From suse-linux-e Sat May 04 10:35:43 2002 From: dids Date: Sat, 04 May 2002 10:35:43 +0000 To: suse-linux-e Subject: Re: [SLE] PCMCIA Card and SuSE 8.0 X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=suse-linux-e&m=102100710914468 Well I have an orinoco-silver wireless I read the info in the unofficial suse faq and got it going however I am using the USE_SUSE_NETWORK_SETUP=3Dyes which is different to the faq Have you had you pc-card working in a previous installation of linux/suse= ? You need to make sure that /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia has the correct options = for=20 you, I have to exclude certain interrupts in=20 PCMCIA_PCIC_OPTS=3D"irq_list=3D10,11,12,13" for my setup. I have set the PCMCIA_SYSTEM to "kernel" the default. Then I had to go into /etc/pcmcia and I think yast set network.opts to th= e=20 following ... ( I think yast may have done this for me ) USE_SUSE_NETWORK_SETUP=3Dyes = =20 = =20 # !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! = =20 = =20 case "$ADDRESS" in = =20 *,*,*,*) = =20 INFO=3D"Sample private network setup" = =20 # Transceiver selection, for some cards -- see 'man ifport' = =20 IF_PORT=3D"" = =20 # Use BOOTP (via /sbin/bootpc, or /sbin/pump)? [y/n] = =20 BOOTP=3D"n" = =20 # Use DHCP (via /sbin/dhcpcd, /sbin/dhclient, or /sbin/pump)? [y/n] = =20 DHCP=3D"n" = =20 # If you need to explicitly specify a hostname for DHCP requests = =20 DHCP_HOSTNAME=3D"" = =20 # Host's IP address, netmask, network address, broadcast address = =20 IPADDR=3D"" = =20 NETMASK=3D"255.255.255.0" = =20 NETWORK=3D"192.168.0.2" = =20 BROADCAST=3D"192.168.0.255" = =20 # Gateway address for static routing = =20 GATEWAY=3D"192.168.0.98" = =20 # Things to add to /etc/resolv.conf for this interface = =20 DOMAIN=3D"diddyland.top" = =20 SEARCH=3D"" = =20 DNS_1=3D"192.168.0.98" = =20 DNS_2=3D"" = =20 DNS_3=3D"" = =20 # NFS mounts, should be listed in /etc/fstab = =20 MOUNTS=3D"" = =20 # If you need to override the interface's MTU... = =20 MTU=3D"" = =20 # For IPX interfaces, the frame type and network number = =20 IPX_FRAME=3D"" = =20 IPX_NETNUM=3D"" = =20 # Extra stuff to do after setting up the interface = =20 start_fn () { return; } = =20 # Extra stuff to do before shutting down the interface = =20 stop_fn () { return; } = =20 # Card eject policy options =20 As Im using wireless I also had to edit the wireless.opts file and also the wlan_ng.conf file as described in the faq. you may need to look at /var/log/messages to see what the pc-card is doin= g dids On Saturday 04 May 2002 08:31, Brian W. Carver wrote: > Is everyone else's laptop cruising the internet on 8.0 just fine and > it's only my PCMCIA card that I can't get working? Can someone point m= e > to a list that might be able to address this problem? > > The PCMCIA HOWTO at: > http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/doc/PCMCIA-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.3 says > > "If you get ``Network is unreachable'' messages when you try to access > the network, then the routing information specified in > /etc/pcmcia/network.opts is incorrect. This exact message is an > absolutely foolproof indication of a routing error. On the other hand, > mis-configured cards will usually fail silently." > > I'm getting this message and so I checked my network.opts. > > It has an early section like this: > > # !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! > > USE_SUSE_NETWORK_SETUP=3Dyes > > # !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! NEW !!! > > and then gives a sample setup file. > > So, it looks like SuSE is doing something "NEW" here and I wondered if > anyone knows if I can just set that to "no" and try to figure out what > options to select in network.opts the old way. Below is the transcript > of my woes just getting this laptop on the internal network, which stil= l > hasn't happened. > > The SuSE page describing the new system doesn't really make sense to me= , > but one thing I noticed is that I don't even have a > /etc/sysconfig/network/routes file. I tried reading about the routes > file to see if I could create one, but I don't understand what goes in > that first column called "Destination". I'm probably just going to > hopelessly ruin the setup if I keep blindly trying things. Anyone with > some decent advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Brian W. Carver wrote: > > Still can't get PCMCIA network card to do anything on 8.0, but I did > > manage to get some new errors, so here's an update. (Please help!) > > > > ifup eth0 still says "No configuration found for eth0" > > but since I have a file called ifcfg-eth-pcmcia-0 I thought I'd try > > instead "ifup eth-pcmcia-0" to see what would happen. When I did that= I > > got: "ifup: Could not get a valid interface name: -> skipped" > > > > It's a DLINK DFE 650 card and works fine in Windoze. > > > > Also on start-up my xconsole has these two lines: > > > > cardmgr[546]: config error, file 'config.add_kernel' line 322: unknow= n > > device: 8139too > > > > and > > > > ifup: No configuration found for eth-pcmcia-1 eth0 > > > > which made me think to try > > "ifup eth-pcmcia-0 eth0" > > and then it finally said > > Starting DHCP Client Daemon on eth0... . . . . . . . no IP address > > yet...backgrounding. > > > > I've waited a few minutes and pinging the server still gets me: > > "Network is unreachable" > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Brian W. Carver wrote: > >> When I do ifup eth0 it says "No configuration found for eth0". > >> > >> Which file is it missing? > >> > >> In /etc/sysconfig/network I have: > >> > >> config > >> dhcp > >> ifcfg-eth-pcmcia-0 > >> ifcfg-lo > >> ifcfg.template > >> providers (dir) > >> scripts (dir) > >> wireless > >> > >> The one that looks promising to me is ifcfg-eth-pcmcia-0. Here's wha= t > >> it says: > >> > >> BOOTPROTO=3D"dhcp" > >> DHCLIENT_SET_DOWN_LINK=3D"yes" > >> STARTMODE=3D"hotplug" > >> UNIQUE=3D" " > >> device=3D"eth-pcmcia-0" > >> > >> Any ideas? > >> > >> Mads Martin J=F8rgensen wrote: > >>> * Brian Carver [May 01. 2002 10:37]: > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> I may have to call/e-mail SuSE on this, but before I tried that I > >>>> thought I'd ask here. I've installed 8.0 on a Sony PCG-F370 laptop > >>>> with not much trouble. The problem is that it doesn't seem to like > >>>> my D-Link PCMCIA network card, and so I can't get the laptop on th= e > >>>> internet (via my home lan). The laptop connects fine when in > >>>> Windoze 98, so hardware issues are mostly ruled out. > >>>> > >>>> After boot-up ifconfig shows that only the local loopback 127.0.0.= 1 > >>>> is up and eth0 isn't even listed. If I do 'ifconfig eth0 up' then > >>>> it will > >>> > >>> Have you read how we redesigned network setup? (Try ifup eth0 inste= ad > >>> of using ifconfig) > >>> > >>> http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/mmj_network80.html > >>> > >>> There's also > >>> > >>> http://sdb.suse.de/cgi-bin/sdbsearch_en.cgi?stichwort=3D80+pcmcia -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com