) > > > > 1. Well, I tried everything, with a friend of mine on the phone, > > a Gentoo user himself. We couldn't get the driver to detect > > the unknown 3.3 volt Linksys WPC11 v4 card in the PCMCIA slot. > > I had promised over and over to him that we could get the card > > working that day, since all I thought I had to do was a modprobe. > > But no such luck. I had promised him internet, and I would get > > him internet. I decided to resize his Gentoo partitions and install > > Windows (98SE). The resize failed, corrupting his Gentoo install. > > I decided, well, he doesn't have anything on there, so I wiped it > > with fdisk under the 2005.0 livecd and created an empty DOS > > partition table. It said something about this hard drive having > > more 'somethings' (maybe blocks, I cant remember) than the usual > > amount. We had 1222. It said that Windows may not like this. > > I ignored it, and tried booting with a Win98SE disc, which refused > > to install on his computer. Stumped, I dug up a Ubuntu install disc, > > and had him up in under an hour. I was sooooo mad!! I would have > > put Gentoo back on, but the time it takes to install was more than > > we had taht day. > > > > 2. So Ubuntu is up. Also note that I have posted this problem on their > > list, and I have gotten one useless reply. Im asking you guys cause > > there are more of you and I think your smarter. Here is the issue: > > > > When I pop in a standard 3com 589cs card, the computer beeps, and > > beeps again when I take it out. That looked promising. I then put in > > his WAN card, a new Linksys Wireless B Adapter. (WPC11 version 4, > > which uses a Realtek chipset.) I heard nothing when putting it in, > > but heard a beep upon removing it. I checked the dmesg, and got > > a Nobody cared message (IRQ 9, I believe) and a: > > cs: unable to apply power. > > > > He's on Kernel 2.6.Ithink11, 2.6.* for sure. His bridge is a Ricoh > > RL5C475. There is a nice how-to for this bridge --if your on kernel 2.4. > > But it was written before 2.6 came out, I think.. The address is: > > > > http://raw-io.com/pci_802.11b.html > > > > If you dont want to visit the site, I copied the condensed howto here: > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > *Short version*: > > > > 1) compile and install 2.4.x (preferable an alan cox kernel) without > > PCMCIA support but with Wireless LAN support (just Wireless LAN support, > > none of the drivers under that option) > > 2) compile and install latest pcmcia-cs > > 3) compile and install latest wireless-tools > > > > edit your pcmcia options so that your socket driver is i82365 and your > > PCIC_OPTS="irq_mode=0" (use only PCI IRQs) > > reboot > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Now, I dont know what to do. Ubuntu is on the 2.6 kernel. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks guys, I really appreciate the help. > > Ian > > > > > > > > > -- > ________________________________ > Michael E. Crute > Software Developer > SoftGroup Development Corporation > > "In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?" -- Nick Rout -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
