2006/1/11, Dave Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> * David Andreoletti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-01-11 13:03:28 +0100]:
>
> > Good morning,
> >
> > I have a laptop ACER Travelmate 4150 Lmi, i would like use my pcmcia
> > port (ENE 712/4) with a netgear WG511T wireless pcmcia card.
> > So I download and install latest kernel on debian.org ( via apt-get
> > ).Currently I have kernel 2.6.15-1 who include madwifi module for
> > WG511T card (madwifi driver), ieee8001module, yenta etc .. (see
> > dmesg.txt )
> > I insert my WG511T card and try to activate this one by :
> > ifconfig ath0 up
> > but system say me :
> > ath0 doesn't exist !
> >
> > I have search on debian list and google without result
>
> Maybe it doesn't. Run:
> sudo tail -f /var/log/messages
>
> as you insert and remove the card and note what happens during those
> events,
>
> also, post ONLY the result of
>
> sudo iwconfig
>
> after you insert the card
>
> --
> Regards, Dave
I follow your recommandations and i get :
when card is insert :
>tail -f /var/log/messages
Jan 11 15:51:00 england-laptop kernel: pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
when card is eject :
>tail -f /var/log/messages
Jan 11 15:51:16 england-laptop kernel: pccard: card ejected from slot 0
iwconfig command say always (on insert and eject card) the same thing :
>iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 unassociated ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate=0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry limit:7 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
eth2 no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.
NB : eth1 is my centrino card ( module ipw2200)
eth0 is my ethernet card (broadcom)
eth2 is my firewire card (maybe ! I not really sure )
There is no madwifi card ( ath0 or wlan0 ) detected.
