novell suse linux 10 sierra wireless aircard 555 hp compaq presario x1000

[Arjun Shriram]

1. i have just installed novell suse linux 10 on my hp
compaq presario x1000 with the sierra wireless aircard
555 but i am confused

2. now how do i make this card work as i am totally
new to the linux world and would appreciate any help
as this worked in all other earlier versions of linux

3. this does not work under suse linux 10 as the
pcmcia structure has been totally changed from the
earlier versions from pcmcia-cs to pcmciautils and
therefore cardmgr is replaced by pccardctl now

4. ndiswrapper did not work with the windows inf file
on the driver cd of the card and yast sees the card as
a network device in hardware detection whereas it is
modem

5. it must be a modem since i am required to dial my
service provider and enter a username and password
using kppp as the dialer which is what i did earlier
on

6. it is not correct according to the manufacturers
website to see it as a network device

7. is it possible to remove pcmciautils and use
pcmcia-cs in suse 10 since that might work

8. or is it not possible to use pcmcia-cs on suse 10
since pcmciautils is already installed

9. what does cs unable to apply power mean and how can
i rectify it out here

10. i found a solution on the web page
www.offline.co.za for part of the above problem but
now i am stuck again