Re: Laptop Pcmcia question -- follow up question
Make sure your chipset module is loaded. Try lsmod to list the modules
that are currently loaded. Use modprobe of insmod if you don't see the
modules you are looking
for.
Jake Johnson
<a href="http://www.plutoid.com";>http://www.plutoid.com</a>
On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Ben Kal wrote:
> On 5 Jun 2003 Larry <doccpu@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes, I do have pcmcia-cs installed. The cardmgr I see is loaded at boot.
> > But when, for example, I run cardinfo, I get an idcation of no card, even
> > if I've put a flashdisk or ethernet card in.
> >
> > Perhaps I need to load a driver for whatever card I insert, ....
>
> Of course.
>
> > .... though I thought that's what cardmgr did.
>
> Indeed, IF it can find the driver.
>
> 'man cardmgr' tells us:
> "When a card is inserted, cardmgr looks up the card in a database of known
> cards. If the card can be identified, appropriate device drivers will be
> loaded and bound to the card".
>
> The 'database of known cards' is the file
> /etc/pcmcia/config
> I think you must search that file for cards you insert, and check if the
> drivers mentioned in their 'bind' instructions are present in
> /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/pcmcia/
>
> If they are and your pcmcia cards nevertheless do not work, I am stuck.
> Otherwise, I believe that you have to get the package
> pcmcia-source
> Use it to compile a package called
> pcmcia-modules-<kernel-version>
> after configuring pcmcia-source to produce all the driver modules you may
> possibly want to use. Finally install your
> pcmcia-modules-<kernel-version>
> package and your pcmcia subsystem should be ok.
>
> Ben
>
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