Z-Com XI-325 troubles

**.eSpy** · 09-24-2007, 10:40 PM

Hi Guys,

i got a problem with my Z-Com XI-325 pcmcia card. I just can't manage to get the interface up. When I plug it into my laptop (IBM ThinkPad T23), /var/log/messages gives me the following:

Code:

bt / # tail /var/log/messages
Sep 23 21:35:02 (none) kernel: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
Sep 23 21:35:02 (none) kernel: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0

Well it seems like it gets correctly identified.

Code:

bt / # pccardctl ident
Socket 0:
  product info: "Z-Com", "LANEscape/APDL-325", "", ""
  manfid: 0xd601, 0x0006
  function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:
  no product info available

I also added the following line to /etc/pcmcia/config to load the correct driver (I have read in the wiki that I shall use the hostap_cs driver for Prism 2.5 cards instead of wlan-ng (didn't tried wlan-ng yet)

Code:

card "Z-Com LANEscape/APDL-325"
  manfid 0xd601, 0x0006
  bind "hostap_cs"

I "unblacklisted" the hostap_cs driver in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist to load it automatically at startup.

Code:

# Modules used to run a wireless adaptor as an access point.  These
# conflict with the normal driver for the device, and so should be
# loaded manually.
#blacklist hostap_cs
blacklist hostap_pci
blacklist hostap_plx
blacklist hostap

But when i try to get the interface up it just gives me the following:

Code:

bt / # ifconfig wlan0 up
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
bt / # ifconfig ath0 up
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
bt / # ifconfig wifi0 up
wifi0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

iwconfig doesn't even recon the interface:

Code:

bt / # iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

Here some more information for you:

Code:

bt / # lspcmcia
Socket 0 Bridge:        [yenta_cardbus]         (bus ID: 0000:02:00.0)
Socket 0 Device 0:      [-- no driver --]       (bus ID: 0.0)
Socket 1 Bridge:        [yenta_cardbus]         (bus ID: 0000:02:00.1)

Code:

bt / # lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
hostap_cs              56500  0
hostap                107540  1 hostap_cs
ieee80211_crypt         4480  1 hostap
ipv6                  227680  10
snd_seq_dummy           3084  0
snd_seq_oss            30720  0
snd_seq_midi_event      5888  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                44016  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6668  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            42048  0
snd_mixer_oss          15232  2 snd_pcm_oss
capability              3468  0
commoncap               5376  1 capability
fuse                   38804  0
lp                      9928  0
parport_pc             24548  0
parport                30408  2 lp,parport_pc
psmouse                35616  0
snd_intel8x0           29636  7
pcmcia                 31272  1 hostap_cs
snd_ac97_codec         95276  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                2176  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                68752  5 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              19336  4 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    44644  18 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               5984  2 snd
snd_page_alloc          7816  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
iTCO_wdt                9256  0
iTCO_vendor_support     3720  1 iTCO_wdt
ata_generic             5256  0
i2c_i801                7180  0
i2c_core               17680  1 i2c_i801
pcspkr                  2432  0
serio_raw               5380  0
intel_agp              21148  1
agpgart                27952  1 intel_agp
shpchp                 30240  0
eepro100               27328  0
yenta_socket           24476  4
evdev                   8320  0
mii                     4992  1 eepro100
rsrc_nonstatic         11276  1 yenta_socket
uhci_hcd               21140  0
pcmcia_core            34488  4 hostap_cs,pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic

Code:

bt / # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82830 830 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. SuperSavage IX/C SDR (rev 05)
02:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
02:00.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
02:02.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems WinModem 56k (rev 01)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 42)

I almost spent three days on this one before posting this. Can someone plz point me to the right direction?

Thanks in advance
eSpy

**imported_blackfoot** · 09-24-2007, 10:56 PM

This card appears to be similar to the Senao (Intersil)

Try the following sequence of commands:

pccardctl eject
rmmod orinoco_cs
rmmod orinoco
rmmod hermes
modprobe hostap_cs
pccardctl insert
ifconfig wlan0 up

**.eSpy** · 09-24-2007, 11:08 PM

Thanks for the reply. Well It didn't work. Here's the output:

Code:

bt / # pccardctl eject
bt / # rmmod orinoco_cs
ERROR: Module orinoco_cs does not exist in /proc/modules
bt / # rmmod orinoco
ERROR: Module orinoco does not exist in /proc/modules
bt / # rmmod hermes
ERROR: Module hermes does not exist in /proc/modules
bt / # modprobe hostap_cs
bt / # pccardctl insert
bt / # ifconfig wlan0 up
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

**imported_blackfoot** · 09-24-2007, 11:16 PM

I would like to see more details of the device:

Please try this or similar for your card to post here the details of how Linux 'sees your device:

dmesg | grep Z-Com

pccardctl info

**.eSpy** · 09-24-2007, 11:30 PM

Hi,

here are the last few lines of dmesg

Code:

eth0: no IPv6 routers present
pccard: card ejected from slot 0
pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
pccard: card ejected from slot 0
ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
hostap_cs: 0.4.4-kernel (Jouni Malinen <jkmaline@cc.hut.fi>)
pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
pccard: card ejected from slot 0
pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
pccard: card ejected from slot 0
pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0

It just recons it as pcmcia0.0

Here's the output of pccardctl info

Code:

pccardctl info
PRODID_1="Z-Com"
PRODID_2="LANEscape/APDL-325"
PRODID_3=""
PRODID_4=""
MANFID=d601,0006
FUNCID=6
PRODID_1=""
PRODID_2=""
PRODID_3=""
PRODID_4=""
MANFID=0000,0000
FUNCID=255

Pretty much the same as pccardctl ident I already posted above.

I just can't figure out why this card won't work. The HostAP driver version seems to be 0.4.4. Is there a newer patched one online, which I could try?

**.eSpy** · 09-24-2007, 11:39 PM

I'm especially curious about lspcmcia / pccardctl ls where it is stated, that no driver is loaded for device 0.0

Code:

bt / # pccardctl ls
Socket 0 Bridge:        [yenta_cardbus]         (bus ID: 0000:02:00.0)
Socket 0 Device 0:      [-- no driver --]       (bus ID: 0.0)
Socket 1 Bridge:        [yenta_cardbus]         (bus ID: 0000:02:00.1)

**imported_blackfoot** · 09-24-2007, 11:43 PM

try this last post about a parameter for hostap_cs

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...t=Z-Com+Xi-325

**.eSpy** · 09-25-2007, 12:02 AM

well in his scenario there is already an interaction between the card and the driver (as you can see in his posted log), but I don't even get such entries from hostap.

I'm not quite sure how to load drivers with parameters but I did it that way:

modprobe hostap_cs ignore_cis_vcc=1

All in all it didn't work either, still got no wlan0 device. Thank you for the tip anyway...

**polsen** · 02-19-2008, 02:20 PM

I've the same problem..... I try this on a BT3 and zcom dpn't work.....
anyone have new suggest of this problems?
thx

**nonti** · 10-19-2008, 10:06 AM

hi,
i've had the same problem with my xi-325.
my card was pulled out from an AP and the trouble was it has a different ID.
my card is:
0x601, 0x0006
and its model name is LANEscape/APDL-325 not normal xi-325:
0x601, 0x0002
0x601, 0x0005

so i edited the kernel module hostap_cs.c and added a new line with my id just down the others.

this works perfect for me
instructions are:
nano /usr/src/[kernel]/drivers/net/wireless/hostap_cs.c
find the device ids list
add the line
PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD(0xd601, 0x0006),

then recompile the module

hope this can helps

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