Problem Setting "Monitor Mode" on Prism2.5 based card on 2.6.0-test4

[Retro2001]

Hi. I'm running a Gentoo linux setup, based around 2.6.0-test4-mm1 with Wireless-Tools v27 and Wireless Extention v16 on my IBM Thinkpad A30p laptop with a generic prism2.5 based miniPCI card ("Harris Semiconductor Prism 2.5 Wavelan ch (rev 1)" to be exact). Using the iwconfig mode command I can convince the card to be Managed or Ad-Hoc, but it wants nothing to do with Monitor mode, reporting:

Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument.

I've found some Orinoco patches for WE v13 that are seem to be targeted at fixing this problem, but I can't seem to find any info about problems with that card and newer wireless extentions. Any ideas? Thanks.

Peace,
will

 

[gsaldivar]

 

[Retro2001]

Another note, I'm using the Orinoco / Prism2.5 drivers compiled into the kernel.

 

[Retro2001]

any thoughts?

 

[drag]

hmm... wery wery interesting...


However that seems like a pretty unusual set up. It could simply be a buggy kernel driver and that is pretty likely considuring this is a testing kernel.

Personally first thing I'd do after trying the easy stuff is to try out a kernel from 2.4 and see if the problem goes away. I'd try making a backup of the modules.conf and the other modutils(?) directory were the editable portitions of the modules config lie in Gentoo. Then compile the 2.4 kernel.

Could be hardware related, but I haven't clue. Something that specific it may be a good idea to subscribe to a couple mailing lists that have to do with that hardware and experimental drivers or what ever.

I don't know much about wireless OR pcmcia cards, but that eth1 means that it's trying to set up a second ethernet connection or whatever.