SOLVED- Puppy4 won't activate D-Link WNA-1330 wireless card

[ken_cat]

I'm trying out the Puppy 4 LiveCD on an old Toshiba Tecra 750DVD laptop. Specs are: 233 Mhz pentium MMX with 128 MB RAM.

During boot and after loading the WNA-1330 wireless PCMCIA card remains lifeless; none of the lights blink or do anything. Using the network wizard I have loaded all the PCMCIA drivers and the Atheros PCI driver to no avail. I even loaded 2 different versions of the windows driver via NDIS wrapper with no signs of a heartbeat (the drivers work fine in windows on the laptop btw).

I have searched here and find that this wireless adapter works for some folks, with the Atheros driver supplied by Puppy, so my problem seems to be deeper than just a PCMCIA card issue, but where the PCMCIA system is not being activated or recognized.

Any help would be appreciated. I would love to be surfing and learning about Linux; getting tired of worrying about being comprimised in Windows with X different security apps loaded up

[cthisbear]

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/view ... 566#208566

And welcome to Puppy............hang in there ken_cat,
for a little longer.

Chris.

[pigshed]

Hi Ken,

I've just been playing with a PCMCIA wifi card on an old laptop in puppy4.

Originally I couldn't get it to work, despite trying all the modules, then last night. I put the card in and tried again using Barry's commented, removing and re-inserting the card .. for me , this time the atmel_cs driver worked.

Having just tested another PCMCIA card though and re-tried the "difficult" card .. it didn't work .. re-booted, inserted, removed .. and so on .. but the driver wouldn't work .. most strange .. deleted the puppy save file .. tried again .. nothing ..

Then did a clean boot without the card in the machine. Inserted it once puppy was up and running - and hey presto, this time it works again .. I'm not saying it will work .. but you could try this if you haven't already .

Reading Barry's blog, it looks like he may have fixed this issue .. but then I could be getting confused .. it happens easily ...

Cheers, Adam.

[ken_cat]

Thanks Adam,

I did try a bit of unplug/plug and booted with the card out too. I'll keep trying though. I wish Rave1 would reply to his post with more detail (hint hint). I've been studying so I'll try out the lsmod and dmesg commands to see what appears in the logs. Maybe if I post those someone might see something.

Or as you say, from the blog, there may be a fix shortly????

I don't know if it might have a bearing on this, but is the kernel used in Puppy 4 ok for i586 CPUs? I think that would be what is in the Toshiba. I saw in these posts that the kernel is for i686. Or would it be a total disaster if this were the case?

[ken_cat]

Well......I think I have serious problems with this laptop. I'll attach the results of the "dmesg" command. It seems there is an issue with the PCI IRQ 11 being disabled, and thus the PCMCIA card slots are disabled as well. The bios control sucks on this machine, and a setting that is visible for PCI IRQ 11 is not selectable for change.

I may be S-O-L eh?

# dmesg

Linux version 2.6.21.7 (root@puppypc) (gcc version 4.2.2) #1 Sun Feb 24 10:22:08 GMT-8 2008
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:

sanitize start
sanitize end
copy_e820_map() start: 0000000000000000 size: 000000000009fc00 end: 000000000009fc00 type: 1
copy_e820_map() type is E820_RAM
copy_e820_map() start: 000000000009fc00 size: 0000000000000400 end: 00000000000a0000 type: 2
copy_e820_map() start: 00000000000f0000 size: 0000000000010000 end: 0000000000100000 type: 2
copy_e820_map() start: 0000000000100000 size: 0000000007f10000 end: 0000000008010000 type: 1
copy_e820_map() type is E820_RAM

copy_e820_map() start: 0000000008010000 size: 0000000000010000 end: 0000000008020000 type: 3
copy_e820_map() start: 0000000008020000 size: 0000000000020000 end: 0000000008040000 type: 2
copy_e820_map() start: 00000000fef80000 size: 0000000000080000 end: 00000000ff000000 type: 2
copy_e820_map() start: 00000000fffe0000 size: 0000000000006e00 end: 00000000fffe6e00 type: 2
copy_e820_map() start: 00000000fffe6e00 size: 0000000000000200 end: 00000000fffe7000 type: 4
copy_e820_map() start: 00000000fffe7000 size: 0000000000019000 end: 0000000100000000 type: 2
BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 0000000008010000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 0000000008010000 - 0000000008020000 (ACPI data)
BIOS-e820: 0000000008020000 - 0000000008040000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fef80000 - 00000000ff000000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fffe0000 - 00000000fffe6e00 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fffe6e00 - 00000000fffe7000 (ACPI NVS)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fffe7000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
0MB HIGHMEM available.
128MB LOWMEM available.
Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 32784) 0 entries of 256 used
Zone PFN ranges:

