Re: [Nolug] Topic Suggestion for the next meeting

On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 17:30 -0700, gonzeaux bevarde wrote:
> I'm using a Dlink DWL-520 revision E (PCI)
>
> uname -a:
>
> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl #1 Wed Oct 29, 15:31:21
> EST 2003 i686 Athalon i386 GNU/Linux
>
> cardctrl indent:
> bash:cardctrl: command not found
>
> ifconfig -a:
> bash:ifconfig: command not found
>
> service pcmcia restart:
> bash:service: command not found

These are admin progs, and so are in /sbin. /sbin is not in the
"regular user" $PATH. Thus, you must specify the fully qualified
filename.

> tail /var/log/messages:
>
> Nothing significant but when I look at the logs manually I found:
> orinoco_pci:Busy timout
> eth%od :failed to start the card
> ip_tables: (C) 200-2002 Netfilter core team
> ipconntrack version 2.1 (4095 buckets, 32760 max) 292 bytes per
> contrack
>
> The moral of the story:
>
> I am much more lost than I had previously thought.
>
> Jack
>
>
>
> Randy Flood <stock_investor_guy@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> What is the exact card you have?
>
> What is the output of the following commands?
>
> uname -a
> cardctrl ident
> ifconfig -a
> service pcmcia restart
> (what errors do you see)
> tail /var/log/messages just after doing this
> Are there any additional relevant errors there?
>
>
> Randy
>
>
> --- gonzeaux bevarde
> wrote:
> > School is over (for the moment) and I'm back playing
> > with Fedora. Some may remember
> > my wireless trouble some months ago which ended in
> > me giving up on playing with
> > Linux at all for the last few months. I am still
> > unable to find anything to clear this
> > confusion up for me. Fedora recognized and installed
> > the Prism 2.5 chipset driver and it
> > shows up in the hardware list in the Network dialog.
> > I have no idea what to do next. When
> > I try to activate the card it gives me an error -
> > which makes perfect sense. All the
> > documentation I've found seems to be more advanced
> > than what I'm trying to do - I'm just
> > trying to get it up online - Dlink card - Dlink
> > router. Should be simple. (and it's not the
> > DWL-520+ that's been giving everyone such a fit) I
> > naturally have checked the Help
> > section and had my card been in the dropdown list I
> > would have no problem but the help
> > doesn't allude to what you should do if your card is
> > not in the list.
> >
> > I don't want someone to do it for me or walk me
> > through it, but if someone could toss me
> > a bone here and tell me where to look, or give me
> > that little nugget of information that
> > I'm missing to help get me on a productive track I'd
> > really appreciate it. I should be at
> > the meeting on the 20th (work and other
> > responsibilities permitting) so maybe it would be a
> > good topic. Maybe it's just me though....what then??
> >
> > Thanks to all.
> >
> > Jack
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------
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>
> =====
> ------------------------------------------------------
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>
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