On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 01:37:46PM -0800, Cassandra Ludwig wrote: > I have a small issue with the PCMCIA card services package, and I was > wondering if I might need to go to the sources for the package to fix it, > or if there is some way to fix my issue. > > Basically, I have a wireless ethernet card for my laptop, and using it > with the PCMCIA cardmgr program causes a scrolling list of insmod output > over my current console sesssion... this is just a royal pain. The > biggest problem I have with it, is that the insmod's run my cardmgr are > done without being able to supply option's to insmod, but only to the > module itself. And I do not know of anyway for the modules that are used > to be quiet during load. > > If I load them with modprobe/insmod manually, I can feed them the "-s -q" > settings and this fixes the problem, but I use PCMCIA for the utility, and > ease, I could carry my dock everywhere instead for the amount of hassles > this sometimes causes me. What about tweaking /etc/pcmcia/config.opts? I believe that allows you to supply options to the modules that get installed. > > Also - does anyone know of a way I can configure the PCMCIA network script > to use multiple wireless lan keys (ie. keep trying until it finds one that > gives me a DHCP lease?). It is just a little annoying everytime I boot up > to have to manually change the config file and restart the card services > module to have the correct key set. If there isn't a way to do that at > the moment, then I'll just have to modify the network script, and offer > the patch back to the maintainers. > > Thanks, > Cassandra > > PS - I sent this in debian-laptop but so far I have gotten no response to > this, and any help would be appreciated. -- Karl E. Jørgensen karl@jorgensen.com www.karl.jorgensen.com ==== Today's fortune: The perversity of nature is nowhere better demonstrated by the fact that, when exposed to the same atmosphere, bread becomes hard while crackers become soft.
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