Re: Kernel freezing at first boot of Potato
On Sunday 30 September 2001 9:26 pm, Francois Fayard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just bought a new laptop (Dell Inspiron 8100),
> and I have problems installing Debian on it. It seems
> that the kernel freeze at the first boot (The dbootstrap
> installation runs well, but not the first boot). It seems
> that there is a Problem with the PCMCIA controler (I have
> a PCMCIA Ethernet card Xircon ethernet 10/100).
>
> My PCMCIA controller is :
> Texas Instrument PCI-4451 CardBus Controller
>
> I strongly believe that the problem is due to this controller:
> Debian Potato:
> Freeze of the kernel at the first boot of the OS after
> starting the PCMCIA service and inetd
> SuSE 7.2:
> Freeze at PCMCIA hardware detection
> Mandrake 8.0:
> Same as SuSE
>
> But I've realized that Debian (hamm) and SuSE 6.3 don't have
> any problem during installation.
>
> I really want to get a new Debian on this system (Potato, Woody
> or even Sid). Could you tell me where the problem can come from :
> - Kernel
> - Scripts starting the PCMCIA services
> - others...
>
> Just want to tell you that I didn't install any modules in the kernel
> during the base installation process. I just install from a set of CDROMS
> for the time being.
>
> Thanks for your help
> Francois
Francois,
I had this problem too. To fix it remove all the references to pcmcia in
rc?.d and reboot. Then upgrade to the latest PCMCIA code and change
all references to the Intel controller in the PCMCIA control files to
yenta_socket (in /etc/default/pcmcia). Then it works.
David
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