[ltp] PCMCIA problem

[linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com]

This is somewhat thinkpad related.  I find it convienent to transfer data 
between my thinkpad and my desktop via PCMCIA flash cards.

I have setup my new home PC with RH71.  Some time after the install I 
transfered my internal PCMCIA read/write unit from my old PC to my new 
machine.

I then downloaded the latest PCMCIA tarball and did the usual configure, 
make, make install.

My problem is that unit will not give me the happy beeps when I install a ATA 
flash card.  However , if I install a PCMCIA modem it will work fine.

I traced the problem down to the following in the  /var/log/messages:

Aug  1 19:58:42 localhost cardmgr[555]: shutting down socket 1
Aug  1 19:58:42 localhost cardmgr[555]: executing: 'modprobe -r ide_cs'
Aug  1 19:58:49 localhost cardmgr[555]: initializing socket 0
Aug  1 19:58:49 localhost cardmgr[555]: socket 0: ATA/IDE Fixed Disk
Aug  1 19:58:50 localhost cardmgr[555]: executing: 'modprobe ide_cs'
Aug  1 19:58:50 localhost cardmgr[555]: + modprobe: Can't locate module ide_cs
Aug  1 19:58:50 localhost cardmgr[555]: modprobe exited with status 255
Aug  1 19:58:50 localhost cardmgr[555]: module 
/lib/modules/2.4.2-2smp/pcmcia/ide_cs.o not available
Aug  1 19:58:51 localhost cardmgr[555]: get dev info on socket 0 failed: 
Resource temporarily unavailable
Aug  1 19:58:59 localhost cardmgr[555]: shutting down socket 0
Aug  1 19:58:59 localhost cardmgr[555]: executing: 'modprobe -r ide_cs'
Aug  1 20:07:23 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module 
char-major-81


Seems like it can't find ide_cs.o   I compared modules.dep with my Thinkpad
and everything jives the same.  But if I type "modprobe ide_cs" I get the 
same "Can't locate module ide_cs" message.

The ide_cs.o and ide-cs.o file/symlinks are present and in the proper 
locations under /lib/modules/2.4.2-2smp/../  and the paths in modules.dep
match up.

All other PCMCIA configuration files in /etc/ , /etc/pcmcia look OK.

How do I make it "see" ide_cs.o ?

   


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