Re: autoloading module for pcmcia network card

[Ben Lau <benlau@linux.org.hk>]

Please post your /var/log/daemon.log.

Thomas Friedrichsmeier wrote:
>>>I tried adding the following lines to /etc/pcmcia/config:
>>>device "8139too"
>>>  class "network" module "net/8139too"
>>
>>                           ^^^^
>>
>>Try removing "net/"
>>
>>
>>>card "NoName 10/100"
>>>  manfid 0x10ec, 0x8139
>>>  bind "8139too"
>>
>>You may want to add this to /etc/pcmcia/config-2.4 if it exists.
>>At least on my system only config-2.4 is used.
> 
> 
> Unfortunately neither of these changes anything.
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>>If this doesn't help you can still do an echo "8139too" >> /etc/modules
>>which will load the module in any case on a reboot.
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> I haven't tried this yet, but I doubt it will work: The 8139too-module refuses 
> to load, if no such card is available. However, the card is not 
> activated/available until the cardmgr is running (with the card inserted, of 
> course). So really, the module should be loaded by the cardmgr.
> Anyway, thanks for your reply!
> 
> Thomas
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