[TriLUG] orinoco + mandrake 10.0 trouble

Michael Hrivnak mhrivnak at triad.rr.com
Sun May 2 23:31:19 EDT 2004


That was exactly the problem, and it now works like it should.  Thanks!

Michael

On Sunday 02 May 2004 09:34 pm, Jason Tower wrote:
> if you use drakconf to configure networking, you'll see a checkbox for
> "network hotplugging" which is tied to the ifplugd daemon.  try
> disabling that, it looks like ifplugd might be getting in the way.
>
> jason
>
> On Sunday 02 May 2004 19:51, Michael Hrivnak wrote:
> > 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
> >
> > -----------
> >
> > 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)
> >
> > -------------
> >
> >
> > 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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