Gentoo install w/ orinoco 8410

Nastjuid · 12-17-2004

I've been trying to find answers in docs, google, and various irc channels..

I've got an 8410 hermes based PCMCIA card in one of orinoco's pci adaptor boards.

I boot from live CD with the smp kernel. My card is already inserted so I expect that since the hermes.ko, orinoco.ko and orinoco_pci.ko modules are there, that the card will be started. It's not. lsmod shows no hermes or orinoco modules, so I modprobe orinoco which inserts hermes and orinoco. Card still has no lights.

logs show that when i insert the card it tries to load a prism2 card (modprobe tries it cause it's already compiled into kernel) and fails. So I know the card is good and it sees a pcmcia card being inserted.

iwconfig only shows lo..

This is kind of my last outstretched hand reaching for help.

if anyone's got any ideas I would be most grateful for your input.

Thanks,

Nasty

ZioPRoTo · 12-17-2004

If you boot from live CD there is not so much you can do!

I had kinda same problem and I solved deleting wlan-ng.conf file that caused my machine to load prism drivers.....

I guess because of an old installation of wlan-ng driver.

Maybe in the Live-CD you use both drivers are installed and they do not work properly!

ZioPRoTo

Dreadnaught · 12-18-2004

The problem is your card is using the prism driver at boot-up. You need to switch drivers. Read the last part of this concerning switching drivers:

http://www.geekspeed.net/~beetle/download/wifi_dog.html

Haven't done this in a while, but with a live cd you may have to copy your config directory to a writeable directory first. I don't have any experience with gentoo, so you may have to do something else as well.

12-17-2004	#1 (permalink)
Nastjuid Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1	Gentoo install w/ orinoco 8410 I've been trying to find answers in docs, google, and various irc channels.. I've got an 8410 hermes based PCMCIA card in one of orinoco's pci adaptor boards. I boot from live CD with the smp kernel. My card is already inserted so I expect that since the hermes.ko, orinoco.ko and orinoco_pci.ko modules are there, that the card will be started. It's not. lsmod shows no hermes or orinoco modules, so I modprobe orinoco which inserts hermes and orinoco. Card still has no lights. logs show that when i insert the card it tries to load a prism2 card (modprobe tries it cause it's already compiled into kernel) and fails. So I know the card is good and it sees a pcmcia card being inserted. iwconfig only shows lo.. This is kind of my last outstretched hand reaching for help. if anyone's got any ideas I would be most grateful for your input. Thanks, Nasty

12-17-2004	#2 (permalink)
ZioPRoTo Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 34	If you boot from live CD there is not so much you can do! I had kinda same problem and I solved deleting wlan-ng.conf file that caused my machine to load prism drivers..... I guess because of an old installation of wlan-ng driver. Maybe in the Live-CD you use both drivers are installed and they do not work properly! ZioPRoTo __________________ See my stupid personal web site! http://zioproto.serveftp.com

12-18-2004	#3 (permalink)
Dreadnaught Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 23	The problem is your card is using the prism driver at boot-up. You need to switch drivers. Read the last part of this concerning switching drivers: http://www.geekspeed.net/~beetle/download/wifi_dog.html Haven't done this in a while, but with a live cd you may have to copy your config directory to a writeable directory first. I don't have any experience with gentoo, so you may have to do something else as well. __________________ VHS to DVD

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