Toshiba TE2000 Orinoco wireless card not found

spcmcc · n00b Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 2

I have done a search of this issue and have found very little help. I have a Toshiba TE2000 laptop with built in wirelss that uses the orinoco module. I have turned the wireless card on, started the modules:

localhost spcmcc # lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd_pcm_oss 39584 0
snd_mixer_oss 17792 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 4740 0
snd_seq_oss 31232 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7936 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 49104 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 8716 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
spca5xx 652176 0
videodev 9856 1 spca5xx
parport_pc 37828 0
parport 34504 1 parport_pc
pcspkr 3968 0
yenta_socket 25612 4
rsrc_nonstatic 13184 1 yenta_socket
e100 33284 0
mii 6272 1 e100
i2c_ali15x3 8324 0
i2c_core 20864 1 i2c_ali15x3
snd_ali5451 23564 0
snd_ac97_codec 83616 1 snd_ali5451
snd_ac97_bus 3200 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 80388 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 23300 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 50660 9 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc 10632 1 snd_pcm
ali_agp 7552 1
agpgart 33480 1 ali_agp
rtc 9876 0
orinoco_cs 17028 0
pcmcia 36028 1 orinoco_cs
firmware_class 10752 1 pcmcia
pcmcia_core 39956 4 yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic,orinoco_cs,pcmcia
orinoco 38164 1 orinoco_cs
hermes 8320 2 orinoco_cs,orinoco
nfs 198216 0
lockd 56712 1 nfs
sunrpc 142652 2 nfs,lockd
jfs 161260 0
dm_mirror 21328 0
dm_mod 54808 1 dm_mirror
sata_mv 18696 0
ata_piix 12548 0
ahci 16644 0
sata_qstor 10372 0
sata_vsc 9220 0
sata_uli 8452 0
sata_sis 8836 0
sata_sx4 14212 0
sata_nv 10756 0
sata_via 9348 0
sata_svw 8580 0
sata_sil 10504 0
sata_promise 12548 0
libata 66188 13 sata_mv,ata_piix,ahci,sata_qstor,sata_vsc,sata_uli,sata_sis,sata_sx4,sata_nv,sata_via,sata_svw,sata_sil,sata_promise
sbp2 22664 0
ohci1394 32560 0
ieee1394 92088 2 sbp2,ohci1394
sl811_hcd 13184 0
ohci_hcd 20100 0
uhci_hcd 22284 0
usb_storage 68032 0
usbhid 46944 0
ehci_hcd 28552 0
usbcore 116864 8 spca5xx,sl811_hcd,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd

when I type ifconfig I get:

localhost spcmcc # ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:D1:D0:7A:A3
inet addr:192.168.12.45 Bcast:192.168.12.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:11131 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7141 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:7202917 (6.8 Mb) TX bytes:805062 (786.1 Kb)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:776 (776.0 b) TX bytes:776 (776.0 b)

eth0 is my built in network card. I have tried to make a link to lo.net but when I try to start eth1 I am told it does not exist. This is a fresh install using the GUI live cd. It did not find it then but I was not concerned with it at that point. I have also modified my /etc/conf.d/net. Does anyone know how I can get this to work?

FantomKnight · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 5:12 am Post subject:

Show us the output of lspci. If you don't have lspci, then emerge pciutils.

spcmcc · n00b Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 2

localhost spcmcc # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ALi Corporation M1644/M1644T Northbridge+Trident (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation PCI to AGP Controller
00:02.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
00:04.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c3)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 01)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+]
00:08.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU]
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 0d)
00:10.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
00:11.0 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 32)
00:11.1 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 32)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade XPAi1 (rev 82)

FantomKnight · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:04 pm Post subject:

Your machine is not even recognizing the wireless. You have to get the wireless card to show up in lspci before you can hope to configure it. I see that your machine uses the ALi chipset, so make certain that it is fully built into the kernel. Also, try removing ACPI support. Sometimes that can affect detection of wireless cards.

jeanfrancis · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:07 am Post subject:

In your kernel, look for PCMCIA. My Toshiba notebook with Orinoco card uses PCMCIA...

You have to enable the good PCMCIA driver in the kernel, then you will see your card in the Wireless section.

Good luck!