[gentoo-dev] Linksys Wireless USB

[gentoo-dev] Linksys Wireless USB

[Adam Voigt]

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I'm trying to get my Linksys Wireless USB adapter (version 1) to work,
following the instructions on:

ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/linux_release.txt

Yields the following in the message log:

Dec  9 10:07:46 ws1 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module wlan0

And nothing is in /proc/bus/usb. I compiled the wlan-ng as prompted,
and everything seemed to go fine, no error's, every step worked,
it's just this thing won't configure. (ifconfig wlan0 says no such
interface)

I'd appreciate the help. Any ideas?

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Linksys Wireless USB

[Tom Prado]

You have absolutely nothing in /proc/bus/usb?  Or do you have usb loaded 
but the device is not listed in /proc/bus/usb/devices?  If the former, it 
sounds like you don't have the usb drivers even loaded or you don't have 
usbdevfs loaded.  

Make sure you have USB compiled in the kernel (or as a module).

Do you see any USB messages when you do dmesg | grep usb?

If you have it as a module, make sure you have usbcore loaded, and one of 
these depending on your hardware: usb-uhci, uhci, or usb-ohci.

Good luck.

Tom


On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Adam Voigt wrote:

> I'm trying to get my Linksys Wireless USB adapter (version 1) to work,
> following the instructions on:
> 
> ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/linux_release.txt
> 
> Yields the following in the message log:
> 
> Dec  9 10:07:46 ws1 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module wlan0
> 
> And nothing is in /proc/bus/usb. I compiled the wlan-ng as prompted,
> and everything seemed to go fine, no error's, every step worked,
> it's just this thing won't configure. (ifconfig wlan0 says no such
> interface)
> 
> I'd appreciate the help. Any ideas?
> 
> -- 
> Adam Voigt (adam@cryptocomm.com)
> The Cryptocomm Group
> My GPG Key: http://64.238.252.49:8080/adam_at_cryptocomm.asc
> 

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Linksys Wireless USB

[Adam Voigt]

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dmesg | grep "usb" 

Produces:

usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
init_module: prism2_usb.o: 0.1.16-pre7 Loaded
init_module: dev_info is: prism2_usb
usb.c: registered new driver prism2_usb

And no, there is nothing in /proc/bus/usb.

Modprobing usb-uhci, uhci, or usb-ohci all throw error's and are not
inserted.
However, usb-core is loaded automatically when I modprobe the prism2
driver.

On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 11:33, Tom Prado wrote:

    You have absolutely nothing in /proc/bus/usb?  Or do you have usb
    loaded 
    but the device is not listed in /proc/bus/usb/devices?  If the
    former, it 
    sounds like you don't have the usb drivers even loaded or you don't
    have 
    usbdevfs loaded.  
    
    Make sure you have USB compiled in the kernel (or as a module).
    
    Do you see any USB messages when you do dmesg | grep usb?
    
    If you have it as a module, make sure you have usbcore loaded, and
    one of 
    these depending on your hardware: usb-uhci, uhci, or usb-ohci.
    
    Good luck.
    
    Tom
    
    
    On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Adam Voigt wrote:
    
    > I'm trying to get my Linksys Wireless USB adapter (version 1) to
    work,
    > following the instructions on:
    > 
    > ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/linux_release.txt
    > 
    > Yields the following in the message log:
    > 
    > Dec  9 10:07:46 ws1 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module wlan0
    > 
    > And nothing is in /proc/bus/usb. I compiled the wlan-ng as
    prompted,
    > and everything seemed to go fine, no error's, every step worked,
    > it's just this thing won't configure. (ifconfig wlan0 says no such
    > interface)
    > 
    > I'd appreciate the help. Any ideas?
    > 
    > -- 
    > Adam Voigt (adam@cryptocomm.com)
    > The Cryptocomm Group
    > My GPG Key: http://64.238.252.49:8080/adam_at_cryptocomm.asc
    > 
    
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Linksys Wireless USB

[Tom Prado]

On 9 Dec 2002, Adam Voigt wrote:

> dmesg | grep "usb" 
> 
> Produces:
> 
> usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
> usb.c: registered new driver hub
> init_module: prism2_usb.o: 0.1.16-pre7 Loaded
> init_module: dev_info is: prism2_usb
> usb.c: registered new driver prism2_usb
> 
> And no, there is nothing in /proc/bus/usb.
> 
> Modprobing usb-uhci, uhci, or usb-ohci all throw error's and are not
> inserted.
> However, usb-core is loaded automatically when I modprobe the prism2
> driver.

hmm, that's not good that all the ?hci drivers return errors.  You don't 
appear to have any USB bus drivers loaded.  See which USB adapter you have 
by doing a cat /proc/pci (or use lspci) and look for the USB devices.

