[TriLUG] orinoco + mandrake 10.0 trouble

Michael Hrivnak mhrivnak at triad.rr.com
Sun May 2 19:51:31 EDT 2004


Dell Inspiron 5000
Mandrake 10.0
Lucent Orinoco Silver PCMCIA card (made by Agere according to FCC ID)

Everything worked great wih Mandrake 9.2

After upgrading to 10.0 and the 2.6 kernel, the wireless no longer works.  
This happens in /var/log/messages

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May  2 19:20:19 laptop ifplugd(eth1)[8190]: Using interface 
eth1/00:02:2D:40:11:CF
May  2 19:20:19 laptop ifplugd(eth1)[8190]: Using detection mode: wireless 
extension
May  2 19:20:19 laptop ifplugd(eth1)[8190]: Initialization complete, link beat 
not detected.
May  2 19:20:19 laptop kernel: eth1: New link status: Connected (0001)
May  2 19:20:20 laptop ifplugd(eth1)[8190]: Link beat detected.
May  2 19:20:21 laptop ifplugd(eth1)[8190]: Executing 
'/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth1 up'.
May  2 19:20:21 laptop ifplugd(eth1)[8190]: client: Determining IP information 
for eth1... failed; no link present.  Check cable?
May  2 19:20:21 laptop ifplugd(eth1)[8190]: Program execution failed, return 
value is 1.
May  2 19:20:21 laptop ifplugd(eth1)[8190]: Exiting.
May  2 19:20:21 laptop kernel: eth1: New link status: Disconnected (0002)

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I've confirmed that the card still works in knoppix.  I tried the mandrake 
module, then I patched it with orinoco-0.13e-rfmon-dragorn3.diff available at 
http://www.kismetwireless.net/download.shtml.  Neither works.  There are two 
wireless APs well within range of the laptop.  Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Michael



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