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cornjump

Member

Registered: 2005-03-31

Posts: 6

zd1211 and kernel 2.6.20

Hi,

First, excuse me for my bad english.

Since upgrade to kernel 2.6.20 and upgrade from zd1211-r83-3 to zd1211-r83-5, my usb dongle wifi is not able to be associated to my wifi box.
Udev load the module without problems, I really don't know from where it can come.

iwconfig seems good.
Here is what it gives me when i try to start network
note : i already had the 'down: error fetching interface information: Device not found' before upgrading but the network was working

/etc/rc.d/network restart
:: Shutting down interface: wlan0                                        [DONE] 
:: Stopping Network                                                      [BUSY] 
down: error fetching interface information: Device not found
                                                                         [FAIL] 
:: Starting network profile: wifi-lander                                 [DONE] 
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:400 (400.0 b)  TX bytes:400 (400.0 b)
:: Starting Network                                                      [DONE]

After that, it looks as if "network restart" has working. Actually, i still have no network and ifconfig only shows me 'lo'.

Does somenone knows issue about this problem or has the same problem since upgrade?

For the moment i keep kernel 2.6.19 and zd1211-rw-3 until i find a solution...

PS : the hardware I use is a Sagem XG-760A USB

Last edited by cornjump (2007-02-20 16:35:43)

cornjump

Member

Registered: 2005-03-31

Posts: 6

Re: zd1211 and kernel 2.6.20

up

Can i have feedback from people using zd1211 ?

johnvoisey

Member

Registered: 2006-11-04

Posts: 28

Re: zd1211 and kernel 2.6.20

I have the same problem. After a Pacman upgrade that gave me a 2.6.20 kernel my zd1211 based usb wireless lan stick failed to conect. I did a bit of digging and found this bug report in the arch bug list.

http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/6438

My own system's kernel.log has most of the entries in this report, including the wlan0 is not ready error but doesn't then include the dhcp timeout message. I don't know why.

"iwconfig" shows the wlan0 interface not associated with the AP

How do I undo a pacman update ;-(

regards JRV

pjmattal

Forum Fellow

From: Boston, MA

Registered: 2003-12-24

Posts: 40

Re: zd1211 and kernel 2.6.20

Check on the bug 6438 for what I managed to get to work. You should not need the zd1211 package anymore if you use the zd1211rw driver, but you will need the firmware.