Re: [Acx100-users] dwl-520 working in debian

[.waffle <BF...@am...>]

Andreas Mohr <an...@rh...> wrote:
| Welll... feel free to implement the HOWTO link on the project page...
|
| /etc/network/interfaces is one place to modify. Another one is
| /etc/modules.conf (to have a module entry from network device to
| module!); then run update-modules.

Right, I'm going to take you up on this, but I need one FINAL thing sorting
out for me, then I'll make a decent HOWTO, just like it should be.

This thing, it's annoying, and I'll explain what I've done so far (this may
help others too)

First, I copied the driver (acx100_pci.o) to
/lib/modules/[kernel]/kernel/drivers/net then I ran insmod acx100_pci.o
Oh dear, no workies! It wants 2.4.21-0.21mdk or something... And me no have!
So I run fixscript (it's on acx100.sourceforge.net somewhere) as follows:

fixscript acx100_pci.o acx100_pci.o (yes, that's right, twice, so it's
overwritten)
insmod acx100_pci.o

Now that the module has been installed, I altered /etc/network/interfaces
and typed:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

[In the HOWTO, I'll suggest a method for other distros]

then I put some stuff in /etc/modules.conf

alias wlan0 acx100_pci

then I ran update-modules. All good so far! Next, I run iwconfig (I'd
previous installed wireless_tools_25) and see there are three interfaces:

lo (no wireless extensions) DUH!
eth0 (no wireless extension) This is my local network card, a tulip based
one I might add...
eth1 (no wireless extension) I have no idea what this is, but it wasn't
there before, so I'm guessing it's the wireless card.

I run ifconfig:

ifconfig eth1 up

Message about 10-15 lines long, ending in segmentation fault. I've tried >
log.txt but nothing happens...

WORSE! I now take down my eth0 (for some reason, in windows, the two network
cards don't work together...) in case the problem was my fault. Eek!
ifconfig eth0 down brings about a hang! The console crashes, and I can't
CTRL-C or anything! All I can do is ALT-CTRL-F2 and start another virtual
terminal. Yes, that's right, the system has NOT hung, but it's still
screwed - ifconfig is screwed and I'm stuck...

Any help, please get back to me and I'll write this HOWTO thingy... Thank
you!

SYSTEM DETAILS: (in case it happens to be useful)
Athlon 1.2Ghz, 256Mb RAM, running WinXP and Debian 3.0 upgraded to 3.0r1.
There is no X-interface but there will be when I next get the wireless card
running so I can install it!
NIC's: D-Link Network card (Tulip based) with 100Mbps capabilities. D-Link
520+ wireless card. This is NOT a PCMCIA thingy, apparently it's MINIPCI in
a PCI box... Who knows... Who cares? Well, we do evidently!

Hope you can help! Thanks!

.waffle