smc2635w wireless card with DSL 2.4?Forum: Networking Topic: smc2635w wireless card with DSL 2.4? started by: lmp3 Posted by lmp3 on June 01 2006,08:59
i have installed DSL 2.4 on an old compaq preasrio 1600, with only 53MB of ram. i am trying to get to work an old SMC2635w wireless PCMCIA card, but i have a great of trouble making it happen. i tried ndiswrapper with the drivers that i dowload from the manufactuerer's website... after i execture "modprobe ndiswrapper" i get the following line from dmesg ndiswrapper version 1.14 loaded (preempt=np, smp=yes) ndiswrapper: driver net2635w (SMC Networks Inc., 09/07/2003, 1.80.907.2003) loaded PCI: Unable to reserve I/O region #1:100@4000 for device 01:00.0 ndiswrapper (start_pdo:321): couln't request PCI regions: fffffff0 can someone please suggest how i should proceed? thank you in advance... Posted by jonam on June 14 2006,13:31
lmp3,Can you provide the following output: - output from dmesg - output from cat /proc/interrupts - output from lspci -v This will provide some information on your PCI setup and will be a good starting point to diagnose your problem. I can't promise results but am happy to help. Regards, Jonam |