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dTr

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Registered: 2007-06-27

Posts: 3

pcmcia wireless card

Hi all!
I have just installed arch and I'm trying to get my wireless card (DWL 650+) running. I followed the wireless instructions on the site but I can't get it to work. Can anyone help?

$ lspcmcia
Socket 0 Bridge:        [yenta_cardbus]         (bus ID: 0000:00:0a.0)
  CardBus card -- see "lspci" for more information
Socket 1 Bridge:        [yenta_cardbus]         (bus ID: 0000:00:0a.1)

$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1a)
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1a)
00:07.4 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:07.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 30)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
00:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB12LV26 IEEE-1394 Controller (Link)
00:10.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)
02:00.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 100 22Mbps Wireless Interface

$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:46:70:B4:FC
          inet addr:192.168.1.183  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::a00:46ff:fe70:b4fc/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:6221 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6465 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:4714153 (4.4 Mb)  TX bytes:1817155 (1.7 Mb)
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0xa800

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:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:600 (600.0 b)  TX bytes:600 (600.0 b)

klixon

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From: Nederland

Registered: 2007-01-17

Posts: 525

Re: pcmcia wireless card

Did you load kernel-modules for the card itself? I don't have one but i'd say it would go something like this:

# pacman -Sy tiacx tiacx-firmware
# modprobe acx
# iwconfig

iwconfig should then show the card with wireless-extensions (that would be your pcmcia card)
If it works, you're in business and should probably read this wiki-page

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dTr

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Registered: 2007-06-27

Posts: 3

Re: pcmcia wireless card

I followed this guide. But nothing the interface doesn't show up in iwconfig
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wir … X100.2F111

I took a quick look at messages.log and these messages seem relevant

Jun 27 05:51:25 myhost pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
Jun 27 05:51:25 myhost PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.0 (0000 -> 0003)
Jun 27 05:51:25 myhost ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 9 (level, low) -> IRQ 9
Jun 27 05:51:25 myhost acx: found ACX100-based wireless network card at 0000:02:00.0, irq:9, phymem1:0x24010000, phymem2:0x24000000, mem1:0xd0a66000, mem1_size:4096, mem2:0xd0a80000, mem2_size:65536
Jun 27 05:51:25 myhost initial debug setting is 0x000A
Jun 27 05:51:25 myhost using IRQ 9
Jun 27 05:51:25 myhost acx: need to load firmware for acx100 chipset with radio ID 0d, please provide via firmware hotplug:
Jun 27 05:51:25 myhost acx: either one file only (<c>ombined firmware image file, radio-specific) or two files (radio-less base image file *plus* separate <r>adio-specific extension file)
Jun 27 05:51:25 myhost requesting firmware image 'tiacx100c0D'

Jun 27 05:51:25 myhost acx_write_fw (main/combined): 0
Jun 27 05:51:25 myhost acx_validate_fw (main/combined): 0
Jun 27 05:51:25 myhost acx: timeout waiting for eCPU. reset_dev() FAILED
Jun 27 05:51:25 myhost ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:00.0 disabled
Jun 27 05:51:25 myhost acx_pci: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -5

Last edited by dTr (2007-06-27 15:47:10)

cycle

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From: Australia

Registered: 2007-01-21

Posts: 42

Re: pcmcia wireless card

have you tried ndiswrapper?

ive got a acx based wireless card that wont play nice with the acx module but works a charm with ndiswrapper

dTr

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Registered: 2007-06-27

Posts: 3

Re: pcmcia wireless card

I haven't yet but I will look into it. Can ndiswrapper handle wpa?