SimplyMepis 6.0 not recognizing Dynex DX-E201 network PCMCIA card on Dell Latitude CPX laptop
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Simply Mepis 6.0 just installed. Everything works great except for the network card, which is not recognized but was not connected when Simply Mepis was installed. I've considered reinstalling, but hope to avoid that because this laptop's CD drive just may be the slowest I've ever encountered. Installing took over 5 hours to run.
This is my grandson's machine; I have until Sunday morning to get it set up for him, so will appreciate any prompt enlightenment.
Here are the instructions for manually installing the driver for the ethernet card. I could not identify a PCMCIA directory on the system. Unfortunately, I am pretty much a newbie on Linux.
Linux driver for kernel 2.2.X
Installation on Linux:
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1. Compile the source code :
->Copy the source code DXE201 (Ver 1.11a above) to a directory
and execute
"gcc -DCARDBUS -DMODULE -D_KERNEL_ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c
DXE201 -o DXE201.o -I/usr/src/linux/pcmcia-cs-3.0.9/include/
pcmcia/"
The directory "pcmcia-cs-3.0.9" stands for the card service version you
use. Please change it to the version on your system in order to include
proper .h file. The final file is DXE201.o
2. Copy driver :
->Copy the file "DXE201.o" to "/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/pcmcia"
The directory "2.2.14-5.0" stands for the Linux kernel version you use.
3. Edit config:
->Add 5 lines to the file "/etc/pcmcia/config"
#
# Device driver definitions
#
device "DXE201" (==>Add 1/5)
class "network" module "cb_enabler", "DXE201" (==>Add 2/5)
:
:
#
# CardBus Cards
#
card "Dynex DX-E201 CardBus PC Card" (==>Add 3/5)
manfid 0x0149, 0x0000 (==>Add 4/5)
bind "DXE201" (==>Add 5/5)
The values 0x0149, 0x0000 are JEDEC ID and can be read by typing
"cardctl ident" on console with one card on socket.
4. Edit linuxconf
->Type "linuxconf" and choose "Config"-->"Networking"-->"Client tasks"-->
"Basic host information". Select an adapter, enable it, and type
"DXE201" on "Kernel module" and "eth0" (or eth1, eth2) on
"Net device". Click on "Accept" button and "Act/change" button.
5. Restart the computer.
6. More information about kernel compile:
http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html
More information about install: man pcmcia