Note: I'm re-posting this to the debian-laptops list too, in case someone there has any ideas.
>>>>> "Doc" == "Doc <- KD4E" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> writes: Doc> /lib/modules/2.2.18/pcmcia/ has a bunch of modules, including the Doc> one I need "3c589_cs.o" but 2.2.18 is the old kernel -- I upgraded Doc> to Woody which I imagine is 2.4.10 or something from Testing. Hubert> Upgrading to Woody should not install a new kernel for you, Hubert> unless you specifically request it to. What does "uname -r" Hubert> say? That will tell you what kernel version you have. Doc> 2.2.18 :-( OK. If you're still on 2.2.18, then the old pcmcia-modules should still work. My guess is that Woody and Progeny have a different set of startup scripts, and somehow the upgrade cause the PCMCIA stuff to not get loaded. Unfortunately I don't know much about that stuff, so hopefully someone else will. Does doing "/etc/init.d/pcmcia restart" help anything? What does it output? How about "modprobe pcmcia_core"? [...] Doc> I am afraid I will need to re-install Progeny, wiping out all of Doc> the upgrade stuff, then need to first download and save the most Doc> current necessary .gz files for pcmcia and the newest decent kernel Doc> version that will run under Woody, and only then run the Woody Doc> upgrade. Doc> This way when the Progeny->Woody upgrade destroys pcmcia I can then Doc> uncompress the saved kernel upgrade files and pcmcia files and Doc> install a more current kernel and a compatible pcmcia setup. Doc> So, your wise counsel as to what kernel & pcmcia files I need to Doc> download and stash prior to upgrading to Woody? I don't know if you can call my advice "wise counsel". I mostly make guesses based on my own experiences with Debian and Linux. Most of the time my guesses are right or close. Hmm. You might try putting the pcmcia-cs package on hold. Do echo pcmcia-cs hold | dpkg --set-selections before you upgrade. Maybe there's some conflict between the new pcmcia-cs and the old modules. Other than that, I can't think of anything else that you would need to hold back. I assume you're using apt-get to do the upgrade? Are you using "apt-get upgrade"? or "apt-get dist-upgrade"? Doc> I really only want to do this one more time! Have you looked at the Progeny Debian -> Debian Woody conversion page? http://www.progeny.com/archive/debian/support/conversion.html -- ____ | ----------------------------------------------------------- | / --+-- | / ___|___ Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | \ | _|_ | |__| |__|__| Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and | | think what nobody else has thought. | / | \ -- anonymous | / | \ | | <><------------------- http://www.geocities.com/hubertchan/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
