Compaq 3000 Laptop

[racoontje]

It is availible with both processors.

[cooljoe2003]

I wish this was easy, because everything with the wireless looks right, (On a compaq r3000 series ..particularly the R3370us - running 64-bit..naturally). The ndiswrapper module loads, and the drivers install just fine..except for one thing

[cooljoe2003]

ok thats weird, I run my startup script, and ... even tho there is no light...it works..i cant believe it Well, Ill just take it at that, but maybe someone can tell me why the status light does not come on?
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Mount Jones [dot] Net

It has been my experience that there are two kinds of liars in the world:
The ones that say they don't masturbate, and
The ones that say they quit.

[DNAspark99]

it should blink on/off when traffic is crossing the connection

[racoontje]

One some laptops the LED is controlled through software, ie it is not connected to the wireless hardware as such (as you would see on a PCMCIA ethernet card).

[BlakeJob]

[quote="cooljoe2003"]I wish this was easy, because everything with the wireless looks right, (On a compaq r3000 series ..particularly the R3370us - running 64-bit..naturally). The ndiswrapper module loads, and the drivers install just fine..except for one thing

[code]bash-2.05b# ndiswrapper -i netbc564.inf
Installing netbc564
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
bash-2.05b# ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
netbc564 driver present, hardware present
[/code]

it does in fact say the hardware is present, and dmesg says its ready to use

[code]
ndiswrapper version 1.1 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no)
ndiswrapper: driver netbc564 (,10/01/2002,3.70.17.5) loaded
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:02.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ndiswrapper: using irq 11
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:90:4b:92:70:1b using driver netbc564, configuration file 14E4:4320:103C:12F4.5.conf
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP, WPA with TKIP, WPA with AES/CCMP
[/code]

yet, (for those of you who know what im talking about), I cannot get the light in the front to come on, no light=no network

anyone have any idears?

EDIT:
, I didnt read the title of this thread, i guess everyone does know what the light on the front does [/quote]

the light will work when you have traffic. it won't stay on (like in windows) but it will flash when sending/receiving data.

Did you use the NDISWRAPPER WIKKI?

Once you have everythign setup (serached for a router, and picked one, and connected) then just run 'ping yahoo.com'. Let us know if you are getting anywhere.

[dan reid]

I just:

modprobe ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper -i net564.inf
iwconfig wlan0 key XXXXXXXXXX "your key here, or not if you don't have WEP ennabled on your router"
dhcpcd wlan0


and there it was "surfing the net"

the blue light only comes on during traffic.....it blinks alot

[cooljoe2003]

Ok thanks guys, it does work no problem, it just is different. I hope you can tell by my post count that I never post unless I REALLY think I have a problem, usually 99% of the time I find what I need to know by searching, but this time I jumped the gun. Thanks for all you guy's help tho, it cleared up alot of things.

And dan, ur right, it does blink a whole lot lol
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The ones that say they don't masturbate, and
The ones that say they quit.

[tamarian]

How did you guys emerge the ndiswrapper ?

I emerged a couple of the versions, and each time I modprobe it, it gives:

FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper (/lib/modules/2.6.9-gentoo-r14/misc/ndiswrapper.ko): Operation not permitted

[cooljoe2003]

[tamarian]

[tamarian]

Has anyone managed getting a screen resolution higher than 1280x800 for WSXGA+ 15.4"?

Any attempt at modline with a higher resolution results in either a blank screen, or it switches back to 1024x768, with 1/4 or the screen in black, on the right side.

Here's my xorg.conf:

[fcgreg]

[hw-tph]

Some of the guys from the Linux-R3000 mailing list (me included) have started a wiki dedicated to Linux on the R3000 series. Most issues are dealt with there (it's a wiki so it's work in progress).


Håkan

[xante]

http://www.pcxperience.com/WebGUI/index.pl/laptop/r3140us

This link has helped for lots, but I havent tried the wireless net for it so far.
Anyone know a good link for atapi burning, because for some reason, both on my pc and my R3000 I cant get it atapi or scsi burning to work with any kernel >2.6.8-gentoo-r3
Kind of a downfall, but its been pretty frustrating as is any problem.

[tamarian]

[hw-tph]

ATAPI burning works well for me on my nx9105 (HP branded R3000). I have an alias called "burn" set up so I can simpy type burn install.iso:

[xante]

The link I posted above, also states that nvidia drivers will not work with these laptops. It appears that some of you do have them working...Could any of you comment on how you did this?

Edit: K3B did work perfectly on a cdr, and Ill assume it will work just as beautifully on a dvdr. I had heard of k3b before, but on an older system, it would never install. Thank you (as I unmerge xcdroast.)

[fcgreg]

[xante]

The nvidia drivers seem to install without a scratch, the module loads (and loads on reboot to). When it comes time to startx, I get a black screen. It never gets passed the black screen causing me to forcefull kill X.

Heres my xorg.conf

[fcgreg]

Ah, that makes more sense. Your X/Xorg configuration is having problems with the widescreen resolution you're attempting to use.

You need to add the following lines into your X config:

[hw-tph]

Perhaps the video configuration part of the R3000 Linux wiki would be of help? Most common issues using nvidia on the R3000z series are dealt with there.


Håkan

[xante]

hw-tph -> Your right it did help. Just not the way i was expecting. Nvidia drivers are still a no go, they cause the screen to blank to black and not ever move after that. Vesa drivers do not support the 1280x800 mode at all, but on the other hand I tried the nv driver and it works well at 1280x800.

[tamarian]

[xante]

I have tried without the emulation, I guess my previous post wasnt so clear on that. But it made no difference. And with your previous post, I even tried copying and pasting yours and it did the same thing. Im clueless over this. Anyone else have any other suggestions...? Ill post any config file or log you ask for if it helps.