Networking :: Linksys WPC54G not working

Here are a couple of past threads that may help:

http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....15;st=0

http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....llocate

Hi all,

I'm having similar issues with an Encore ENPWI-G2 card. I've followed the instructions in the links mentioned above and dmesg shows this info:

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<4>i8253 count too high! resetting..
<4>i8253 count too high! resetting..
<4>i8253 count too high! resetting..
<6>ndiswrapper version 1.14 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
<1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 1fea8d34
<4> printing eip:
<4>c8c56f79
<1>*pde = 00000000
<4>Oops: 0000
<4>CPU: 0
<4>EIP: 0010:[<c8c56f79>] Not tainted
<4>EFLAGS: 00010282
<4>eax: 1fea8d34 ebx: 00000000 ecx: 57204d34 edx: 1fea8d34
<4>esi: c5212d3c edi: c5212d3c ebp: 00000001 esp: c3c51e64
<4>ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
<4>Process loadndisdriver (pid: 676, stackpage=c3c51000)
<4>Stack: c3c51e6c 00000000 00003ebf 000003af 4017bebf 00000000 c5212d3c c8c57535
<4> 1fea8d34 c5210018 00000018 ffffffff c025355a 00000010 c5212d3c c8c72048
<4> c5212d5c c8c72064 c8c44dae c5212d3c 00000001 00003ebf c8c47476 c8c72048
<4>Call Trace: [<c8c57535>] [<c025355a>] [<c8c44dae>] [<c8c47476>] [<c8c4599f>]
<4> [<c8c63d7f>] [<c8c462ce>] [<c014d472>] [<c014dbd8>] [<c014d378>] [<c0108997>]
<4> [<c8c6002b>]
<4>
<4>Code: 8b 02 3d 50 45 00 00 0f 85 f9 00 00 00 0f b7 42 18 8d 5a 18
<4> <3>ndiswrapper (load_wrap_driver:132): couldn't load driver 'net8185'

I can use the .inf and .sys with ndiswrapper successfully under puppy linux and have tried to get the card working under dsl 3.4, 4.0 and 4.1 without success.

iwconfig responds with:

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lo no wireless extensions.

Am running on a Compaq Armada 1750 laptop, 128 MB RAM. Have tried all variations from running off CD to traditional HD install.

The pcmcia card installs as Realtek RTL-8185 under puppy.

If it helps at all, the .inf and .sys I'm using can be copied from my site: encore_pcmcia.zip

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Much thanks,
John

I found the solution for mine at least. all I had to do was install dsl onto the hard drive. Once I did that everything worked fine. Not sure why that helped but it did. Thanks everyone, I hope that helps you john.

Quote (RootSnatch @ Nov. 17 2007,08:36)

Not sure why that helped but it did.

That would seem to indicate an irq conflict with the device that you were using before the hard drive install.

original here.