Orinoco pcmcia install

[SpaceTrucker]

I'm trying to install an Orinoco 8740-wd pcmcia adapter on FC5 2.6.15. I think the card is being recognized and the drivers are there, but I don't have the drivers linked to the card or pcmcia isn't installed or loaded or something.

What do I need to do to make this setup work?

I seem to be missing the pcmcia subsystem.

etc/init.d/pcmcia restart returns
Bash: /etc/init.d/pcmcia: no such file or directory

System-config-network fired off a gui interface labeled network configuration.
Selected add new device but my Orinoco adapter is not listed, I see alot of other adapters.

lspci –v returns

03:00.0 ethernet controller: atheros communications, inc. ar5212 802.11abg nic (rev 01)
Subsystem: proxim inc unknown device 0a40
Flags: medium devsel, irq 11
Memory at 32000000 (32-bit, non, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64k]
Capabilities: [44] power management version 2


/sbin/lsmod returns on the first three lines.

Module size used by
Orinoco_cs 16709 0
Orinoco 36565 1 orinoco_cs
Hermes 7489 2 orinoco_cs, Orinoco


Dmesg | grep eth
Finds eth0
Does not find eth1

Ifconfig only shows lo up.

Theres no ifcfg-eth1 file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts

[Jman]

Yes but what driver is listed by eth0 in modprobe.conf? You have orinoco_cs loaded, which would seem to be the right driver.

Do you have any devices already configured in system-config-network ?

[tadek]

Hmmm, strange. I have the same card working just fine. How did you installed it? I simply fetched three rpms by madwifi for exactly my kernel 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 and that was it

[SpaceTrucker]

Jman - I'll get back to you once I've looked at the modprobe.conf file. I'm not a Linux power user, but a colleague of mine is, and he's hacked at it for a few hours and not gotten it to work. I'm planning on installing Fedora Core 6 over the weekend and see if it makes a difference.

I tried a copy of PClinuxOS (Live CD) I'm learning here. And it worked without a hitch.

tadek - what three rpms did you fetch from madwifi?

[tadek]

Hello SpaceTrucker
From the www.atrpms.net/dist/fc6/madwifi I fetched:
madwifi-0.9.3-33_r2088.fc6.at.i386.rpm
madwifi-hal-kmdl-2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6-0.9.3-33_r2088.fc6.at.i686.rpm
madwifi-kmdl-2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6-0.9.3-33_r2088.fc6.at.i686.rpm
It is important to match exactly your kernel version - mine is 2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6 when you install kmdl.
I understand your pcmcia port is working. i use two cards one for wired and the other for wireless in my laptop IBM TP20 that comes from the previous century.
Good luck

[Jman]

Bah atrpms. I prefer rpm.livna.org.

If it is madwifi, there's a madwifi guide on FedoraMobile.

[SpaceTrucker]

Hi - I've been tasked with something else, so I'll need a day or two before I can get back to this one. Thanks for helping me out.