Re: pcmcia install on IBM laptop

[Mark Zimmerman <mark@foresthaven.com>]

On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 12:18:28PM -0400, Kevin Coyner wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 07:26:01AM -0600, Mark Zimmerman wrote......
> > > 
> > > I'm using a Xircom CreditCard CEM56-100 (ether 10/100 + modem56) as my
> > > pcmcia card.
> > 
> > Except for the card (I have a 3com with ethernet only) my setup is the
> > same as yours. I never specified any options and I never had any
> > trouble. I suspect that there must be some trick to working with a
> > combination ethernet/modem card.
> > 
> > One of the other VTs (#3 I think) has log messages. Maybe there is a
> > clue there.
> >
> 
> Didn't know about that VT #3 tip, which is a good one.  Here's what's in
> my log right before I get stopped:
> 
> daemon.info.cardmgr[606]: executing 'modprobe xirc2ps_cs'
> daemon.info.cardmgr[606]: executing 'modprobe serial_cs'
> daemon.info.cardmgr[606]: executing './network start eth0'
> daemon.info.cardmgr[606]: +cat: /var/lib/misc/pcmcia-scheme:
>                           no such file or directory
> daemon.info.cardmgr[606]: executing './serial start ttyS3'
> daemon.info.cardmgr[606]: +cat: /var/lib/misc/pcmcia-scheme:
>                           no such file or directory
> user.info.dbootstrap[272]: wget: http.us.debian.org: Host name
>                            lookup failure
> user.err.dbootstrap[272]: The server was unavailable or contained 
> 			  no release file
> 
> So it's obviously looking for the pcmcia-scheme file, and not finding
> it.  Wonder where you get one of those files ...
> 

Mine exists but is empty. Maybe if you go to VT #2 and create it.

-- Mark