Install PCMCIA USB2 AST J50

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Install PCMCIA USB2 AST J50
started by: B0SC0

Posted by B0SC0 on June 05 2005,14:25

AST Ascentia J50, P1 133mhz, 2gb hd, 40mb ram,
Floppy drive, Parallel Zipdrive, Pcmcia cdrom, dual pcmcia slots
running DSL 1.1 harddrive install.

I am trying to install a Belkin F5U222 dual port usb2 32 bit pcmcia cardbus.

I have googled my eye balls out for info on this with little luck.

On bootup cardmgr does not report this card, although it finds the pcmcia interface.(If I use my wifi card, both slots are working fine.)

Running dmesg shows(abbreviated):
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs and new driver hub
uhci high bandwidth mode enabled
Then reports uhci v1.275
deregistering driver usbdevfs,driver hub
registered driver usbdevfs,driver hub
deregistering driver usbdevfs,driver hub

usb.c:registered new driver usbdevfs and new driver hub
usb.c:registered hiddev and hid
hid-core.c:v1.8.1 and USB-HID support and drivers

I8253 count too high! resetting..
I8253 count too high! resetting..
I8253 count too high! resetting..
I8253 count too high! resetting..
I8253 count too high! resetting..
I8253 count too high! resetting..

I was reading an online article that mentions Yenta and ochi, echi, and 2 others that I don't recall.

Can anybody point me in the right direction to get this working?

Thank You

B0SC0

Posted by cbagger01 on June 05 2005,17:39

I do not know if this will work, but give it a try.

Open up an xterminal window and type:

sudo modprobe ehci-hcd
exit

and then try the usbview.dsl extension and see if it found your USB2 host controller.

Posted by B0SC0 on June 05 2005,19:43

Hi cbagger01,

Here are my results.

modprobe ehci-hcd fails

usbview gives me this error on startup :
1.make sure usb compiled in kernel
2. make sure usb core modules loaded
3. make sure usbdevfs filesystem is mounted

What do I need to do?

Thanks
B0SC0

Posted by cbagger01 on June 06 2005,02:52

Are you sure that your laptop supports 32 bit "Cardbus" cards?

It may be that your laptop may be limited to support for only the original 16 bit pcmcia type cards.