[BL] Network troubles
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baslinux at lists.ibiblio.org
Thu Apr 24 18:43:40 EDT 2008
Sorry my last post was so rushed, but I should also add that BL is loading
all of the same modules as Tomsrbt except for the xirc2ps_cs driver.
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 6:53 AM, Meyer <3m.meyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Please try to set your email program to send only plain text and not a
> > second copy in HTML.
>
> Sorry, I wasn't aware that I had.
>
> > I'm sorry about posting so soon, but I've sorted out my last problem and
> now
> > have a new problem:
> >
> > BL won't detect my Xircom IIps PS-CE2-10 network card. I had it a few
> > minutes ago, but I was forced to install BL and I lost my files (my fault
> > completely, I should have known better).
>
> > I don't follow - the card was detected by BL until you reinstalled?
>
> No, I had the card working in a previous installation of BL, after changing
> some files around. I need help figuring out how to change them again.
>
> > This VADEM adaptor may be your problem. It sounds like something that
> was
> > added to your computer plugged into an ISA slot, and one part of it fits
> > into an expansion bay in front, and you put the PCMCIA card into it.
> > Does the adaptor have 2 sockets?
>
> > We had a couple of these (1 socket each) that I got working with serial
> > PCMCIA cards but nothing else. At the time we had no use for them (we
> had
> > regular ISA and PCI modems and network cards and we never expected to be
> > using wireless cards). Maybe you need an additional driver for it? When
> > it works with tomsrtbt, what does lsmod tell you? (Post the list of
> > modules).
>
> The adapter is 1 slot. It's a laptop, so I don't have any ISA slots.
>
> lsmod on tomsrbt says that xirc2ps_cs, ds, i82356, and pcmcia_core are
> loaded.
>
> I did a clean install, so all the tomsrbt files are gone, except for the
> xirc2ps_cs driver and the appropriate lines in /etc/pcmcia/config.
>
> Thanks
> Meyer
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 12:14 AM, <baslinux at lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Please try to set your email program to send only plain text and not a
>> second copy in HTML.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, baslinux at lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
>>
>> > I'm sorry about posting so soon, but I've sorted out my last problem and
>> now
>> > have a new problem:
>> >
>> > BL won't detect my Xircom IIps PS-CE2-10 network card. I had it a few
>> > minutes ago, but I was forced to install BL and I lost my files (my
>> fault
>> > completely, I should have known better).
>>
>> I don't follow - the card was detected by BL until you reinstalled?
>>
>> To add an unknown PCMCIA card you should only need to fetch the module and
>> add two sections to /etc/pcmcia/config - one for the card and one for the
>> device if it is not already there (xirc2ps_cs is not). BL is not as
>> complicated or automated as other linuxes.
>>
>> Dont' change resolv.conf or you won't be able to access websites.
>>
>> >
>> > I copied some files over from Tomsrbt, which detects my network card and
>> > connects to the network automatically. The files were /etc/hosts,
>> > /etc/host.conf, /etc/rc.pcmcia, /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/pcmcia/conf,
>> > /etc/pcmcia/config.opts, /etc/pcmcia/network, /etc/pcmcia/network.opts,
>> amd
>> > /etc/pcmcia/shared (I know not all of those are originaly included in
>> BL,
>> > but they were needed by the Tomsrbt files). Here's the output from
>> > /etc/pcmcia/start: (I couldn't get all of it, but this is most of it. A
>> bit
>> > is cut off from the top)
>> >
>> > Vadem VG-469 rev 00 ISA-to-PCMCIA at port 0x3e0 ofs 0x00
>> > host opts [0]: none
>> > host opts [1]: none
>>
>> This VADEM adaptor may be your problem. It sounds like something that was
>> added to your computer plugged into an ISA slot, and one part of it fits
>> into an expansion bay in front, and you put the PCMCIA card into it.
>> Does the adaptor have 2 sockets?
>>
>> We had a couple of these (1 socket each) that I got working with serial
>> PCMCIA cards but nothing else. At the time we had no use for them (we had
>> regular ISA and PCI modems and network cards and we never expected to be
>> using wireless cards). Maybe you need an additional driver for it? When
>> it works with tomsrtbt, what does lsmod tell you? (Post the list of
>> modules).
>>
>> > ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,15 status change on irq 15
>> The adaptor is using IRQ 15.
>>
>> > Using /lib/modules/2.2.26/pcmcia/ds.o
>> > Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: starting, version is 3.1.16
>> > Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: watching 2 sockets
>> > Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: Card Services release does not match
>> > Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: initializing socket 1
>> > cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff: clean.
>> > Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: socket 1: Xircom IIps Ethernet
>> It found the card in socket 1.
>>
>> > Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: excuting: ' insmod
>> > /lib/modules/2.2.26/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.o'
>> > xirc2ps_cs.c 1.31 1998/12/09 19:32:55 (dd9jn+kvh)
>> > xirc2ps_cs: Card Services release does not match!
>> > Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: + Using
>> /lib/modules/2.2.26/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.o
>> > Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: + insmod: init_modules: xirc2ps_cs: Device
>> or
>> > resource busy
>>
>> The module does not like this card? What modules does tomsrtbt insert
>> when it works with the card? lsmod
>>
>> > Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: insmod exited with status 1
>> > Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: executing: 'modprobe xirc2ps_cs'
>> > Apr 23 16:40:18 cardmgr[35]: get dev info on socket 1 failed: Try again
>> Maybe cardmgr cannot handle this adaptor?
>>
>> > Apr 23 16:40:18 cardmgr[35]: exiting
>> >
>> > Then udhcpc says....
>> >
>> > info, udhcpc (v0.9.9-pre) started
>> > error, SIOCGIFINDEX failed!: No such device
>> >
>> > Which I assume means that it doesn't see the network card (right?).
>> It saw a card in the slot but seems not to have loaded a driver for it.
>> Sindi
>>
>> > Thanks,
>> > Meyer
>> >
>>
>> keesan at sdf.lonestar.org
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