Wireless Card on Compaq Evo n800c

Halcy0n · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2004 5:17 pm Post subject:

Well, lsusb and dmesg can't report anything since it can't access the card correctly. I can't see any info on it really. Which card do you have? Does it say "Wireless Lan" or "W200" on the side of the card? Mine is the old one, but I think my mom has the newer card, so if the new one works, I'll just swap cards with her since she won't even notice the difference.

Thanks in advance.
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tgrave · n00b Joined: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 2

I think I have the old Prism2 based card (there's a chip called ISL.... on the back side of the PCB), is there a chance to get it working?

dmesg reports the following error when i switch on the card:

hub 2-0:1.0: new USB device on port 3, assigned address 1
drivers/usb/core/config.c: invalid interface number (1/1)
usb 2-3: can't read configurations, error -22

Halcy0n · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 4:25 pm Post subject:

tgrave, that is the exact same error that I am receieving when I try to use my card. I'm going to try and work on it more today and tomorrow. If I have any success, I'll post what I've figured out.
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tgrave · n00b Joined: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 2

This is what I found out until now:

Compaq has released 2 different 802.11b Multiport Modules, one is exactly called "Compaq 802.11b MultiPort Module", the other one is called "Compaq WLAN MultiPort Module W200". The first one does NOT work with Linux (Prism2 based, but not supported by the linux-wlan-ng driver), the second one does work using the orinoco driver.

melted_stencil · n00b Joined: 26 Apr 2003 Posts: 18 Location: Hoboken

I have the newer w200 module (says Wireless LAN w200 on the side of it) and I'm getting the same -14 errors as Halcy0n..I remmeber seeing someone having flashed their card with Atmel firmware or some such, can't find the site now though...any ideas?

Drevux · n00b Joined: 31 Jul 2002 Posts: 2

I have tried everything in this thread, however when I modprobe the orinoco_usb driver it loads but is not used by a device. Essentially it is not working at all, no LED =(

Does anyone have any ideas?
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Drevux · n00b Joined: 31 Jul 2002 Posts: 2

On my dmesg after I modprobe the orinoco_usb driver I see the following..

JSylvia007 · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 6:22 pm Post subject:

I am having the exact same problem as Drevux... I have a Presario 900us, and I decided to give getting the 3D support out of the Radeon IGP320M a shot, and I noticed that the only way people were getting it done was through the tutorial here on our forums (A+ Guys!) But here's my dilema. The Wireless is more important to me than the 3d, and As we've all seen, these drivers for the W200 don't seem to work on 2.6 kernels.

I get the exact same error message as above, "Unknown symbol..." I would greatly appreciate any help on the matter..

/edit: When I get home later today, i'll post my exact dmesg, and the exact kernel that I'm using...

PS. It seems thar root66 knows his stuff, so if he is reading these, WE NEED SOME HELP BUDDY!!

~Jake

Tachyon · n00b Joined: 02 Oct 2002 Posts: 16

Hey i am back after not messing with this for a while. College is cool except for those annoying classes

anyway i installed the 2.6.3-gentoo-r1 kernel because it seemed like people who did had a much easier time of it. I also compiled the orinico usb drivers from the Savannah CVS site. They compiled with no problems and when i run modprobe orinoco_usb the module loads. However the card does not work. Out of mere curiosity i ran lsusb (although i wouldnt understand the output)

JSylvia007 · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 8:03 pm Post subject:

I looked through my errors when i got back home, but unfortunately I am at school right now, and since I cant access the wireless through linux, I can't post a reply with any readable data... Tonight, I will definately post up what i get.

~Jake

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Halcy0n · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 4:20 am Post subject:

I'm still experiencing the same problem, though I haven't tried it again in awhile with a new kernel and such. I'll probably give it a try tomorrow after work and see if I can get it to work. I'd love to get wireless working if anyone has anymore suggestions

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melted_stencil · n00b Joined: 26 Apr 2003 Posts: 18 Location: Hoboken

I just installed 2.6.3 and on a whim tried to install my wireless drivers...AND IT WORKED!.

Light turned on, everything worked. At work now but I'll post my kernel config when I get back to school. Looks like it was a problem with some hotplugging kernel options...either that or 2.6.3 allows for a more relaxed USB interface.

Halcy0n · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 2:40 am Post subject:

Well, still having the same problem, even after changing my .config to be the same as melted_stencil's. Here's the dmesg after trying to turn the device on:

JSylvia007 · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:17 am Post subject:

So am i hearing that you (Melted) have success with the 2.6.3 kernel and the W200 device?? If this is true, could you please post what you did to get it to work... I've been trying for months...

~Jake

Halcy0n · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 9:28 pm Post subject:

JSylvia007, I now have mine working as well. I got one of the newer cards. Melted also has one of the newer cards (we go to the same college). I was unsuccessful at getting the old one to work at all with anything I tried. If the side of your card says "Wireless Lan" then you have the old one. The new one says "Wireless Lan W200" on the side, and that one works like a charm. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
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JSylvia007 · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:11 pm Post subject:

thats the card I have!! :-D

there is hope!! My card says Wireless Lan W200 on the side... Could you please post what you did to get it to work?

~Jake

Halcy0n · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:49 pm Post subject:

All you should need is USB support in your kernel and then download these drivers: http://ranty.pantax.net/~rrey/orinoco-usb/orinoco-usb-0.3.0-rrey4.tar.bz2 After you unpack them, go into that directory and just do:

JSylvia007 · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:52 pm Post subject:

thanks a bunch... as soon as i can get 2.6.4 mm to compile and boot correctly i'll give it a try... I've been trying with this kernel for quite some time now, and I've never had this much trouble

JSylvia007 · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:49 pm Post subject:

Wow... that worked like a charm... I really apreciate it!! :-D

Here's a suggestion if you ever want to upgrade to 2.6.4 mm make sure you use genkernel 1.8, anything higher works like crap, and leaves you with tons of problems... even the normal way still gave me problems...

~Jake

(now i just have to get 3d working yet again with this new kernel!)[/code]

Halcy0n · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 12:21 am Post subject:

Np, and its easy enough to compile the kernel without genkernel

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JSylvia007 · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 12:35 am Post subject:

perhaps i cried success too soon... i get this from dmesg:

Halcy0n · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 3:07 am Post subject:

I never ran into that problem, but a quick google turned up a thread with this solution: http://ranty.pantax.net/pipermail/orinoco-usb-devel/2004-February/000426.html Look at the thread for the problems the guy was running into.
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Hypnos · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 3:26 am Post subject:

FYI, I have the n800 sister model, the Presario 2800. My multiport works flawlessly using wlan-ng, albeit on kernel 2.4.18. It's a Prism2 chip.
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JSylvia007 · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 7:22 am Post subject:

well i tried those directions... and here's what i get now...