Wireless zd1211 bug

Question

Driver is zd1211. Problem seen in these posts:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=30141
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=30873
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=31178
Affects 2.6.20.X kernel series.
I have the same issue (my wireless card seems not to be usable through driver while driver is correctly loaded) and more.
In kernel 2.6.19-beyond and 2.6.19-suspend2 I can't associate my access point to the card:
iwconfig wlan0 essid MYESSID ap XX:XX:XX:XX
or
iwconfig wlan0 essid MYESSID ap any
gives:
Access point:  Not Associated
In the past (1 or 2 months ago) I used my card correctly.
Nowadays I tried different configurations of my network to solve issue: no hope. Actually my ap is opened without encryption with dhcp (yes... configuration "kill my net if you want!!!") and no changes.
So problem IS NOT:
- wpa
- access point configuration
- driver loading
- netcfg
- dhcp
I suspect some issue between iwconfig and driver. With wifi-radar output is:
"wlan0: interface does not support scanning"
but if I try I CAN'T associate ap manually either.
Any idea on how to manage this issue?
Last edited by J_Zar (2007-04-15 11:08:03)

Answer 1

I'll try it... but in the meanwhile there is something strange in the PKGBUILD. I modified a couple of lines.
pkgname=zd1211-firmware
pkgver=1.3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Firmware for use with the in-kernel26 zd1211rw wireless driver"
arch=('i686')
url=""
license=('GPL')
depends=()
makedepends=()
provides=()
conflicts=()
replaces=()
backup=()
install=
source=(http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/zd1211/zd1211-firmware$pkgver.tar.bz2)
build() {
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/lib/firmware || return 1
cp -a $startdir/src/$pkgname $startdir/pkg/lib/firmware/zd1211 || return 1
md5sums=('cfff76ea35f4f93c37f6c99aa2058140')
Last edited by J_Zar (2007-05-14 12:00:23)