Re: at76c503a on Startup (boot)

John Cassidy <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:00:47 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.drivers.at76c503a.user
Organization Cassidy IT Services
Message-ID <[email protected]>
CE wrote:

>	A hotplug problem at boot perhaps?  In Debian it says it didn't work but that message is wrong.
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>You Wrote:
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>>Hello all,
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>>         I have the above assembled and installed on Fedora FC-3, with a
>>customised 2.6.9 kernel.
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>>I have no problems with performance, scanning etc. the driver works as it
>>should.
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>>It will not however on boot, do an insmod, I have to manually disconnect the
>>device and connect again, then I have my setting as they should be...
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>>The device in question is an SMC2662W USB EZConnect.
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>>I have made the appropriate modprobe.conf and ifcfg-wlan0 entries, but at
>>boot, I still have the "manual" problem, as stated above.
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>>Any ideas??    
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>>Regards / Cordialement / Gruss / Saludos 
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>>Cassidy IT Services
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>>John Cassidy Dipl.Ingr (Informatique)
>>Schleswigstr. 7
>>51065 Cologne / Koeln / Keulen
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>>EU
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>>Tel. +49 (0) 177 799 58 56
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [email protected]
>>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of CE
>>Sent: 28 December 2004 04:27
>>To: [email protected]
>>Subject: Re: [at76c503a-user] incompatible pointer type+Fedora Core 3
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>>	You should be using the CVS code for 2.6.  Once you get that and
>>your kernel sources do (as root) make, make install.  Then replug your
>>device and try ifup wlan0
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>>You Wrote:
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>>>Dear All,
>>>
>>>	I was hoping that someone from this list could help me with my
>>>Linksys WUSB11 version 2.6 working in Fedora Core 3.  Also, I very new to
>>>linux. 
>>>
>>>	The problem I am getting is when I do a make I get the follow
>>>message:
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>>>At76c503.c
>>>In function ieee80211_to_eth
>>>Line 3922
>>>Warning: Assignment from incompatible pointer type.  
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>>>I have also tried the 0.12beta files and get the same error message.
>>>Though, I do get the at76c503.o and can do a make install.  After plugging
>>>in the wireless card, I still do not get the blinking lights that would
>>>imply that it works.  I then do a dmesg and see that it tries to download
>>>firmware and after that I get a message:
>>>
>>>At76c503 unexpected opmode 185
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>>>	I have the KT133 chip set and have not tried a cheap USB hub, short
>>>on cash.  I did get it working for a short time by upgrading from Redhat
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>>9.0
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>>>to Fedora Core 3 and it was working most of the time until I patched it.
>>>After patching it I also got the above errors.  I then decided that a
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>>clean
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>>>install might work better, but was wrong.
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>>>	Any help would be great.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Mike            
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>>>      
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In dmesg, there is no evidence of hotplug _/not/_ working...

Hotplug version is: hotplug-2004_04_01-8.1

Any ideas??






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