Re: [SLE] netgear ma101 usb adapter

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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 20:52:12 +0100

On Tuesday 15 July 2003 16:28, jack malone wrote:
> I'm trying to get this wireless usb adapter installed an working in suse
> 8.2. I plugged it into usb port on back of computer it the computer seemed
> to lock up. so i rebooted with it plugged into usb port an it locked up
> during booting process. had to reboot with it not plugged in to get going
> agin. I have an tyan mother board with dual cpu ( S2466N-4M ). Can anyone
> give me info on getting this working or had this problem know the solution.
> thanks
>
> jack

The following procedure helped me.

At first, after plugging in the adapter in the usb port it was not recognised.
After some research, it appears that the problem is the usb-uhci driver
loaded when booting. The uhci driver should be used instead.

The command "modprobe -r usb-uhci" removes the driver and "modprobe uhci"
loads uhci driver. On plugging in the adapter, the system console has a
message "No config. file found...". "iwconfig" confirms the driver is
recognised and can be configured.

Alternatively, under yast2->system->editor for
/etc/sysconfig->hardware->hotplug->Hotplug_usb_hostcontroller_list, remove
the "usb-uhci" driver from the list. The default is "ehci-hcd ohci-hcd
uhci-hcd usb-uhci uhci usb-ohci ehci-hcd". It is changed to "ehci-hcd
ohci-hcd uhci-hcd uhci usb-ohci ehci-hcd".

The same procedure worked with my laptop. The first time the adapter was
plugged in, there was a kernel panic. After a reboot, the adapter was
recognised and connected with the wireless access pint.

I hope this is useful for others trying to configure such an adapter in SuSE
8.2.

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