Bug#61360: PCMCIA system left behind by base install gives problems

[BROWN Nick <Nick.BROWN@coe.int>]

Package: base
Version: 2.1

I installed Debian on a laptop (for the first time; I've done lots of
desktop installs).  At the end of the installation, as usual, it said "looks
like you're done with PCMCIA - shall I remove it ?".  I thought, well,
actually, I plan to use PCMCIA cards, so I said no.

Then I had lots of problems.  Inserted cards would hang the PC, or be
recognised but fail to work, etc.  I thought, there is no way this can be a
real problem.

Eventually I found it: I reinstalled pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-modules-2.0.36,
and everything is fine.  The modules now have the date of 1999-02-25 -
previously, they were dated 1999-01-xx.

So, my suggestion is to remove the pcmcia modules without asking at the end
of the installation, to force people to reinstall them; or, to provide (in
the base system) modules which will work with the 2.0.36 kernel which is
installed.

Nick Brown, Strasbourg, France

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