[driverloader] Mandriva 2007 x86_64 Driverloader keeps disconnecting

[Tim Edwards]

I got it working after doing the following:

Building and loading the acer_acpi module
(http://www.archernar.co.uk/acer_acpi/acer_acpi_main.html) and `echo
"enabled : 1" > /proc/acpi/acer/wireless`

Installing driverloader and loading the 64-bit Windows drivers from the
Acer website

Running through the Mandriva network setup wizard which basically just
installs wpa_supplicant (the generic package that comes with the distro,
not the dldr_wpa_supplicant one) and configures the
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file.

ifcfg-eth0 file:

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
METRIC=35
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
USERCTL=yes
RESOLV_MODS=no
WIRELESS_MODE=Managed
ESSID=mynetwork
WIRELESS_ENC_KEY="open s:mypassphrase"
WIRELESS_WPA_DRIVER=wext
IPV6INIT=no
IPV6TO4INIT=no
DHCP_CLIENT=dhclient
NEEDHOSTNAME=no
PEERDNS=yes
PEERYP=yes
PEERNTPD=no

Hope this helps someone.

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:58:27 -0400, "Linuxant support (Jonathan)"
<support at linuxant.com> said:
> Hi,
> 
> you could try with different versions of the Windows XP driver, if 
> available, to see if there is a difference. You could try to upgrade the 
> firmware of the access point. You could also try without WPA (only WEP 
> or no encryption at all) to see if stability improves or not.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Jonathan
> Technical specialist / Linuxant
> www.linuxant.com
> support at linuxant.com
> 
> 
> 
> Tim Edwards wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm trying to get driverloader working with Mandriva 2007 x86_64 on my
> > Acer 5022WLMI laptop. I have set it up, including installing and setting
> > up dldr_wpa_supplicant and it correctly connects to the AP using WPA and
> > gets an IP address and I can browse the net with it as expected. However
> > after about 2 minutes it will disconnect, leave it for 30 secs and it
> > will reconnect, then after another minute or 2 will disconnect again and
> > so on. After a couple of times it won't reconnect at all an I have to
> > click 'Reload' in the driverloader web interface.
> > 
> > I have this card working on a Mandriva 2006 x86 installation on the same
> > laptop and it doesn't do this - it will stay connected forever without
> > any hiccups. lspci output:
> > 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 01)
> > 00:02.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI-X Root Port
> > 00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a38
> > 00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a39
> > 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host
> > Controller
> > 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host
> > Controller
> > 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host
> > Controller
> > 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 11)
> > 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI
> > IDE Controller ATI
> > 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
> > 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
> > 00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400
> > AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
> > 00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc ATI SB400 - AC'97 Modem Controller
> > (rev 02)
> > 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
> > HyperTransport Technology Configuration
> > 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
> > Address Map
> > 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
> > DRAM Controller
> > 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
> > Miscellaneous Control
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility
> > X700 (PCIE)
> > 04:05.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One
> > 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
> > 04:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus
> > Controller
> > 04:06.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394
> > Host Controller
> > 04:06.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated
> > FlashMedia Controller
> > 04:06.4 Class 0805: Texas Instruments PCI6411, PCI6421, PCI6611,
> > PCI6621, PCI7411, PCI7421, PCI7611, PCI7621 Secure Digital (SD)
> > Controller
> > 04:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169
> > Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
> > 
> > Tim Edwards
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