Re: pcmcia enet and modem sharing in potato on laptop

[Goswin Brederlow <goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Michael Perry <mperry@tsoft.com> writes:

> Here is a strange situation.  I have potato installed fresh with a 2.2.10
> kernel custom installed and the new pcmcia-cs services configured for the
> system by me.  On a system exactly the same, Fujitsu Lifebook, Debian
> Potato, but kernel 2.2.12 and same pcmcia level, the 3com combo 556 card can
> have the modem and enet pcmcia used at the same time.  On mine, the modem
> does not load with the ethernet card plugged in.  Remvove the dongle, run
> setserial /dev/ttyS1 autoconfig auto_irq it works using wvdial. On my
> colleagues laptop it works with both connected without having to rerun
> setserial.  This seems rather strange.  The /etc/pcmcia/config.opts is
> exactly the same.  Most kernel compilation options are the same.

Maybe you have an IRQ conflict. My friend had the problem that he
couldn´t use sound when the pcmcia network card was inserted for the
very reason.

May the Source be with you.
			Goswin