I.e. mine are:

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) (rev 02)

and dmesg | grep usb returns:

usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 23:33:42 Dec  4 2002
usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xefe0, IRQ 11
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports

You might want to check out http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/book1.html 

Best of luck,
Tom


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Linksys Wireless USB

[Adam Voigt]

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Alright, well, this:

cat /proc/pci | grep "usb"

Returns bupkiss, but should the usb be mentioned
in /proc/pci? It's on the motherboard so shouldn't it
not be in there anyway, or is "pci" misleading in that
it means all devices?

(Last time I bug you, promise.) =)

On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 12:52, Tom Prado wrote:

    On 9 Dec 2002, Adam Voigt wrote:
    
    > dmesg | grep "usb" 
    > 
    > Produces:
    > 
    > usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
    > usb.c: registered new driver hub
    > init_module: prism2_usb.o: 0.1.16-pre7 Loaded
    > init_module: dev_info is: prism2_usb
    > usb.c: registered new driver prism2_usb
    > 
    > And no, there is nothing in /proc/bus/usb.
    > 
    > Modprobing usb-uhci, uhci, or usb-ohci all throw error's and are
    not
    > inserted.
    > However, usb-core is loaded automatically when I modprobe the
    prism2
    > driver.
    
    hmm, that's not good that all the ?hci drivers return errors.  You
    don't 
    appear to have any USB bus drivers loaded.  See which USB adapter
    you have 
    by doing a cat /proc/pci (or use lspci) and look for the USB
    devices.
    
    I.e. mine are:
    
    00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev
    02)
    00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #2) (rev
    02)
    00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) (rev
    02)
    
    and dmesg | grep usb returns:
    
    usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 23:33:42 Dec  4 2002
    usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
    usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xefe0, IRQ 11
    usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
    
    You might want to check out
    http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/book1.html 
    
    Best of luck,
    Tom
    
    
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Linksys Wireless USB

[Per-Erik Westerberg]

Hi,

Have you tried issuing the command ...

"modprobe prism2_usb prism2_doreset=1" 

... to load the proper module before starting the wlan-usb-thing?

  Regards / Per-Erik

On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 18:59, Adam Voigt wrote:
> Alright, well, this:
> 
> cat /proc/pci | grep "usb"
> 
> Returns bupkiss, but should the usb be mentioned
> in /proc/pci? It's on the motherboard so shouldn't it
> not be in there anyway, or is "pci" misleading in that
> it means all devices?
> 
> (Last time I bug you, promise.) =)
> 
> On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 12:52, Tom Prado wrote:
> 
>     On 9 Dec 2002, Adam Voigt wrote:
>     
>     > dmesg | grep "usb" 
>     > 
>     > Produces:
>     > 
>     > usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
>     > usb.c: registered new driver hub
>     > init_module: prism2_usb.o: 0.1.16-pre7 Loaded
>     > init_module: dev_info is: prism2_usb
>     > usb.c: registered new driver prism2_usb
>     > 
>     > And no, there is nothing in /proc/bus/usb.
>     > 
>     > Modprobing usb-uhci, uhci, or usb-ohci all throw error's and are
>     not
>     > inserted.
>     > However, usb-core is loaded automatically when I modprobe the
>     prism2
>     > driver.
>     
>     hmm, that's not good that all the ?hci drivers return errors.  You
>     don't 
>     appear to have any USB bus drivers loaded.  See which USB adapter
>     you have 
>     by doing a cat /proc/pci (or use lspci) and look for the USB
>     devices.
>     
>     I.e. mine are:
>     
>     00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev
>     02)
>     00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #2) (rev
>     02)
>     00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) (rev
>     02)
>     
>     and dmesg | grep usb returns:
>     
>     usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 23:33:42 Dec  4 2002
>     usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
>     usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xefe0, IRQ 11
>     usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
>     
>     You might want to check out
>     http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/book1.html 
>     
>     Best of luck,
>     Tom
>     
>     
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>     
> 
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Linksys Wireless USB

[Adam Voigt]

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Yep, that was in the linksys readme on the driver.
It executes without error.

