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Re: Hostap PCMCIA driver problem



On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 08:16:51PM +0100, Jaime Martin Jimenez wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a Dell Inspiron 4150 laptop with a USR2410 PCMCIA Wireless card.
> This card works fine with orinoco_cs or hostap_cs modules. Hostap is
> better because it allows monitor mode, fewer bugs than orinoco, better
> signal, etc.
> 
> My problem is that Debian testing uses orinoco by default and I'm trying
> to use hostap module. I have replaced orinoco_cs to hostap_cs in
> /etc/pcmcia/config and I have added orinoco_cs to blacklist modules.
> 
> If I insert the PCMCIA card, hostap module is not loaded, but if I execute:
> 
> $ cardmgr -f
> 
> yes, it does. What's the problem?

If you are running a 2.6 kernel have you got pcmciautils installed?

-- 
Chris.
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" ... the official version cannot be abandoned because the implication of
rejecting it is far too disturbing: that we are subject to a government
conspiracy of `X-Files' proportions and insidiousness."
Letter to the LA Times Magazine, September 18, 2005.



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