Knoppix, PCMCIA and ndiswrapper on a Toshiba Equium A60

[Zymous]

I'm playing with the Knoppix Live CD on a Toshiba Equium A60. http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/selected_product_option.jsp?service=UK&PRODUCT_ID=98803&DISC_MODEL=0. Working back from my inability to get a couple of wireless cards to work, I'm not sure whether the PCMCIA slot is working properly with Knoppix.
Ndiswrapper installation looks like this


root@1[acx]# ndiswrapper -i TIACXLN.INF
Installing tiacxln
root@1[acx]# ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
tiacxln driver present
root@1[acx]# ndiswrapper -m
Adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper
root@1[acx]# modprobe ndiswrapper
root@1[acx]# lsmod | grep ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper 116764 0
usbcore 101496 8 ndiswrapper,usbhid,usb_storage,ub,ohci_hcd,uhci_hc d,ehci_hcd
root@1[acx]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.


am I correct in thinking that

Installed ndis drivers:
tiacxln driver present

indicates that the hardware isn't detected? (Or that it's the wrong driver?).

lspci looks like this

lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1002:cab3 (rev 05)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 1002:7010
0000:00:13.0 0c03: 1002:4347 (rev 01)
0000:00:13.1 0c03: 1002:4348 (rev 01)
0000:00:13.2 0c03: 1002:4345 (rev 01)
0000:00:14.0 0c05: 1002:4353 (rev 18)
0000:00:14.1 0101: 1002:4349
0000:00:14.3 0601: 1002:434c
0000:00:14.4 0604: 1002:4342
0000:00:14.5 0401: 1002:4341
0000:00:14.6 0703: 1002:434d (rev 01)
0000:01:05.0 0300: 1002:4437
0000:02:06.0 0607: 104c:ac50 (rev 02)
0000:02:07.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
0000:02:0a.0 0c00: 104c:8026


with or without a card in the pcmcia slot (should that make a difference?)

cardctl looks like this

cardctl status
Socket 0:
3.3V CardBus card
function 0: [ready]

/var/lib/pcmcia/stab doesn't exist

Am I missing something obvious? Is there any more information that I can give you?

Thanks in advance for your help

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[Zymous]

I eventually found the solution on http://www.linuxforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=122887. Nova's post of "Mar 24 2005, 01:16 PM" in follow up to his original post "Pcmcia Problem, Unable to detect Belkin F5D7010" sorted out my problem and can be summarised in one line

setpci -s 0:14.4 SUBORDINATE_BUS=03

but your number may vary - nova's post explains why.

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