On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 13:28, Per-Erik Westerberg wrote:

    Hi,
    
    Have you tried issuing the command ...
    
    "modprobe prism2_usb prism2_doreset=1" 
    
    ... to load the proper module before starting the wlan-usb-thing?
    
      Regards / Per-Erik
    
    On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 18:59, Adam Voigt wrote:
    > Alright, well, this:
    > 
    > cat /proc/pci | grep "usb"
    > 
    > Returns bupkiss, but should the usb be mentioned
    > in /proc/pci? It's on the motherboard so shouldn't it
    > not be in there anyway, or is "pci" misleading in that
    > it means all devices?
    > 
    > (Last time I bug you, promise.) =)
    > 
    > On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 12:52, Tom Prado wrote:
    > 
    >     On 9 Dec 2002, Adam Voigt wrote:
    >     
    >     > dmesg | grep "usb" 
    >     > 
    >     > Produces:
    >     > 
    >     > usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
    >     > usb.c: registered new driver hub
    >     > init_module: prism2_usb.o: 0.1.16-pre7 Loaded
    >     > init_module: dev_info is: prism2_usb
    >     > usb.c: registered new driver prism2_usb
    >     > 
    >     > And no, there is nothing in /proc/bus/usb.
    >     > 
    >     > Modprobing usb-uhci, uhci, or usb-ohci all throw error's and
    are
    >     not
    >     > inserted.
    >     > However, usb-core is loaded automatically when I modprobe
    the
    >     prism2
    >     > driver.
    >     
    >     hmm, that's not good that all the ?hci drivers return errors. 
    You
    >     don't 
    >     appear to have any USB bus drivers loaded.  See which USB
    adapter
    >     you have 
    >     by doing a cat /proc/pci (or use lspci) and look for the USB
    >     devices.
    >     
    >     I.e. mine are:
    >     
    >     00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1)
    (rev
    >     02)
    >     00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #2)
    (rev
    >     02)
    >     00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3)
    (rev
    >     02)
    >     
    >     and dmesg | grep usb returns:
    >     
    >     usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 23:33:42 Dec  4 2002
    >     usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
    >     usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xefe0, IRQ 11
    >     usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
    >     
    >     You might want to check out
    >     http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/book1.html 
    >     
    >     Best of luck,
    >     Tom
    >     
    >     
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    >     
    > 
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Linksys Wireless USB

[Tom Prado]

On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Adam Voigt wrote:

> Alright, well, this:
> 
> cat /proc/pci | grep "usb"
> 
> Returns bupkiss, but should the usb be mentioned
> in /proc/pci? It's on the motherboard so shouldn't it
> not be in there anyway, or is "pci" misleading in that
> it means all devices?
> 

try cat /proc/pci | grep "USB" instead.  The USB Controller(s) should be 
in there since they are PCI devices.  You need to have a USB controller 
driver loaded to be able to use any USB device.  Even though you can load 
the prism2_usb driver, I'm suspecting it won't work since there is no 
host controller driver driving it.  What errors do you get when you tried 
to modprobe usb-uhci, uhci, and usb-ohci?

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Linksys Wireless USB

[Adam Voigt]

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Ok, funny thing, when I configure a computer for my use (work computer
previously
used by someone else) I always reformat, and go minimalist on what I
need to make
the system run smoothly, well as it turns out, at that time, I didn't
have any USB devices,
so guess what, I had turned USB support off in the BIOS. After several
thousand
resounding "Doh!" in a row, it will now modprobe uhci successfully.

And I get heart-warming little messages like "detected new device" and
such on
my USB connection. Yay. It says the device was not claimed by any driver
or some such
thing, but it's a start. Alright, my new problem is, wlanctl-ng fails
with the message:

wlan: FAILED: /sbin/wlanctl-ng wl0 dot11req_start ssid=
bsstype=independent beaconperiod=100 dtimperiod=3 cfpollable=false
cfpollreq=false cfpperiod=3 cfpmaxduration=100 probedelay=100
dschannel=6 basicrate1=2 basicrate2=4 operationalrate1=2
operationalrate2=4 operationalrate3=11 operationalrate4=22 

wlan: wlanctl-ng: No such device 
wlan: Failed to enable the device, exitcode= 1 . 
wlan: grep: /proc/net/p80211/wlan0/wlandev: No such file or directory

Ok, the device is there for sure in /proc/bus/usb, so it's definetly
seeing it now, but I'm not
sure what "p80211" has to do with anything, any ideas?

