Re: Woody Killed my PCMCIA

["Doc - KD4E" <e.net@verizon.net>]

> If you're using my kernel, it's compiled to use the kernel's PCMCIA
> modules, not the external ones that come with pcmcia-cs.

Chris:

I am using whatever was downloaded and installed when I followed
the proceedures from
http://www.progeny.com/archive/debian/support/conversion.html
(please see the actual text at the bottom)

I am real new at this and am often confused by the terms and the
tendency of folks to skip steps, leave out critical information, and
to use unexplained terms.

For example, the instructions below fail to mention that there will
be errors and to ignore them as some elements require others to
be in place before they may be handled -- thus the need to cycle
through the process several times.

Later in the instructions they say to "Re-run the above command
until no more packages are installed".  You will note that they
speak in the singular, inferring that they mean only the immediately
previous command.

The end result is that I have spent an entire day and am no better
off than when I started, indeed worse, since I now have no sound
and no pcmcia whereas before it was only sound that I lack ... but
now I cannot download anything new to my laptop.

I need to know if I can repair the damage this process did to my
pcmcia setup (3Com 589c needs to be recognized at the moment)
or if I have to again (for the third time) reinstall Progeny-Debian
from the CD and start over.

Help please?  Thanks!  Doc

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If you installed Progeny Debian from a CD and are:

Upgrading from a fresh Progeny Debian installation (i.e. You have not
installed
any Progeny updates from http://archive.progeny.com/updates/newton/)

Make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list file has only the following lines
active:

deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib
non-free

Update your cache of available packages for apt(8).
  # apt-get update

Install the latest version of apt(8).
  # apt-get install apt

Upgrade to Debian Testing/Woody:

# apt-get -f dist-upgrade
# dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/gdm_2.2.4.1-1_i386.deb
# apt-get -f dist-upgrade
# dpkg -i --force-overwrite
/var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-panel-data_1.4.0.4-8_all.deb
# apt-get -f dist-upgrade
# dpkg -i --force-overwrite
/var/cache/apt/archives/gnome-session_1.4.0.4-8_i386.deb
# apt-get -f dist-upgrade
Re-run the above command until no more packages are installed

Install modconf
# apt-get install modconf

Reboot your system

Run modconf
# modconf

Reboot your system (recommended).