[Orinoco-users] Intel PRO/Wireless Problem with FC6

[Alfredo P. Ricafort]

Hi,

I posted this problem in Fedora Forum but unfortunately no one can give
me an answer.

I have been using the Intel PRO/Wireless 2011 card with FC4 and it
worked well. However, when I upgraded to FC6, it doesn't work anymore -
even at full install.

When I insert the card, the system does not automatically recognize it.
I have to issue a 'pccardctl insert' command. But after that the system
managed to recognize the card correctly. It even loads the right drivers
i.e. orinoco, orinoco_cs, and hermes. However, when I try to get a
connection, I would get a message "ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is
not ready".

The problem is not related to firewall or any security settings because
the built-in lan card is working with the current setting.

I suspect it has something to do with the drivers.

Does anybody know how to fix this?

Thanks

[Pavel Roskin]

Hello!

Post by Alfredo P. Ricafort
When I insert the card, the system does not automatically recognize it.
I have to issue a 'pccardctl insert' command.

That's hardly related to the driver itself. Perhaps the insert event is
not handled correctly by udev or the pcmcia driver.

Post by Alfredo P. Ricafort
But after that the system
managed to recognize the card correctly. It even loads the right drivers
i.e. orinoco, orinoco_cs, and hermes. However, when I try to get a
connection, I would get a message "ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is
not ready".

Please try setting "ignore_disconnect" parameter for module "orinoco".
You can do it by preloading the module by this command:
modprobe orinoco ignore_disconnect=1

Or you can add this line to /etc/modprobe.conf:
options orinoco ignore_disconnect=1

Please report success or failure.

[Alfredo P. Ricafort]

Hi,

Thanks for that quick reply.

I did what you suggested and it wasn't successful.

Here is the log:
-----------------------------------
[***@localhost ~]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:E2:64:8F:8A
inet addr:192.168.1.12 Bcast:192.168.1.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::200:e2ff:fe64:8f8a/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:601 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:738 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:61129 (59.6 KiB) TX bytes:74687 (72.9 KiB)

[***@localhost ~]# lsmod | grep orin
[***@localhost ~]# modprobe orinoco ignore_disconnect=1
[***@localhost ~]# lsmod | grep orin
orinoco 44373 0
hermes 11585 1 orinoco
[***@localhost ~]# pccardctl insert
[***@localhost ~]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"" Nickname:"localhost"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point:
Not-Associated
Bit Rate=11 Mb/s
Retry limit:16 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=0 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/92 Signal level=134/153 Noise level=134/153
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

[***@localhost ~]# dmesg
eth1: Hardware identity 8000:0001:0000:0000
eth1: Station identity 001f:0002:0002:0001
eth1: Firmware determined as Symbol V2.51-04
eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
eth1: WEP supported, 104-bit key
eth1: MAC address 00:03:47:14:7C:20
eth1: Station name "Prism I"
eth1: ready
eth1: orinoco_cs at 0.0, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x0147
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready

-----------------------------------

I have tried setting it to a fixed IP address and that still didn't
work.

Is there a flag that I can set so that the driver can print some more
debug messages?

Post by Pavel Roskin
Hello!

Post by Alfredo P. Ricafort
When I insert the card, the system does not automatically recognize it.
I have to issue a 'pccardctl insert' command.

That's hardly related to the driver itself. Perhaps the insert event is
not handled correctly by udev or the pcmcia driver.

Post by Alfredo P. Ricafort
But after that the system
managed to recognize the card correctly. It even loads the right drivers
i.e. orinoco, orinoco_cs, and hermes. However, when I try to get a
connection, I would get a message "ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is
not ready".

Please try setting "ignore_disconnect" parameter for module "orinoco".
modprobe orinoco ignore_disconnect=1
options orinoco ignore_disconnect=1
Please report success or failure.

[Alfredo P. Ricafort]

Hi Pavel,

Any more suggestions?

Tks.

[Pavel Roskin]

Hello!

Post by Alfredo P. Ricafort
Hi Pavel,
Any more suggestions?

I'm not working in customer support and I'm not tracking support
requests.

If you want other suggestions, please post a self-contained description
of your problem and what you have tried so far. You may also want to
see list archives in case others had similar problems.