Re: Cannot get Debian sarge/linux-2.6.10 to recognize Netgear PCI Card
On Sunday 09 January 2005 06:39 pm, johnc wrote:
> 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
Atheros might look like this:
0000:00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212
802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
I don't think yours uses the atheros, I think it uses the other.
> 0000:00:08.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 111 54Mbps
> Wireless Interface
yours mentions the ACX driver
Andrea mentioned a link:
http://acx100.sourceforge.net
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