Re: PCMCIA Failure on Kernel Recompile
n407er_@airpost.net wrote:
> I tried that. The laptop beeps when I insert and remove the card,
> implying that at least some feature of CardManager is working, but I
> still cannot bring up the interface.
Does the card manager show any messages when it beeps?
> I am sure this has to do with my
> reinstallation of my new kernel, but not the kernel itself; as I
> installed the old kernel package and it did not fix the problem. I would
> assume that somehow I failed to reinstall the proper modules, but I even
> downloaded pcmcia-source (something I didn't have to do before, since the
> proper support was compiled in) and made the proper modules package as
> well, installing that with the kernel package. No dice, however.
> I suppose I could try downoading the 2.4.18bf2.4 kernel package (that is
> the kernel version I originally ran, before my first, successful
> recompile when I first installed) and see if it works, but I don't see
> why it should, since the kernel package that did work before doesn't
> either. Apparently something is wrong with my installation procedure,
> which I am following fairly closely from here
> http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-kernel.en.html (Debian
> Standard Method, 7.1) and following, as far as I can recall, exactly to
> how I have done it always in the past.
If you use the normal kernel build process using the old .config parameters,
then any new parameters won't be set. Try using "make oldconfig" and you'll
get prompted for just the newer parameters.
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