Networking :: CF boot / PCMCIA NIC problem



Sorry for the delay, this thing takes forever to boot.  I waited until the gui was up, then popped in the card.  lsmod reveals hermes, orinoco, and orinoco_cs loaded.

rmmod orinoco_cs; rmmod orinoco

Now just hermes is loaded.  pump -v gives me an immediate "operation failed".  Messages log says pumpd: start at (uptime...).

rmmod hermes; insmod orinoco

Using lib/modules/2.4.26...wireless/orinoco.o"
/lib/modules/2.4.26...orinoco.o: unresolved symbol hermes_write_ltv

and six more hermes related errors.  Orinoco module won't load.  insmod orinoco_cs gives similar symptoms, module doesn't load.

insmod hermes; insmod orinoco

results in no error messages, but 'ifconfig eth0 up' gives an SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device.

adding insmod orinoco_cs, then ifconfig eth0 up results in no error messages.  pump -v shows PUMP: sending discover / breq: opcode: 1 / breq: hw: 1 / breq: hwlength: 6 / breq: hopcount: 0 / breq: xid: 0xed0be51f / breq: secs: 0 / breq: flags: 0x0000 / breq: ciaddr: 0.0.0.0 / breq: yiaddr: 0.0.0.0 / breq: server_ip: 0.0.0.0 / breq: bootp_gw_ip: 0.0.0.0 / breq: hwaddr: / breq: servername: / breq: bootfile: / breq: vendor: 0x63 0x82 0x53 0x63 / breq: vendor: 53 1 0x01 / breq: vendor: 0xff

Eventually terminal echos "Operation failed."

Any inspiration?  Thanks a million for the help....
If it worked with live CD but not when booting onto pcmcia cf then perhaps an irq conflict.

Check with dmesg | grep -i irq
also look at cat /proc/interrupts

One more thing before issuing any net commands, first look at
iwconfig and see if you have an unconfigurated wireless device.

On older hardware sometimes, I have to use the PCMCIA tool and hit the appropriate pcmcia slot with a reset. You do see both cards from this tool?
Sir -- here's the output of dmesg | grep -i irq:

<4>PCI: ACPI tables contain no PCI IRQ routing entries
<6>OPTI621: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
<6>    ISA irqs (default) = 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14 polling interval = 1000 ms
<4>ide0 at 0x110-0x117,0x11e on irq 3
<6>Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI ISAPNP enabled
<6>ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
<6>ttyS02 at 0x03e8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
<7>eth0: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 5, io 0x0140-0x017f

Here's the output of cat /proc/interrupts:

0: 78230 XT-PIC timer
1: 247 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
3: 37783 XT-PIC ide0
5: 0 XT-PIC orinoco_cs
6: 168 XT-PIC floppy
8: 0 XT-PIC rtc
12: 608 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
NMI: 0
LOC: 0
ERR: 0
MIS: 0

iwconfig does output information for eth0, it is unconfigured with access point all zeroes.

PCMCIA Tool reports both devices, Socket 0 product info: "Cabletron", "RoamAbout 802.11 DS", "Version 01.01","" / manfid: 0x0156, 0x0002 / function: 6 (network) // Socket 1 product info: "SunDisk", "SDP", "5/3 0.6" / manfid 0x0045, 0x0401 / function: 4 (fixed disk)

Tried reset on Socket 0, then pump -v.  Received "Operation failed".

Thanks very much!
Doug
From your posts I have not seen you mention trying to configure the wireless card. Have you issued the command as root

iwconfig eth0 essid your-network-id

and if using wep,

iwconfig eth0 essid your-network-id key xx:xx:xx:xx

then try the pump command.

Or try to use the iwconfig GUI in the DSLpanel
Yes, I have tried both configuration methods as root.  I am not using WEP, just mac filtering.  The card works well on my network, just not with the CF Card boot.
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