DMA 0 -> 4096
Normal 4096 -> 32784
HighMem 32784 -> 32784
early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges0: 0 -> 32784
On node 0 totalpages: 32784
DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap
DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
DMA zone: 4064 pages, LIFO batch:0
Normal zone: 224 pages used for memmap
Normal zone: 28464 pages, LIFO batch:7
HighMem zone: 0 pages used for memmap
DMI not present or invalid.
ACPI: RSDP 000F4950, 0014 (r0 TOSHIB)
ACPI: RSDT 08010000, 0028 (r1 TOSHIB 750 19980225 TASM 4010000)
ACPI: FACP 08010054, 0074 (r1 TOSHIB 750 19980225 TASM 4010000)
ACPI: DSDT 080100C8, 82BD (r1 TOSHIB 750DVD 19980810 MSFT 100000A)
ACPI: FACS FFFE6E00, 0040
ACPI: no DMI BIOS year, acpi=force is required to enable ACPI
ACPI: Disabling ACPI support
Allocating PCI resources starting at 10000000 (gap: 08040000:f6f40000)
Built 1 zonelists. Total pages: 32528
Kernel command line: initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=cd BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 512 (order: 9, 2048 bytes)
Detected 233.294 MHz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Memory: 124552k/131136k available (2415k kernel code, 6036k reserved, 827k data, 200k init, 0k highmem)
virtual kernel memory layout:
fixmap : 0xfffea000 - 0xfffff000 ( 84 kB)
pkmap : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000 (4096 kB)
vmalloc : 0xc9000000 - 0xff7fe000 ( 871 MB)
lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xc8010000 ( 128 MB)
.init : 0xc042e000 - 0xc0460000 ( 200 kB)
.data : 0xc035bc99 - 0xc042aaf4 ( 827 kB)
.text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc035bc99 (2415 kB)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 467.33 BogoMIPS (lpj=934678)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
CPU: After generic identify, caps: 008001bf 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Intel Pentium with F0 0F bug - workaround enabled.
CPU: After all inits, caps: 008001bf 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Compat vDSO mapped to ffffe000.
CPU: Intel Mobile Pentium MMX stepping 01
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
NET: Registered protocol family 16
EISA bus registered
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd42f, last bus=21
PCI: Using configuration type 1
Setting up standard PCI resources
ACPI: Interpreter disabled.
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
pnp: PnP ACPI: disabled
PnPBIOS: Scanning system for PnP BIOS support...
PnPBIOS: Found PnP BIOS installation structure at 0xc00f8e30
PnPBIOS: PnP BIOS version 1.0, entry 0xf0000:0x9064,dseg0x0
PnPBIOS: 19 nodes reported by PnP BIOS; 19 recorded by driver
SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 2.20 loaded.
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
Boot video device is 0000:00:04.0
pnp: 00:01: iomem range 0x0-0x9ffff could not be reserved
pnp: 00:01: iomem range 0xf0000-0xfffff could not be reserved
pnp: 00:01: iomem range 0x100000-0x800ffff could not be reserved
pnp: 00:01: iomem range 0x8010000-0x803ffff could not be reserved
Time: tsc clocksource has been installed.
PCI: Bus 1, cardbus bridge: 0000:00:02.0
IO window: 00001000-000010ff
IO window: 00001400-000014ff
PREFETCH window: 10000000-13ffffff
MEM window: 14000000-17ffffff
PCI: Bus 5, cardbus bridge: 0000:00:02.1
IO window: 00001800-000018ff
IO window: 00001c00-00001cff
PREFETCH window: 18000000-1bffffff
MEM window: 1c000000-1fffffff
PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 0000:00:02.0. Please try using pci=biosirq.
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:02.0 to 64
PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin B of device 0000:00:02.1. Please try using pci=biosirq.
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:02.1 to 64
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 4096)
TCP reno registered
checking if image is initramfs... it is
Freeing initrd memory: 1237k freed
NTFS driver 2.1.28 [Flags: R/W].
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12ac
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
00:0e: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is an 8272A
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 13824K size 1024 blocksize
loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
ide0: generic PnP IDE interface
ide1: generic PnP IDE interface
Probing IDE interface ide0...
hda: IBM-DPLA-25120, ATA DISK drive
Probing IDE interface ide1...
hdc: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-C2002, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: 10009440 sectors (5124 MB) w/468KiB Cache, CHS=10592/15/63
hda: cache flushes not supported
hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 >
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303,PNP0f13] at 0x60,x64 irq 1,12
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input0
input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse as /class/input/input1
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1

