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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > Bridge register mapping failed:  check cb_mem_base setting.
>
> cb_mem_base ?  CardBus?  BL3 doesn't do CardBus.

This is a 10MBit card and probably not cardbus.  I don't know what 
cb_mem_base means.

> > The Xircom card is marked good 10MBit (probably tested with Windows).
>
> IIRC there is some problem with Xircom network cards
> (but not Xircom modems).

Yes, I got that impression.

> > Do I need a new cardmgr as well?
>
> The cardmgr in BL3 is specially compiled to be small.
> A bigger, more recent cardmgr will have more capabilities.

I can use the one from SW8.1.

Instead, I returned the xircom and got two other 10MBit cards with 
dongles.  These are prize specimens but apparently nobody else wants 
10MBit cards so they have been there a while.

These were in exchange for my partner fixing the paper feed problem on the 
HP Ljet 5 by cleaning the subpads, which only took an hour - he practiced 
yesterday on a friend's related model after we fixed her Win98 boot error 
message by removing her favorite screen saver which changed between 10 
large pictures every 60 seconds.  Do any linuxes have screen savers which 
interfere with shutdown?

A Farallon (for which I also have a BNC dongle) by 3com (EtherWave and 
EtherMac) - is this 10MBit? PCMCIA 2.1 and PC card standard, marked 'OK'.

A Billionton 56K modem + 10Base-T PC card with dongle containing RJ-32 (? 
phone) and RJ-45 (ethernet) ports and two green lights, marked both modem 
and ethernet OK.  With driver diskette.

Have these worked for anyone on the list?

We were given a router with a slot for a wireless rtl8180 card (for which 
I have the 2.4.31 module from David) that says not to use the card in a 
PCMCIA slot.  How does one set up software in linux for such beasts?  You 
can plug a non-crossover ethernet cable between a computer and the router, 
and pick up signals with the router over the air instead of over a phone 
line.  Is this any more likely to work than the Linksys 32-bit PCMCIA 
card?

> Cheers,
> Steven