Re: FC3 on Toshiba Satellite A15-S129 Laptop?

From: Rick Bilonick (rab_at_nauticom.net)
Date: 02/06/05

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To: Robert Crowther <robertc@gmail.com>, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>

    Robert Crowther wrote:

    >On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 11:11:25 -0500, Rick Bilonick <rab@nauticom.net> wrote:
    >
    >
    >>When you say firmware for the card, do you mean you have to install
    >>code into the card? (I've heard of updating firmware in certain types of
    >>hardware.) I was thinking of buying a DWL G650 to increase the
    >>connection speed.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >I was reading yesterday (though I can't find the link right now) that
    >modern wlan cards expect the driver to load their firmware for them on
    >startup, there is RAM set aside on the cards for this. Apparently it
    >is to reduce problems with firmware/driver mismatches and problems
    >with out of date firmware.
    >
    >With regard to your earlier problems - did you definitely have the
    >pcmcia-cs service running? I know there was a big change with how
    >pcmcia-cs works with 2.6 kernels rather than 2.4 kernels (in 2.4 the
    >drivers came with the pcmcia-cs package, in 2.6 the drivers come with
    >the kernel package - I think).
    >
    >Rob
    >
    >
    >
    I tried to install FC2 months ago so I don't remember all the details
    clearly. My memory was that the pcmcia slot did not work but I don't
    think I knew enough at the time to try to restart it. (Now I realize I
    should at least have tried to restart it.) Under RH9, the pcmcia slot is
    activated first and then the network card is activated. Why would you
    try to activate a pc-card network card before activating the pc-card
    slot (if that is what FC2 was doing)?

    I looked at the D-Link DWL-G650 which Scott said used the prism54
    driver. The box I saw at Best Buy today mentioned something about
    atheros. Does prism54 support the atheros chipset?

    If I try to install FC3 on the laptop, it should install the pcmcia
    driver and the prism 2 (orinoco) driver automatically, shouldn't it? (I
    just installed FC3 on an older computer I had FC2 on and it installed
    without any problems. I also have FC2 running on a new Athlon 64 system.
    I just had the problem with the laptop.)

    Rick B. 

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