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Re: [LUG] Ubuntu + Cisco Aironet 340 = Problems

 

Mark Jose wrote:
> On Thursday 10 May 2007 22:59, Josh Davies wrote:
>   
>> Hi, I just joined, I was told about this LUG by Mark Jose.
>>
>> I am trying to get a Cisco Aironet 340 to work on a laptop with Ubuntu
>> installed. At first I tried with Edgy. When the card is inserted, the
>> lights flash for ~5 seconds, and then stop. (In windows, the lights are
>> constantly flashing, even when not connected to a network).
>>
>> "lspcmcia" reports that the slot is empty.
>>
>> Just after inserting the card, "dmesg | tail" says "cs: pcmcia_socket0:
>> time out after reset."
>>
>> I think the drivers are called "airo_cs", but "sudo modprobe airo_cs"
>> does nothing.
>>
>>
>>  From what I have read, I belive that the 2.6.X Kernels support this
>> card, so I don't see why it isn't working.
>>
>> I tried upgrading to Feisty, but the exact same problems occur.
>>
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>     
>
> Hi Josh,
> Welcome to the LUG :)
> A quick read around seems to indicate that the airo_cs is only part of the 
> system you need. There should also be something like airo itself. The _cs 
> part is the "card services" part, which needs loading after the airo driver. 
> I only found info on the older airo.o (2.4 kernel driver). However, the 
> Ubuntu wiki mentions Aironet 350 series using airo and airo_cs pcmcia cards.
>
> I think it will be a case of logically working through the issue.
> Are you using encryption on the wireless? Just wondering if that is causing it 
> to fail after a few seconds. It may be worth turning it off for testing and 
> see what happens.
> By modprobe airo_cs does nothing - do you mean it returns you to the prompt? 
> That means it has loaded the driver - you can check with lsmod.
> It is possible Ubuntu loads the relevant drivers anyway - I haven't got that 
> card so I don't know. lsmod would show you if it was there though. 
>
> Mark 
>
>   

After booting, there is no mention of airo or airo_cs in lsmod, however, after doing 
"sudo modprobe airo_cs", both airo and airo_cs are present at the top of lsmod. BUT, 
when inserting the card, the same thing happens, the lights flash for a few seconds, 
then blank out. lspcmcia still says the slot is empty.

Turning the wireless encryption off doesn't help.


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