Re: PCG-R505TE & FA511

----- Original Message -----
> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:03:50 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Frank Edwards <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Linux-sony] Re: PCG-R505TE & FA511
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
> On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 [email protected] wrote:
> > okay, so i still am having troubles with my Sony Vaio PCG-R505TE and =
> > it's NetGear FA511 PCMCIA CardBus network adapter.
> >
> > seeing as the laptop was unable to get on the network it is naturally =
> > rather difficult to get these text files onto this computer (i can't =
> > exactly type out the output of dmesg) but i managed to get it all over =
> > on a floppy...
> [...snip...]
> > when i type "cardctl insert" with the card already in, it beeps twice =
> > loudly, which the docs say shows it recognized the card on the first =
> > beep and then configured the network okay on the second. all is well so
=
> > far... but then if i type cardmgr the computer locks up and i have to =
> > reboot...
>
> The docs also say that it may give false or misleading information
> if cardmgr(8) is not running.  I think you shouldn't be trying to run
> cardmgr a second time! :-)
>
> > anyone know what i'm doing wrong? a point in the right direction would =
> > be utmostly appreciated.
> >
> > thanks in advance,
> > ezra
>
> On my system, cardmgr is started up at boot time and runs continuously.
> Check whether you trying to run it a second time.  Maybe that's the
problem?
>
> If you are trying to run it a second time, stop doing that. :-)  Instead,
> after doing the "cardctl insert", try typing "ifconfig".  Do you see the
> network device show up?  Also do a "ps -eaf" and look to see if cardmgr(8)
> is runn, and if so, which child processes it has running.  I'm thinking
> that it may have started up a configuration script for that card and
> the script is waiting for something to happen (like a DHCP address?),
> so the card never fully configures itself.
>
> Here's what my "ifconfig" output looks like.  This is not a PC card NIC,
> but your output should look similar (I removed my entries for lo0 and
> ppp0):
>
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:80:AD:46:4A:D2
>           inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:5969606 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:5938913 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:2
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>           RX bytes:1410896818 (1345.5 Mb)  TX bytes:1550570947 (1478.7 Mb)
>           Interrupt:10 Base address:0xec00
>
> You didn't say (in this message, anyway) which distribution you're
> running, but doesn't your OS provide a configuration tool?  On RH, it
> used to be "neat", not sure what it is now, as I don't have a RH install
> more recent than 7.3 (the above output from ifconfig is from RH73).
> After the card is inserted and you get your two beeps, you should be
> able to use the GUI tool to configure it.
>
> Well, it seems like I've been rambling...  I'll stop now and you can
> decide if any of this helped at all. :-)
> --
> Frank J. Edwards
> http://www.eec.com/
> Training, Contract Programming, and Contract SysAdmin

Sorry, OS is Debian Potato (trying to get the card working so i can get it
on the net to upgrade to woody/stable, as i only have a cd & floppies for
potato...)

when i boot the machine i dont have to type cardctl its already running.
when i ifconfig i only see an entry for lo still. i can "cardctl eject" and
then "cardctl insert" and still no entry for eth0 (which i have an entry for
it both in /etc/network/interfaces where debian keeps its iface config
stuff, and also in the /etc/pcmcia/config.opts file)

if i ps -eaf i do not see cardmgr running anywhere, and if i type cardmgr,
the whole laptop locks us and has to be rebooted via the power button...

thanks in advance if anyone can help at all