Re: Suse 9.0 and wlan DWL 520+

From: Markus Kossmann (markus.kossmann_at_inka.de)
Date: 10/28/04


Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:41:21 +0200

rt_6 wrote:

> Hi there,
> I've tried to install a D-link DWL 520+ PCI card at my Suse 9.0
> system. I've configured everything with Yast2. When I use the
> orinoco_pci driver,
> 'modprobe wlan0' leads to:
>
> /lib/modules/2.4.21-99-athlon/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco_pci.o:
> init_module: No such device
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
> including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
> You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
> /lib/modules/2.4.21-99-athlon/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco_pci.o:
> insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.21-99-athlon/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco_pci.o
> failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.21-99-athlon/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco_pci.o:
> insmod
>
> Using just orinoco seems to work. After 'modprobe wlan0' and 'lsmod' I
> get
>
> orinoco 35896 0
> hermes 6064 0 [orinoco]
>
> But after that I can't use 'iwconfig wlan0', it just says 'No such
> device'.
>
> Any ideas??
Are sure that the driver configured the card as wlan0? Did you check the
syslog in /var/log/messages? At least my Netgear MA311 ( Prism 2 based,
orinoco_pci driver) configures itself as eth1.



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