Re: Problem with configuring PCMCIA linksys pc card for network installation
Kyle <kpw86@home.com> writes:
> Hi, I'm having some trouble installing Debian. Since my laptop has no
> cdrom, I wanted to do a network installation, in which I would install
> the packages through the network, instead of off a cd. The problem is
> I can't seem to get an ethernet interface up. I have a Linksys
> Etherfast 10/100 PC Card. Here's what I get in my dmesg whenever I try
> to Configure PCMCIA Support.
>
> Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.22
> kernel build: 2.2.19 #1 Sat May 19 10:59:03 EST 2001
> options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
> Intel PCIC probe:
> Vadem VG-468 rev 00 ISA-to-PCMCIA at port 0x3e0 ofs 0x00
> host opts [0]: none
> host opts [1]: none
> ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,7,9,10,11,15 status change on irq 15
> cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: excluding 0xc00-0xc0f 0xc20-0xc27
> 0xc40-0xc47 0xc60-0xc67 0xc70-0xc77 0xc80-0xc8f 0xca0-0xca7 0xcc0-0xcdf
> ...
> cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff: clean.
> eth0: pcnet_reset_8390() did not complete.
> pcnet_cs: sorry, the AX88190 chipset is not supported.
> pcnet_cs: unable to read hardware net address for io base 0x300
>
> I find that eth0 line to be a little odd, not sure what it means though.
very odd indeed--this card has worked flawlessly for me the last
couple years (Linksys PCMPC100). The only idea I have is to check
whether something else is using io port 0x300. (cat /proc/ioports)
What happens when you shutdown pcmcia services ('/etc/init.d/pcmcia
stop') and do 'modprobe ds' and 'modprobe 8390' directly?
-tom
> Here's what I get out of an 'lsmod':
> Module Size Used by
> pcnet_cs 10340 0 (unused)
> 8390 5916 0 [pcnet_cs]
> ds 6036 2 [pcnet_cs]
> i82365 21080 2
> pcmcia_core 42388 0 [pcnet_cs ds i82365]
> af_packet 6124 0 (unused)
> unix 11324 3
>
> If you need any more information, let me know. I really appreciate any help.
>
> Kyle
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