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ca_grover
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 Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:30 am Post subject: Need help with wireless for Toshiba A10 [SOLVED] |
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I have recently acquired a Toshiba A10 laptop, have had taken the plunge to get Gentoo running on it. So far so good - I have some of the usual issues to take care off like X config tweaking, sound setup, etc... BUT, wireless is eluding me... I've searched high and low through the forums and Google for info on this, but keep hitting a wall (probably just me though...).
The problem is that when I check dmesg, or lspci, I don't see any reference to a wireless device. I KNOW the laptop has one cuz it was working when windows was on the box, but the box seems to not see it (and I've made sure the on/off switch for the wireless is on...).
I'm not sure where to look next. I've setup the kernel according to the various info I've found, and have even tried to compile the common modules, then modprobe them. I've emerged the latest baselayout, and wireless-tools. I'm ready to config the /etc/conf.d/wireless file and the corresponding net file... but I need to know what device to configure, and possibly what drivers to use....
here's the output of lspci: | Code: | 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
0000:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
0000:01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet Controller (rev 83)
0000:01:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
0000:01:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 33)
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Am I blind and am missing something useful in this?
I can post the output of dmesg as well, but felt it's a bit much to be putting into this message... 
Thanks for any suggestions.
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ca_grover
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:30 am Post subject: |
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I'm making some progress in this, but it's still not working... 
I think the problem has something to do with PCMCIA not activating the built in wireless card. I'm not sure how to activate a pcmcia card manually (more digging to be done), but am relatively confident the box at least knows about the card. When I check /var/run/stab I see the following | Code: | Socket 0: Intersil PRISM2 11 Mbps Wireless Adapter
Socket 1: empty
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So, I know I have a prism2 card at socket 0 (sighs... I was told it would be 802.11g...). I guess the question is how to activate the card so that I can see a device for it... At least I have a direction to be looking in now..... |
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RItalMan
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:49 am Post subject: |
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The prism2 based wireless cards have their driver included in the official kernel release. Be sure you have compiled your kernel with prism2 card. The config options are :
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# PCCARD (PCMCIA/CardBus) support
#
CONFIG_PCCARD=m
CONFIG_PCMCIA_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_PCMCIA_OBSOLETE=y
CONFIG_PCMCIA=m
CONFIG_CARDBUS=y
#
# PC-card bridges
#
CONFIG_YENTA=m
CONFIG_PD6729=m
CONFIG_I82092=m
CONFIG_I82365=m
CONFIG_TCIC=m
CONFIG_PCMCIA_PROBE=y
#
# Wireless 802.11b ISA/PCI cards support
#
CONFIG_AIRO=m
CONFIG_HERMES=m
CONFIG_PLX_HERMES=m
CONFIG_TMD_HERMES=m
CONFIG_PCI_HERMES=m
CONFIG_ATMEL=m
CONFIG_PCI_ATMEL=m
#
# Wireless 802.11b Pcmcia/Cardbus cards support
#
CONFIG_PCMCIA_HERMES=m
CONFIG_AIRO_CS=m
CONFIG_PCMCIA_ATMEL=m
CONFIG_PCMCIA_WL3501=m
CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS=y # Wireless card management
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Your card is managed, the infos given by cardctl info are working. Ensure you have the module orinoco_cs loaded :
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lsmod |grep orinoco_cs
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Then you will be able to configure your interface up :
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ifconfig wlan0 up
dhcpcd wlan0
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(Not sure it is wlan0, maybe it is eth1 I don't remember)
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ca_grover
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 9:05 am Post subject: |
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I got this resolved.
I recompiled my kernel with almost all the newer cards selected as modules, and once I rebooted/restarted pcmcia the device was visible. So, a quick config of the /etc/conf.d/wireless and /etc/conf.d/net files and I'm online...
Now, I just need to get it to connect to MY access point, instead of the neighbors...
Thanks for the support. |
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