On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 14:15, Tom Prado wrote:

    On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Adam Voigt wrote:
    
    > Alright, well, this:
    > 
    > cat /proc/pci | grep "usb"
    > 
    > Returns bupkiss, but should the usb be mentioned
    > in /proc/pci? It's on the motherboard so shouldn't it
    > not be in there anyway, or is "pci" misleading in that
    > it means all devices?
    > 
    
    try cat /proc/pci | grep "USB" instead.  The USB Controller(s)
    should be 
    in there since they are PCI devices.  You need to have a USB
    controller 
    driver loaded to be able to use any USB device.  Even though you can
    load 
    the prism2_usb driver, I'm suspecting it won't work since there is
    no 
    host controller driver driving it.  What errors do you get when you
    tried 
    to modprobe usb-uhci, uhci, and usb-ohci?
    
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Linksys Wireless USB

[Luke Graham]

On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 12:18 am, Adam Voigt wrote:
> Ok, funny thing, when I configure a computer for my use (work computer
> previously
> used by someone else) I always reformat, and go minimalist on what I
> need to make
> the system run smoothly, well as it turns out, at that time, I didn't
> have any USB devices,
> so guess what, I had turned USB support off in the BIOS. After several
> thousand
> resounding "Doh!" in a row, it will now modprobe uhci successfully.
>
> And I get heart-warming little messages like "detected new device" and
> such on
> my USB connection. Yay. It says the device was not claimed by any driver
> or some such
> thing, but it's a start. Alright, my new problem is, wlanctl-ng fails
> with the message:
>
> wlan: FAILED: /sbin/wlanctl-ng wl0 dot11req_start ssid=
> bsstype=independent beaconperiod=100 dtimperiod=3 cfpollable=false
> cfpollreq=false cfpperiod=3 cfpmaxduration=100 probedelay=100
> dschannel=6 basicrate1=2 basicrate2=4 operationalrate1=2
> operationalrate2=4 operationalrate3=11 operationalrate4=22
>
> wlan: wlanctl-ng: No such device
> wlan: Failed to enable the device, exitcode= 1 .
> wlan: grep: /proc/net/p80211/wlan0/wlandev: No such file or directory
>
> Ok, the device is there for sure in /proc/bus/usb, so it's definetly
> seeing it now, but I'm not
> sure what "p80211" has to do with anything, any ideas?

This is the 802.11b protocol, the layer below your wireless tcp/ip connection. 
At a first guess, I would say check all the necessary modules are being 
loaded, including p80211.o

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Linksys Wireless USB

[Mark Gordon]

On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 11:13:09 +1000
Luke Graham <luke@trolltech.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 12:18 am, Adam Voigt wrote:

<snip>

> > And I get heart-warming little messages like "detected new device"
> > and such on
> > my USB connection. Yay. It says the device was not claimed by any
> > driver or some such
> > thing, but it's a start. Alright, my new problem is, wlanctl-ng
> > fails with the message:
> >
> > wlan: FAILED: /sbin/wlanctl-ng wl0 dot11req_start ssid=
> > bsstype=independent beaconperiod=100 dtimperiod=3 cfpollable=false
> > cfpollreq=false cfpperiod=3 cfpmaxduration=100 probedelay=100
> > dschannel=6 basicrate1=2 basicrate2=4 operationalrate1=2
> > operationalrate2=4 operationalrate3=11 operationalrate4=22
> >
> > wlan: wlanctl-ng: No such device
> > wlan: Failed to enable the device, exitcode= 1 .
> > wlan: grep: /proc/net/p80211/wlan0/wlandev: No such file or
> > directory
> >
> > Ok, the device is there for sure in /proc/bus/usb, so it's definetly
> > seeing it now, but I'm not
> > sure what "p80211" has to do with anything, any ideas?
> 
> This is the 802.11b protocol, the layer below your wireless tcp/ip
> connection. At a first guess, I would say check all the necessary
> modules are being loaded, including p80211.o

Are you using the kernel modules or the wlan package? My guess is that
it is the wlan package which you need to rebuild each time you rebuild
the kernel.
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