[lug] Wireless networking

[Hugh Brown]

You might try disabling sound for a bit:

In redhat you'd do something like

alias sound-slot-0 off

in /etc/modules.conf  (commenting out any line that has the word sound
in it)

and then running depmod -a

Also, on redhat pcmcia is a run level service, so Mandrake might have it
as well.  Please make sure it is started (try "service pcmcia start")

also try

grep -i pcmcia /var/log/messages

Hugh



On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 12:58, Terry Branaman wrote:
> 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