Re: Activated pcmcia or wireless Card or both ...

[David Andreoletti <david.andreoletti@gmail.com>]

2006/1/11, Dave Patterson <sdpatt2@gmail.com>:
> * David Andreoletti <david.andreoletti@gmail.com> [2006-01-11 13:03:28 +0100]:
>
> > Good morning,
> >
> > I have a laptop ACER Travelmate 4150 Lmi, i would like use my pcmcia
> > port (ENE 712/4) with a netgear WG511T wireless pcmcia card.
> > So I download and install latest kernel on debian.org ( via apt-get
> > ).Currently I have kernel 2.6.15-1 who include madwifi module for
> > WG511T card (madwifi driver), ieee8001module, yenta etc ..  (see
> > dmesg.txt )
> > I insert my WG511T card and try to activate this one by :
> > ifconfig ath0 up
> > but system say me :
> > ath0 doesn't exist !
> >
> > I have search on debian list and google without result
>
> Maybe it doesn't. Run:
> sudo tail -f /var/log/messages
>
> as you insert and remove the card and note what happens during those
> events,
>
> also, post ONLY the result of
>
> sudo iwconfig
>
> after you insert the card
>
> --
> Regards, Dave

I follow your recommandations and i get :

when card is insert :
>tail -f /var/log/messages
Jan 11 15:51:00 england-laptop kernel: pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0

when card is eject :
>tail -f /var/log/messages
Jan 11 15:51:16 england-laptop kernel: pccard: card ejected from slot 0

iwconfig command  say always (on insert and eject card) the same thing :
>iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      unassociated  ESSID:off/any
            Mode:Managed  Channel=0  Access Point: Not-Associated
            Bit Rate=0 kb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm
            Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
            Encryption key:off
            Power Management:off
            Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
            Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
            Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

						
eth2      no wireless extensions.

						
sit0      no wireless extensions.

NB : eth1 is my centrino card ( module ipw2200)
        eth0 is my ethernet card (broadcom)
        eth2 is my  firewire  card (maybe ! I not really sure )

There is no madwifi card ( ath0 or  wlan0 ) detected.