NET: Registered protocol family 17
Using IPI Shortcut mode
Freeing unused kernel memory: 200k freed
squashfs: version 3.3 (2007/10/31) Phillip Lougher
hdc: ATAPI 16X DVD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20

usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
ohci_hcd: 2006 August 04 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
ohci_hcd 0000:00:0b.0: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:0b.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ohci_hcd 0000:00:0b.0: irq 11, io mem 0xf7fff000
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
Registering unionfs 2.1.2 (for 2.6.21.7)
fuse init (API version 7.
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:00:02.0 [1179:0001]
Yenta: no PCI IRQ, CardBus support disabled for this socket.
Yenta: check your BIOS CardBus, BIOS IRQ or ACPI settings.
Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x04b8, PCI irq 0
Socket status: 30000087
Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:00:02.1 [1179:0001]
Yenta: no PCI IRQ, CardBus support disabled for this socket.
Yenta: check your BIOS CardBus, BIOS IRQ or ACPI settings.
irq 11: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
[<c0135df4>] __report_bad_irq+0x24/0x80
[<c0136031>] note_interrupt+0x1e1/0x220
[<c9066802>] usb_hcd_irq+0x22/0x50 [usbcore][<c01354d5>] handle_IRQ_event+0x25/0x50
[<c01368db>] handle_level_irq+0x5b/0xa0
[<c0105e18>]do_IRQ+0x38/0x70
[<c0104223>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x30
[<c011aa69>] __do_softirq+0x39/0x90
[<c011aae7>] do_softirq+0x27/0x30
[<c011adba>] irq_exit+0x5a/0x60
[<c0105e1d>] do_IRQ+0x3d/0x70
[<c0104223>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x30
[<c9166f5f>] yenta_probe+0x56f/0x660 [yenta_socket][<c0228d66>] pci_device_probe+0x56/0x80
[<c0279103>] really_probe+0x63/0x180
[<c0279269>] driver_probe_device+0x49/0xc0
[<c021b34f>] kobject_uevent_env+0x31f/0x4e0
[<c027943a>] __driver_attach+0x9a/0xa0[<c02785fb>] bus_for_each_dev+0x3b/0x60
[<c0278fa6>] driver_attach+0x16/0x20
[<c02793a0>] __driver_attach+0x0/0xa0
[<c027898b>] bus_add_driver+0x7b/0x1a0
[<c0228f23>] __pci_register_driver+0x73/0xb0
[<c013189a>]sys_init_module+0x11a/0x1630
[<c0276910>] device_remove_file+0x0/0x40
[<c0103fa2>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
=======================
handlers:

[<c90667e0>] (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x50 [usbcore])
Disabling IRQ #11
Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x04b8, PCI irq 0
Socket status: 30000020
cs: pcmcia_socket1: cardbus cards are not supported.
unionfs: do delay copyup of "crc-ccitt.ko"
NET: Registered protocol family 23
IrDA: Registered device irda0
toshoboe: Using multiple tasks, version $Id: donauboe.c V2.18 ven jan 10 03:14:16 2003$
pcmcia: Detected deprecated PCMCIA ioctl usage from process: cardmgr.
pcmcia: This interface will soon be removed from the kernel; please expect breakage unless you upgrade to new tools.
pcmcia: see http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/k ... cmcia.html for details.
cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x810-0x8ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x810-0x8ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x4ff: excluding 0x220-0x22f 0x2f8-0x2ff 0x330-0x337 0x378-0x37f 0x388-0x38f 0x480-0x48f

0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x4ff: excluding 0x220-0x22f 0x2f8-0x2ff 0x330-0x337 0x378-0x37f 0x388-0x38f 0x480-0x48f

0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x02 (Driver version 1.16ac)
unionfs: do delay copyup of "messages"
unionfs: new lower inode mtime (bindex=0, name=log)
usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
unionfs: do delay copyup of "usblp.ko"
unionfs: do delay copyup of "parport.ko"
parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
unionfs: do delay copyup of "parport_pc.ko"
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
lp0: console ready
unionfs: do delay copyup of "lp.ko"
unionfs: unhashed dentry being revalidated: sed
Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = 64021021 ns)
Time: pit clocksource has been installed.
unionfs: unhashed dentry being revalidated: ld.so.preload
unionfs: unhashed dentry being revalidated: tls
unionfs: unhashed dentry being revalidated: tls
unionfs: unhashed dentry being revalidated: tls

[muggins]

Ken_cat,

you might want to do a search for your model here as, although I don't know anything specific about your model, I have a vague recollection about some toshiba models having problems with irq=11.

[ken_cat]

Well........it's working. Haven't got past the WPA key stuff yet, but it has automatically loaded the ath_pci module on boot and the Net Wizard shows the interface, and the router shows that it gave an IP to puppypc (or whatever the default name is). Dang that's cool. And the lights work on the D-Link as well.

