pcmcia-cs (crashing on upgrade) & module unloading
I'm having some problems upgrading the 'pcmcia-cs' package. I have the
feeling the problem lies in the fact that certain things aren't
unmounted; since, I remember getting a warning about the pcmcia modules
not unloading on the upgrade.
Any pointers on how I get around this problem?
The following suggests it is pretty messy (although I don't know if things
have changed since then):
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/1998/04/msg01072.html
Is there a dependency I have to sort out by hand?
I've tried to reconfigure the pcmcia-cs module (after doing "dpkg
--configure -a") ... but it doesn't work.
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# dpkg-reconfigure pcmcia-cs
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: pcmcia-cs is broken or not fully installed
#
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The above is strange 'cause I'm using the wireless network to connect
to the net... in order to send this. pcmcia-cs doesn't seem to be
broken...
Anycase, I've (stopped the wireless other occasions and) tried to manually
unload the modules I think are associated with pcmcia-cs ... but I can't
'cause it says they are in use.
Is there a way to (really) force the unloading of modules?
Why the pcmcia is in use is another matter... I don't understand why the
wireless card depends on 'pcmcia_core'. The wireless card
(module: "orinoco") is built into the motherboard... so I don't
understand the dependency----it is as if the pcmcia module is used to
interface with the built in network card.
The loaded modules:
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# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
orinoco_cs 3860 1
orinoco 29748 0 [orinoco_cs]
hermes 4708 0 [orinoco_cs orinoco]
ds 5844 2 [orinoco_cs]
yenta_socket 8896 2
pcmcia_core 38752 0 [orinoco_cs ds yenta_socket]
rtc 6280 0 (autoclean)
ipt_TOS 888 12 (autoclean)
ipt_LOG 3000 5 (autoclean)
ipt_REJECT 3160 4 (autoclean)
ipt_pkttype 440 4 (autoclean)
ipt_state 472 11 (autoclean)
ip_nat_irc 2000 0 (unused)
ip_nat_tftp 1552 0 (unused)
ip_nat_ftp 2512 0 (unused)
ip_conntrack_irc 2864 1
ip_conntrack_tftp 1680 1
ip_conntrack_ftp 3600 1
ipt_multiport 632 0 (autoclean)
ipt_conntrack 920 0 (autoclean)
iptable_filter 1612 1 (autoclean)
iptable_mangle 2008 1 (autoclean)
iptable_nat 14478 3 (autoclean) [ip_nat_irc ip_nat_tftp
ip_nat_ftp]
ip_conntrack 17700 3 (autoclean) [ipt_state ip_nat_irc
ip_nat_tftp ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack_irc ip_conntrack_tftp ip_conntrack_ftp
ipt_conntrack iptable_nat]
ip_tables 10880 12 [ipt_TOS ipt_LOG ipt_REJECT ipt_pkttype
ipt_state ipt_multiport ipt_conntrack iptable_filter iptable_mangle
iptable_nat]
mousedev 3732 1
hid 18532 0 (unused)
usbmouse 1848 0 (unused)
input 3040 0 [mousedev hid usbmouse]
af_packet 11592 1 (autoclean)
usb-ohci 16072 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 14956 0 (unused)
usbcore 52908 1 [hid usbmouse usb-ohci ehci-hcd]
ntfs 45152 1 (autoclean)
nls_cp437 4284 3 (autoclean)
dm-mod 22632 0 (unused)
trident 25012 0
ac97_codec 11412 0 [trident]
soundcore 3268 2 [trident]
pcigame 1480 0 [trident]
gameport 1388 0 [pcigame]
8139too 12552 1
mii 1952 0 [8139too]
crc32 2848 0 [8139too]
ide-cd 27936 1
cdrom 25056 0 [ide-cd]
reiserfs 154928 6 (autoclean)
vfat 8908 1 (autoclean)
fat 28088 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
isofs 23156 0 (autoclean)
ext3 66632 1 (autoclean)
jbd 35076 1 (autoclean) [ext3]
ide-detect 288 0 (autoclean) (unused)
ide-disk 12512 9 (autoclean)
alim15x3 6484 1 (autoclean)
ide-core 94108 10 (autoclean) [ide-cd ide-detect ide-disk
alim15x3]
unix 13260 170 (autoclean)
#
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System/Hardware
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Toshiba Satellite A20 -- A20-31Q: 2.53GHz (PSA20C-0231Q)
http://www.toshiba.ca/web/specifications.grp?lg=en§ion=1&group=1&product=1912&part=1772
Processor: Intel Pentium IV, 2.53GHz
Memory: 512 MB
Linux version 2.4.25-1-386 (herbert@gondolin) (gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian
20040401)) #2 Wed Apr 14 19:38:08 EST 2004
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