From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30977 invoked by uid 1002); 10 Dec 2002 14:19:56 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 30968 invoked from network); 10 Dec 2002 14:19:56 -0000 From: Adam Voigt To: Tom Prado Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: <1039456751.16898.42.camel@beowulf.cryptocomm.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-x831kWk/WUHGOQShbfQq" X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 10 Dec 2002 09:18:55 -0500 Message-Id: <1039529935.1129.5.camel@beowulf.cryptocomm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Dec 2002 14:18:54.0248 (UTC) FILETIME=[11E2F280:01C2A057] Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Linksys Wireless USB X-Archives-Salt: cfe2f9af-e95a-4dd4-beae-150d5fffb92a X-Archives-Hash: edf123a8e7924f2bb87d56f0615f5fc6 --=-x831kWk/WUHGOQShbfQq Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-8fY7beFVAGLAvjmz7Bcu" --=-8fY7beFVAGLAvjmz7Bcu Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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=3D bsstype=3Dindependent beaconperiod=3D100 dtimperiod=3D3 cfpollable=3Dfalse cfpollreq=3Dfalse cfpperiod=3D3 cfpmaxduration=3D100 probedelay=3D100 dschannel=3D6 basicrate1=3D2 basicrate2=3D4 operationalrate1=3D2 operationalrate2=3D4 operationalrate3=3D11 operationalrate4=3D22=20 wlan: wlanctl-ng: No such device=20 wlan: Failed to enable the device, exitcode=3D 1 .=20 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: =20 > Alright, well, this: >=20 > cat /proc/pci | grep "usb" >=20 > 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? >=20 =20 try cat /proc/pci | grep "USB" instead. The USB Controller(s) should be=20 in there since they are PCI devices. You need to have a USB controller=20 driver loaded to be able to use any USB device. Even though you can load=20 the prism2_usb driver, I'm suspecting it won't work since there is no=20 host controller driver driving it. What errors do you get when you tried=20 to modprobe usb-uhci, uhci, and usb-ohci? =20 -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list =20 --=20 Adam Voigt (adam@cryptocomm.com) The Cryptocomm Group My GPG Key: http://64.238.252.49:8080/adam_at_cryptocomm.asc --=-8fY7beFVAGLAvjmz7Bcu Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ok, funny thing, when I configure a computer for my use (work computer prev= iously
used by someone else) I always reformat, and go minimalist on what I need t= o 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 thou= sand
resounding "Doh!" in a row, it will now modprobe uhci successfull= y.

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=3D bsstype=3Dindepen= dent beaconperiod=3D100 dtimperiod=3D3 cfpollable=3Dfalse cfpollreq=3Dfalse= cfpperiod=3D3 cfpmaxduration=3D100 probedelay=3D100 dschannel=3D6 basicrat= e1=3D2 basicrate2=3D4 operationalrate1=3D2 operationalrate2=3D4 operational= rate3=3D11 operationalrate4=3D22=20

wlan: wlanctl-ng: No such device=20
wlan: Failed to enable the device, exitcode=3D 1 .=20
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 Vo= igt wrote:

> Alright, well, this:
>
> cat /proc/pci | grep &= quot;usb"
>
> Returns bupkiss, but s= hould 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?<= /FONT>
>

try cat /proc/pci | grep &q= uot;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 driv= ing it. What errors do you get when you tried
to modprobe usb-uhci, uhci,= and usb-ohci?

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The Cryptocomm Group
My GPG Key: http://64.238.252.49:8080/adam_at_cryptocomm.asc
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