[lug] Wireless networking

Terry Branaman t-branaman at comcast.net
Wed Jul 16 10:58:31 MDT 2003


Here is the trimmed-down version:
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop kernel: unable to grab IRQ 0
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop kernel: Intel ICH soundcard not found or device
busy
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop insmod:
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.o.gz:
init_module: No such device
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by
incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ
parameters.       You may find more information in syslog or the output
from dmesg
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop modprobe: modprobe: insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.o.gz failed
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop modprobe: modprobe: insmod snd-intel8x0 failed
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: ... can't load module
snd-intel8x0
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: missing kernel or user
mode driver snd-intel8x0 
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop kernel: Intel 810 + AC97 Audio, version 0.24,
15:29:58 Mar 14 2003
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop kernel: PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin B of
device 00:1f.5. Please try using pci=biosirq.
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop kernel: i810: Intel ICH3 found at IO 0x1400 and
0x1000, MEM 0x0000 and 0x0000, IRQ 0
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop kernel: i810_audio: unable to allocate irq 0
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop insmod:
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o.gz:
init_module: No such device
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by
incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ
parameters.       You may find more information in syslog or the output
from dmesg
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop modprobe: modprobe: insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o.gz failed
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop modprobe: modprobe: insmod i810_audio failed
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: ... can't load module
i810_audio
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: missing kernel or user
mode driver i810_audio 
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop kernel: i810_rng: RNG not detected
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop insmod:
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/drivers/char/i810_rng.o.gz:
init_module: No such device
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by
incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ
parameters.       You may find more information in syslog or the output
from dmesg
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop modprobe: modprobe: insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/drivers/char/i810_rng.o.gz failed
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop modprobe: modprobe: insmod i810_rng failed
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: ... can't load module
i810_rng
Jul 16 10:54:02 laptop /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: missing kernel or user
mode driver i810_rng 

It looks like it is trying to load sound drivers (I've never gotten the
sound working on this laptop, but it hasn't been a priority); what does
that have to do with a network card :( ????

On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 09:52, Ed Hill wrote:
> [*SNIP*]
> 
> What a mess.  Looks like its trying to load a lot of modules that have
> nothing to do with a wireless adapter.  Try sending the output from the
> following:
> 
>  1) physically eject your pcmcia/cardbus wireless card
>  2) physically insert your pcmcia/cardbus wireless card
>  3) send us the output from "tail -25 /var/log/messages"
>     which should include the kernel messages that it sends 
>     as it tries to load the driver for that card
> 
> Ed
-- 
Terry Branaman <t-branaman at comcast.net>




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