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Whats the output from iwconfig and ifconfig? On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 07:29 +0100, Josh Davies wrote: > 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. > > -- Kevin Lucas <kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Minions Shop Cornwall's Top Shop -- 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