Re: Installing Debian and setting up PCMCIA E-net
On Sat, Dec 27, 1997 at 02:00:57PM -0600, Asher Haig wrote:
> I'm trying to install Debian after having Redhat installed on my system.
> I've gone through the install, but I'm confused as to how I can make my
> ethernet card work. The card is a PCMCIA 3-com 3c589a. It doesn't seem as
> if there's any driver for it in the installer, and as far as using a
> module to do it, I'm not real sure what to do.
>
> When I try to install the PCMCIA packages (pcmcia-cs and the modules) the
> modules tell me that the version of cs is too new, and cs tells me that
> there are first: no modules, and second: that there are no PCMCIA devices
> in /proc/devices.
>
> Would appreciate any help regarding how I can make this work.
You should try to find a pcmcia-cs package that reflects the version
of your kernel. The modules must be compiled for the same kernel
version.
I own the same card so let's recall what I've done. First I've
installed a recent kernel (compiled from source), after that I've
fetched the most recent archive of pcmcia-cs [1] and applied the
debian .diff.gz patch to it.[2]
The cardmgr which is responsible for loading and unloading pcmcia
modules and initialising it, sometimes has problems to detect
the pcmcia chips. You might need to give some help by editing
/etc/pcmcia.conf. You should also look at the Linux Laptop
Homepage[3] if you're still having problems.
[1] A mirror of the pcmcia-cs package can be found on ftp.infodrom.north.de
in /pub/Linux/source/misc/pcmcia/ .
[2] Applying the Debian is not difficult. Look at /pub/doc/source-unpack.txt
on any debian ftp mirror.
An easy way is to rename the new directory from the untouched
source tree to the name inside of the debian source tree, that
is the name needed for the diff.gz file, the name can be found
inside of it. Then create a debian subdirectory inside of the
tree and apply the patch with "zcat pcmcia*.diff.gz|patch -p0".
IIRC you need to have the kernel source installed in /usr/src
After that you should be able to build the package as usual using
dpkg-buildpackage or make manually &c.
[3] http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
Regards
Joey
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