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Mark Jose wrote: > 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 > > After booting, there is no mention of airo or airo_cs in lsmod, however, after doing "sudo modprobe airo_cs", both airo and airo_cs are present at the top of lsmod. BUT, when inserting the card, the same thing happens, the lights flash for a few seconds, then blank out. lspcmcia still says the slot is empty. Turning the wireless encryption off doesn't help. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html