[MLB-WIRELESS] Mandrake 9.0

[Andrew Griffiths]

Alex Musgrove wrote:
> thanks for the quick response,
> yeah, the kernel picks up the cradle as BRIDGE_CARDBUS
> I have installed PCMCIA-CS, and WIRELESS TOOLS
> 
> So, if it's picked up the cradle, I assume it has the card, because it
> doesn't list it...
> Does it list it in hardware, or do I have to tell it to look?  thx

If you don't mind the command line, try "ifconfig -a" without the 
quotes. If you have a pcmcia wireless card in there, it should tell you 
if its working, by having at least 1 ethernet (ie, ethX, where X is a 
number) device in there. (If you have a NIC, then you should have 2 ethX 
devices).

If you don't, the pmcia card services isn't running, most likely.

To get that working, under the command line, you should be able to type 
/etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start

I think the mandrake configuration thing is called "runlevels" or so, 
and you can configure which services is running. Enable pcmcia-cs if it 
is not enabled by default.

I don't understand what you mean by "doesn't list it". However, the 
"ifconfig -a" command will tell you if its working.

Thanks,
Andrew Griffiths

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Griffiths" <andrewg at d2.net.au>
> To: "Alex Musgrove" <musgrove at iinet.net.au>
> Cc: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 3:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Mandrake 9.0
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>>Alex Musgrove wrote:
>>
>>>Hey, I'm new to Linux....
>>>ok, that's out of the way.
>>>
>>>I bought a ricoh cradle, and have a roamabout card.
>>>I'm running mandrake 9.0...
>>>how do I get that little fella running?  or just detected?
>>>btw, if this is inappropriate for this newsgroup tell me
>>>
>>
>>The linux kernel should detect the ricoh cradle as a pci<>pcmcia bridge,
>>probably all you need to tell mandrake is that the hard ware is there,
>>or what modules to load.
>>
>>You'll need to install software like pcmcia-cs and wireless_tools
>>(should be on your cd's), via whatever method mandrake gives you.
>>
>>After thats done, it should be working. I don't know if mandrake
>>supplies any gui configuration tools. If not, /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts
>>or so should be the file you are looking for ;)
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Andrew Griffiths
>>
>>
>>>thx in advance
>>>    Alex
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>>
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