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Re: Debian, 2.6 kernel and WIFI card on laptop ?



I posted it to the "wrong" group, I hope I will be luckier here :/

zeDek

On 6 Jan 2004, Xavier Maillard<zedek_ML_@gnu-rox.org> mused:
> Hi,
>
> I have asked everywhere I could about that. Nobody until now could
> find a solution. So I am trying as a last resort here ;)
>
> Here I have an ACER TM803 laptop running perfectly except one thing:
> PCMCIA.
>
> This is not that important but I prefer to be free and get rid of my
> wired ethernet connection when at home.
>
> I use a Debian SID GNU/Linux with a vanilla 2.6.0 kernel. All has been
> done accordingly to advice I receive here and there. It has support
> for PCMCIA devices, Wireless and orinoco support. So I am using a
> wireless driver from the kernel since it worked pretty well under
> 2.4.x for me.
>
> I also have the wireless tools suite installed and all is done in the
> interface files (ie /etc/network/interface).
>
> The Wireless card is Linksys WPC11 running in managed mode.
>
> I think my setup is good since it is the one that used to run under
> the 2.4.x kernel series.
>
> Problem is that when inserting the card, first I don't ear any 'bip'
> sound as it used to do. Then the card is no longer able to connect to
> the AP (also by linksys).
>
> I remember that not that far ago, it worked but as I faced problem
> keeping the connection up, I gave up and went back at my fidèle wire
> :)
>
> Now it just doesn't want to connect.
>
> Have anyone any clue I could follow to (at last) have this working ?
>
> Thank you.
>
> P.S: my /etc/init.d/pcmcia script file contains now a 'exit 0' at the
> top since I was told that PCMCIA and kernel 2.6.0 was no good. I only
> now use hotplug stuff as recommended.
>
> zeDek

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