Now for the solution. Muggins got me researching today so I learned a bit. I'll try to write this up to be informative for anyone else with a similarly affected Toshiba laptop.

Mine is a Toshiba Tecra 750DVD. The Bios setup screen, on the 2nd page has a section called Configuration with choices for Device Config. = "All Devices" or Device Config. ="Setup by OS". Another Section is called PC Card, and has a selection with choices for Controller Mode = "Cardbus/16 Bit" or "PCIC Compatible" or "Auto-Selected".

The configuration that worked for me was with "All Devices" and "Cardbus/16 Bit" options selected.

This goes against what I read today in one article on the subject, which was saying that linux would work only if "PCIC Compatible" was selected [1], but it did not work when I tried. Also, the D-Link WNA-1330 is a 32 bit cardbus II device, so should it work on the 16 bit setting??. Now, I don't have an internet connection through the router proven yet, but at least the card is alive and blinking. More on that when I figure out the router encryption keys.

[1] http://www.physics.adelaide.edu.au/~jwo ... 50CDT.html

The following link is informative giving the windows perspective and a list of affected Toshiba models:
[2] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q245132/

[tempestuous]

the D-Link WNA-1330 is a 32 bit cardbus II device, so should it work on the 16 bit setting??

No, not really. A 16bit interface (or 32bit interface forced into 16bit mode) cannot properly deal with 32bit devices.

PCMCIA = 16bit
Cardbus = 32bit

Cardbus devices are often erroneously referred to as "PCMCIA" devices.

[ken_cat]

the D-Link WNA-1330 is a 32 bit cardbus II device, so should it work on the 16 bit setting??

No, not really. A 16bit interface (or 32bit interface forced into 16bit mode) cannot properly deal with 32bit devices.

PCMCIA = 16bit
Cardbus = 32bit

Cardbus devices are often erroneously referred to as "PCMCIA" devices.

Trying to understand more about this bios setting. With this bios setting, in Windows Device Manager shows (under PCMCIA Adapters) "Toshiba ToPIC95 Cardbus Controller". It uses interrupt request 11.

tempestuous, thanks for the nudge.....you made me look up the definitions. From Wikipedia "CardBus are PCMCIA 5.0 or later (JEIDA 4.2 or later) 32-bit PCMCIA devices, introduced in 1995 and present in laptops from late 1997 onward. CardBus is effectively a 32-bit, 33 MHz PCI bus in the PC Card form factor." It also says in here that with a notch in the cards, a 32 bit card will not fit into an old 16 bit only slot. The Toshiba slot is definitely able to fit a 32 bit PC Card.

Tech info on ToPIC95 is hard to find on google and will require more time but I want to move on to getting connected. This article: http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bi ... ba/31.html
I think this explains to me what is going on. PCIC mode is 16 bit only, and that's why the D-Link failed with that setting. Cardbus/16bit mode is 32 bit and 16 bit capable, so it's working.

If I'm not correct with anything please post back. Don't want any misleading data left behind for others.

[ken_cat]

HELLO LINUX WORLD!

I'm posting live from my Puppy Toshiba laptop

Man, this has been quite a ride, have learned a lot, and ready for more.

I followed the advice given in two threads: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=22469
How to configure wifi from the commandline ,part 2 for WPA
and
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 76&t=29664
Solving Wifi encryption problems (WEP/WPA) in Puppy 4

(1) Modified the /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file with my ssid and passphrase. Note that these must be placed inside the " "'s. It will not work without them. I also changed ap_scan to =1 because of what I read here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 76&t=29664

(2) In the console I executed the following per the above instructions:

modprobe ieee80211_crypt_ccmp
modprobe ieee80211_ccrypt_tkip
modprobe aes
modprobe crc32c
ifconfig ath0 up
rm /var/run/wpa_supplicant/*
note: no files were found
wpa_supplicant -i ath0 -D wext -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -dd
note: a lot of stuff starts happening in the console at this point. The first time I did this I did not think it had worked because the "#" sign prompt did not appear, it would end in Handshake Complete (not exact but similar), and after a few minutes it would spew out a bunch more lines of text and end the same, like a continuous loop. What has to be done at this point is to open a new console (I found this in one of the posts in the above noted threads) to enter the command to get an IP address from the router.

(3) New Console Window:

rm /etc/dhcpc/*.pid
note: no files found in my case
dhcpcd -t 30 -h puppypc -d ath0

For any other beginners reading here, please read through the above referenced threads, as there is a lot more info that may pertain to your particular situation.

Now to put Puppy on its' own partition and once able to network with the other windows computers, maybe even dump W2k completely