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Re: [LUG] Ubuntu + Cisco Aironet 340 = Problems

 

On Thursday 10 May 2007 22:59, Josh Davies wrote:
> Hi, I just joined, I was told about this LUG by Mark Jose.
>
> I am trying to get a Cisco Aironet 340 to work on a laptop with Ubuntu
> installed. At first I tried with Edgy. When the card is inserted, the
> lights flash for ~5 seconds, and then stop. (In windows, the lights are
> constantly flashing, even when not connected to a network).
>
> "lspcmcia" reports that the slot is empty.
>
> Just after inserting the card, "dmesg | tail" says "cs: pcmcia_socket0:
> time out after reset."
>
> I think the drivers are called "airo_cs", but "sudo modprobe airo_cs"
> does nothing.
>
>
>  From what I have read, I belive that the 2.6.X Kernels support this
> card, so I don't see why it isn't working.
>
> I tried upgrading to Feisty, but the exact same problems occur.
>
>
> Any ideas?

Hi Josh,
Welcome to the LUG :)
A quick read around seems to indicate that the airo_cs is only part of the 
system you need. There should also be something like airo itself. The _cs 
part is the "card services" part, which needs loading after the airo driver. 
I only found info on the older airo.o (2.4 kernel driver). However, the 
Ubuntu wiki mentions Aironet 350 series using airo and airo_cs pcmcia cards.

I think it will be a case of logically working through the issue.
Are you using encryption on the wireless? Just wondering if that is causing it 
to fail after a few seconds. It may be worth turning it off for testing and 
see what happens.
By modprobe airo_cs does nothing - do you mean it returns you to the prompt? 
That means it has loaded the driver - you can check with lsmod.
It is possible Ubuntu loads the relevant drivers anyway - I haven't got that 
card so I don't know. lsmod would show you if it was there though. 

Mark 

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