Bootup error : Unexpected LVT TMR intterupt

[Archana Rajagopal]

Thank you Ambedkar!!
After I posted the message, I tried once again to make AP mode work.Itfinally
worked.But I did not use hostapd.The card is activated by the inbuilt hostap
driver and I could set master mode on the card.The Access Point was visible
from all systems and I could connect other systems to it.
In the Access Point, it gave the message(dmesg) that the system associated
and gave the hardware address of the associated machine also.But the ping
does not work.I can't ping from the access point nor from the other laptops.
Do I need hostapd?If so what does this command do:
   hostapd -B hostapd.conf

You have mentioned a .config file.Is it the hostapd.conf file?
Whenever I run the above command it says
"Hostap Driver initialization failed"
ioctl (SIOC..FLAG) No such device

Please do clarify.Moreover what is wpa_supplicant?Do I need it?

Thank you once again

Regards
Archana.

On 23 Nov 2007 16:45:20 -0000, Ambedkar R <ambedkar_r at rediffmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi Archana,
>
> Bringing up the X86(Linux machine) as AP is very easy.All you should have
> that get it download the packages,
>
> 1.hostapd
> Link: http://hostap.epitest.fi/hostapd/
> Download the latest Stable release
>
> 2.I think,prism2/2.5/3 works fine with hostap driver.
>
> 3.You can find the .config file,get it modify it according to your
> card.
>
> Once you done,update me.
>
> Thanks
> Ambedkar.R
>
> On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 Archana Rajagopal wrote :
>
> >Thank You Ambedkar!
> >Actually the Linksys card worked on the old kernel(without any
> >compilation).It automatically loaded orinoco_cs and hostap_cs, when I
> >inserted the card and I could access the internet.But when I compiled the
> >new kernel, I think I set something different in the configuration(though
> I
> >dont remember doing anything different other than setting host ap options
> to
> >'Yes' instead of modularize).So, do you mean that the absence of
> appropriate
> >driver caused the bootup error?
> >My goal is to make the card act as an access point.So I want hostap_cs
> >driver to work on the card.Do I need hostapd(daemon) to actually set AP
> >mode?I am new to this, I dont really understand how to make the Linksys
> >WPC11 work as an access point.It will be very helpful if you could
> clarify.
> >
> >-Thank you
> >Archana Rajagopal.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On 22 Nov 2007 10:40:16 -0000, Ambedkar R <ambedkar_r at rediffmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi Archana,
> > >
> > > ORiNOCO card which you mentioned uses "madwifi" driver.But WPC11(Note
> book
> > > Adapter-B) uses its own driver(Linksys).So that may be the problem.Andi
> > > dont think that you can use the WPC11 card on madwifi driver.
> > >
> > > Please let me know more details.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Ambedkar.R
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 Archana Rajagopal wrote :
> > >
> > > >Hi,
> > > >    I am using kernel version 2.6.18-2 .I tried compiling the kernel
> with
> > > >HostAP and PCMCIA options as 'Yes'.The system boots up if I use
> orinoco
> > > card
> > > >but when I use Linksys WPC11(Prism card), it gives the following
> message:
> > > >                      "CPU:0 Unexpected LVT TMR interrupt!!"
> > > >and then the system gets stuck there...it does not boot.
> > > >
> > > >Even if insert the card after boot...the system hangs...and I have to
> > > reboot
> > > >it.
> > > >
> > > >One observation is :
> > > >When I booted the system without any card and rebooted it.When it was
> > > about
> > > >to shutdown, i inserted the Linksys card it showed the following
> > > messages:
> > > >"PCMCIA card inserted"
> > > >Registering device ...
> > > >hostap_cs : Registered device xxx
> > > >....
> > > >
> > > >Does it mean that it is trying to load hostap for that card?I did not
> > > >understand.Please clarify.
> > > >Thank you.
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >Regards
> > > >Archana Rajagopal
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Regards
> >Archana Rajagopal
>
>
>


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Regards
Archana Rajagopal
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