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

 

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


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