Bug#240842: Sarge i386 netinst can't configure PCMCIA network card
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta3/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux rumba 2.4.25-1-686 #1 Tue Feb 24 10:55:59 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-03-29, 10:00 UTC
Method: Boot from above mentioned ISO image
Machine: IBM Thinkpad 600E with xirc2ps_cs network card
Processor: Mobile Pentium II, 400 MHz
Memory: 288884 kB
Root Device: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-1902B on /dev/hdc
Root Size/partition table:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 4.2G 2.0G 2.1G 49% /
tmpfs 142M 0 142M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda3 4.7G 2.4G 2.1G 54% /home
Output of lspci:
pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:02.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1251A
0000:00:02.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1251A
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4610/11 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
0000:00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2200 [MagicGraph 256AV] (rev 20)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [E]
Config network: [E]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [E]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
The problem was that it couldn't configure the network. Going into a
shell showed that cardmgr would say "no sockets found!", like this:
Mar 26 17:22:18 rumba cardmgr[836]: starting, version is 3.1.33
Mar 26 17:22:19 rumba cardmgr[836]: no sockets found!
Mar 26 17:22:19 rumba cardmgr[836]: exiting
Originally, I thought it was the wrong kernel module. I tried many
things, most of which I've forgotten now. But then, I managed to
upgrade the whole system to unstable, and that did it. I /think/ it
was the upgrade of pcmcia-cs to 3.2.5-2.5, but of course I'm not sure
whether it was this package or perhaps another package.
I'm reluctant to wipe the installation to try again, with just the
newer pcmcia-cs. (This is my main machine that I need to work on
every day.) But if you make a new image with the more recent
pcmcia-cs included, then I can try to boot it to see if that fixes
the problem.
I hope I managed to describe this well enough. In the best luser
manner, I managed not to keep track of what I did. Maybe I can
convince myself to try another install, now that I know how to fix
it...
Kai
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