PCMCIA Issues

Vlad_Paler · 2006-06-12 02:30:15

I can't figure out how to use my PCMCIA card at all. I have then yenta_socket module, but there's no reaction when I plug the card in (nothing on dmesg.) Any ideas?

The card is a Microsoft (I know, I know, I got it when I had XP,) Wireless Notebook Adapter MN-520 802.11b Card. Supposedly, it's incorporated in the wlan-ng26 drivers, so that shouldn't be the problem. I'm heading off to uni soon, and this is one of the last issues I have to resolve to make a 100% shift from windows to linux.

brain0 · 2006-06-12 07:45:01

Do you have the pcmciautils package installed?

Vlad_Paler · 2006-06-13 12:06:58

Yes, version 013-6.

lanrat · 2006-06-13 12:09:07

What shows lspcmcia ?

EDIT: It seems that this card is based on prism2/2.5/3 chip so it should work with orinoco_cs, hostap_cs or wlan-ng (in theory :-)). If pcmciautils don't detect the module automatically try loading any of these modules using modprobe from command line and checking dmesg for output. If any of them works add it to MODULES in /etc/rc.conf.

Vlad_Paler · 2006-06-27 03:07:50

lspcmcia
Socket 0 Bridge: [yenta_cardbus] (bus ID: 0000:00:0a.0)

it's the same with/without the card in it

modprobing all three of the other modules fails too :-(

from hwd -s

PCMCIA slot: O2Micro Inc|OZ6912 CardBus Controller module: yenta_socket

lanrat · 2006-06-27 11:21:02

Looks like your card or the slot isn't working at all. The card should be listed with lspcmcia even without the wifi driver loaded.
I don't know why it's like this but are you sure that the card/slot is working ?
What other modules do you have loaded (lsmod)?

EDIT:
What shows dmesg? Any errors related to IRQ ?
Is acpi working fine on this laptop?

k.mandla · 2006-07-01 05:49:28

Hi. I don't know if this will help at all, but your problem reminds me of another thread in the Ubuntu Forums.

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=125334

It's lengthy, but the OPer fought with a similar-sounding problem for quite some time before finding an answer.

If you're having the same problem, it might have something to do with the hardware in your laptop and the kernel you use. Anyway, it's an idea.

Cheers!

rayjgu3 · 2006-07-01 11:34:56

i can tell you for my laptop pcmcia is recognized but udev wouldnt always connect to net with it so in /etc/rc.conf the section where MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes" i prefixed it with a #
to disable then in daemons i added hwd now it works great give it a shot , you may even need to write a udev rule

Vlad_Paler · 2006-07-09 16:31:32

So.. you mean like

#MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
...
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hwd !pcmcia network netfs crond alsa cups samba)

The DAEMONS is exactly as it is now, but I'll try the # in front of MOD_AUTOLOAD.

Also, the guy on the unbuntu forums only had success when he installed Slackware, though it was an older kernel. I rather not have to downgrade my kernel, or switch to another distro, but I'l do what's gotta be done.

stonecrest · 2006-07-09 16:54:36

I wish I'd seen this earlier. I'm actually running into the same exact problem trying to get my MN-720 pcmcia wifi card to work. If I use ndiswrapper, the card powers on and works fine, but I'd like to use the new bcm43xx module in the kernel.

I can't get the card to power on no matter what I do though. I have pcmciautils installed, I put 'pcmcia' in the mkinitcpio hooks, I've tried modprobing all of the pcmcia modules.. no dice. Thankfully I can continue to use ndiswrapper but I'd really love to ditch it...

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PCMCIA Issues

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