On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 10:42:27AM -0700, EXT-Springer, Aaron C wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just did an apt get upgrade from 2.1r4 to 2.2. It worked quite
> well.. except that my xircom Ethernet does not work. The card
> initializes and I have routes but I get an operation not authorized
> when I ping anything except loopback. I read and followed the upgrade
> directions.. any suggestions? The directions were great except they
> didn't mention anything about pcmcia.. I got the 2.2.17 pcmcia modules
> and kernel etc.. The strange thing is that the 2.0.38 kernel works
> fine..
On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 06:19:51AM +0000, W. Borgert wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> I'm using Debian 2.2 on a Dell Latitude with Xircom ethernet
> and modem card. While everything works fine with a static
> network configuration in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts, `pump'
> seems to hang, when I want to use DHCP. I tried to replace
> pump with dhcpcd, but also without success. The kernel I
> use is 2.2.15 and I tried both pcmcia-{cs,modules} 3.1.8 and
> 3.1.19. If I call pump -i eth0 manually I get an "Operation
> failed". A desktop system in the same LAN and Debian 2.2
> works fine with DHCP (pump), but there's no PCMCIA network
> card...
I've had many problems with my Xircom cardbus ethernet/modem. I've
had no problems with a Xircom pcmcia ethernet card. See this week's
kernel traffic (http://kt.linuxcare.com) which mentions problems with
programming the MAC address on the cardbus card.
I'd recommend the old style pcmcia card if you want to use a Xircom
card right now.
My cardbus card has been failing different ways with different
kernel/pcmcia-cs combos, but in general putting the card into
promiscuous mode would fix the ethernet problem for me. The modem
would work on some kernel/pcmcia-cs combos, but not others.
For ethernet:
1. Sometimes it just works right.
2. Sometimes dhclient will work, but I can't ping hosts on the local
network after dhcp sets up networking. I have to put the card into
promiscuous mode, send an outgoing packet, and then back into
standard mode. The network seems to work fine after this sequence.
3. Sometimes dhclient won't get an address. When this happens I
restart dhclient and turn on promiscuous mode before dhclient times
out. If I turn off promiscuous mode in this case, the network stops
working.
4. If 3 doesn't work, try rebooting; you might get lucky and have it
work right.
For the modem:
I think you need to turn on CONFIG_SERIAL_SHARE_IRQ to get the modem to
work. If it doesn't work the first time on a particular kernel/pcmcia-cs
combo, I haven't been able to get it to work.
I'm currently using potato with a few changes -- 2.2.17pre20 (from
kernel.org) and pcmcia-source 3.1.19 (from woody).
--
Lee Bradshaw lee@sectionIV.com (preferred)
Alantro Communications lee@alantro.com
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