pdaXrom and Senao 2511

[jthomas12]

I have a new SL-C860, pdaXrom 1.0.5 and Senao NL-2511CF Mercury card.

cardctl status gives :-

"WLAN", "11Mbps_PC_Card_3.0", "ISL37100P", "Eval-RevA"
manfid: 0x000b, 0x7100
function: 6 (network)

i have tried adding this to the /etc/pcmcia/config, /etc/pcmcia/hermes.conf and /etc/pcmcia/wireless.conf files but with no results.

On other Topic, I have seen suggestions to use hostap_cs, orinoco_cs, prism2_cs,  and spectrum_cs for the binding. I have tried some of these and still cn't get it to work.

Thanks
John

[jthomas12]

I found a stray character in the config file.
Now, it gets as far as

cardmgr[162]: + ioctl(): Device or resource busy


John

[Laze]

First try running the LAN settings program from the gui.

Then post your iwconfig, cardctl status and ifconfig results.

Normally a simple cardctl eject, cardctl insert, cardctl scheme CardResume, /etc/pcmcia/network start eth0 - make miracles.

The problem is that we, the pdaXrom, don't have access to all the different kind of hardware and therefore its hard to test.

[x273]

i try it but dosnt' work...can you write an ultra mini howto or give me a live where i can found documentation plase..

[jthomas12]

IWconfig

eth0      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:""  Nickname:"zaurus"
          Mode:Ad-Hoc  Frequency:2.457GHz  Cell: 44:44:44:44:44:44  
          Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   Sensitivity:1/3  
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

xcardinfo
Socket 0  Senao 2511
state ready  CD  Vcc
device     eth0
IO ports  0xf6000000-0xf6000003  interrupt 39

ifconfig
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0   TX bytes:0 (0.0

usbd0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 40:00:01:00:00:01  
          inet addr:192.168.255.40  Bcast:192.168.255.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:598 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:132 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          RX bytes:86866 (84.8 Kb)  TX bytes:9652 (9.4 Kb)

[Laze]

jthomas12.

I can see the card is working okay and that wireless extensions is working okay. So have you tried /etc/pcmcia/network start eth0 - and also try a ifconfig -a

Post the results here.

[jthomas12]

When I do the network start eth0, it says

ioctl():Device or resource busy

John

[Laze]

Okay just for all the people looking and reading - there is a really good how-to on pcmcia (which is used for CF) here - http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/doc/PCMCIA-HOWTO-4.html

jthomas12 - does it say that right after unplugging and plugging it in again?

Can you please pass the last 20-25 lines of dmesg output after inserting the card?

What does cardctl scheme do?

Have you really, really - tried running the lan config util from the gui and choosen connection=wifi and configure ip auto(dhcp) and given it a name. And setup something in the wireless tap? <- That should solve the device busy error normally.

Feel free to PM me and lets contiue this on ICQ or whatever you have..

[x273]

realy tnx!!

[jthomas12]

Laze, thanks for the patience. I messed up my Zaurus bad, and so I just reloaded pdaXrom so I could start fresh.

I then plugged the card in and ran cardctl ident-this told me the id information about the card

I then went to /etc/pcmcia/config.opts and added at the bottom

card "Senao 2511"
  version "WLAN", "11Mbps_PC-Card_3.0","ISL37100P","Eval-RevA"
  manfid 0x000b, 0x7100
  bind "orinoco_cs"

I think the issue was that I was pulling my CF card without doing a software eject.
If I run kismet and then stop kismet, it will do a ioctl error until I remove and reinsert the card.

Now, if I can figure out how to get it to work with the prism driver, I'll be all set  

John

[Laze]

The correct way to test and use wireless under pdaXrom is always to start by running the config program in gui. But happy to hear it works.

After the next release we will probally be holding some kind of hardware testing release party on IRC so everybody can be helped and maybe we can fix problems.