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>  Green light is a good start.
>
>  Are you sure you have the correct card and device lines for this card? It
>  looks like it is bound to pcnet_cs.  The BL pcmcia config is not complete
>  (I am not in BL now, cannot check) and Steven may have set it up to use
>  pcnet_cs by default for all network cards, and you need to put in the
>  specific lines for your card.  Look in the Slackware config (pcmcia.tgz)
>  for your card and copy the lines for it, and then the device lines for the
>  driver to which it is bound.
>
>  Write back if you need help with this, or read the pcmcia howto.
>
>  Sindi

I checked slackware 4's config file in pcmcia.tgz, but it didn't
mention the MA401 card. Neither did slackare 8. In the end I did find
a reference in the equivilent file in Slackware 10;

card "Netgear MA401RA Wireless Adapter"
  version "NETGEAR MA401RA Wireless PC", "Card"
  bind "orinoco_cs"

That's prettty similar to what I put in the config file, instead I use
(as per the message above);

card "NETGEAR MA401 Wireless PC Card"
manfid 0x0156, 0x0002
bind "orinoco_cs"

So they're both binding to the same driver, orinoco_cs .

But confusingly in slackware 10's config file, the device lines look like 
this;

device "orinoco_cs"
  #class "network" module "hermes", "orinoco", "orinoco_cs"
  class "network" module "orinoco_cs"

Yet on the orinoco driver page, they caution against doing this --

(Referring to the error message "get dev info on socket 1 failed")
.... In particular it can be cause if you attempt to use the orinoco
driver by putting:

device "wvlan_cs"
class "network" module "orinoco_cs"

or similar in /etc/pcmcia/config. Instead you must individually bind
each card to the "orinoco_cs" device.

Which is weird, as the orinoco driver instructions contradict the
slackware file! Confusing :) !

ljones