[ltp] pcmcia start hangs up my i12

[George Staikos]

On Wednesday 04 April 2001 06:47, Frank Winter wrote:
>
> No there was no card in the slot. I do not own any yet. I am owning my TP
> just for a few days.
> But in the near future I have to use a ethernet adapter. either the one
> which built-in right beside a 56Kmodem or a pcmcia-ethernet-card.
> Donīt know yet which possibility is easier to run.
>
> Ok this is the correct output at bootup time:
>
> starting pcmcia: modules
>
> At this point it starts hanging.
> And even when I am in runlevel 3 (without S45pcmcia script)
> and I start pcmcia manualy the machine hangs too.
> I canīt even switch to another console.
>
> kernel-2.2.16 which is the ready compiled kernel distributed
> with RedHat7.0 Respin.

  Well you can try a newer kernel (preferably 2.4.x) or perhaps try editting 
the pcmcia settings in /etc/pcmcia/.  It might be touching another piece of 
hardware in a bad way?  In any case, it's not a good sign for this to happen.

-- 

George Staikos


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