On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:41:28 -0500, Kraig Jones <jkjones at tcq.net> wrote: > There are no .arm files of any kind with the Windows drivers, but Google > found a file called isl3890 (91.8K) which I copied to > /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/. http://prism54.org/firmware/ > I'm confused about where the "firmware" comes in. To me, "firmware" > means non-volatile memory, and shouldn't have to be loaded every time > the card starts up. The prism54 cards need to have their firmware loaded each time the card is initlized. For whatever reason, they designed the cards without any ROM. My best guess is cost savings and ease of updating. When the card looses power, it looses it's firmware. >From here, it would help to know what distribution you're using, as well as what version of hotplug is installed. (You'll have to ask your package manager, hotplug doens't have a --version option.) Do you have pcmcia-cs installed and started? pcmcia card services should be handeling your pc cards...not hotplug (I think this is still true in 2.6...haven't tried 2.6 on a laptop yet myself. My wireless cards are PCI cards.) If pcmcia-cs is running, you should see an event in syslog when you plug your card in. Try tail -f /var/log/syslog then plug your card in (or enter dmesg after plugging in your card.) That's about as much help as we can offer around here until we know what distribution. :) -- Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us A password is like your underwear; Change it frequently, don't share it with others, and don't ask to borrow someone else's. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list