Re: Cannot get Debian sarge/linux-2.6.10 to recognize Netgear PCI Card

[johnc <johnc909@comcast.net>]

Anyone have any more input on this one? (see below)

Here's my lspci output ... the netgear Atheros device is no where to be 
seen:

# lspci -b
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [KM400] Chipset 
Host Bridge
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
0000:00:08.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 111 54Mbps 
Wireless Interface
0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 
1.1 Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 
1.1 Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 
1.1 Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
0000:00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 
[Rhine-II] (rev 74)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 
[S3 UniChrome] Integrated Video (rev 01)

-John

johnc wrote:

> Ok ... that does help ... but further, my question now is:  doesn't 
> lspci report all devices detected, regardless of whatever my kernel's 
> wireless driver config is like?
>
> I'm not getting anything from lspci about this device.  Does that 
> suggest a more fundamental problem?
>
> -John
>
>
>
> Andrea Vettorello wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 21:09:53 -0800, johnc <johnc909@comcast.net> wrote:
> >  
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm attempting to get my described setup to recognize my Netgear PCI
> > > wireless card (WG311).
> > >
> > > I've rebuilt a kernel to include prism54 support ... but the device
> > > doesn't even show up in "lcpci" output.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions as to how to go about diagnosing the problem?
> > >
> > >   
> >
> >
> > You need to know what chipset uses the card, after a quick search
> > seems that WG311v1 is equipped with an Atheros chipset, the WG311v2
> > instead uses the TI ACX111 chipset. The quick search point to a
> > SourceForge page http://acx100.sourceforge.net, but don't know if the
> > latter works tho.
> >
> > You can use this page
> > https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/cf/eas/reports/GenericSearch.cfm to
> > know exaclty your HW using the FCCID...
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> >
> > Andrea
> >
> >
> >