Hi Firstly, a huge thanks to Osman -- You started the ball rolling for me again, I was getting close to giving up for a while.
I changed the appropriate file to say yenta_socket, and the yenta module was loaded as expected. At first, this was no different than changing the BIOS option from 'Auto Select' to 'Cardbus/16 bit' - It brought up the PCMCIA interfaces but they were not in a useable state, and when they were initialised, there was no beep-beep as expected. No beeps at all. However, I noticed that the Debian config in /etc/init.d/pcmcia uses the switch 'cardmgr -C' which (at least for my version of cardmgr) is invalid. Editing this file and replacing -C with -c finally brought the beeps I wanted to hear to my ears. Well, almost. I have 2 PCMCIA slots on my Portege 7000CT, Both appear to run on IRQ 11 (PCI BUS). Once PCMCIA slot 0 initialises, it can't initialise slot 1 (Error is: orinoco_cs: RequestIRQ: Resource in use). Just in case this is relevant, my cards (and their allocation) is as follows: Card 0: Multifunction 3Com 3c589 10mbps NIC & 33.6K Modem Card 1: US Robotics 11mbps Wireless Card (orinoco chipset) Again, my thanks. Alistair Ross Osman Zorba Said ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi > > I had similar problem with ThinkPad 600E and solved the problem by > changing PCIC in /etc/default/pcmcia to PCIC="yenta_socket". > > Hope it helps. > > Cheers > OZ > > > On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 20:15, Alistair J Ross wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Just joined the list so please go easy on me! > > > > I've been working around a week so far on and off trying to sole the > > current problem I have, it is thus: > > > > I am running Debian Woody 2.4.18-bf24 (stock kernel which came with the > > distro). Needing the use of my Wireless card I set about installing a > > Kernel so that I can add in the orinoco patches to enable me to tell my > > wifi card I want to change channels. I downloaded 2.4.18-i686 sources > > from aptitude and went about installing the kernel. I'm pretty well > > versed in such actions so this isn't really a bother. However I've > > never really dabbled with PCMCIA before. > > > > Anyways, the short story is 2.4.18-bf24 works with PCMCIA fine, and > > 2.4.18-i1686 can't start up PCMCIA == it simply can't recognise the > > controller. The controller is on a Toshiba Portege 7000CT with a ToPiC > > 97 . > > > > I've read over all of the documentation at the pcmcia-cs web site and > > read over the particular woes that say that the Topic97 is bothersome, > > but it obviously works on the bf24 kernel, so why not on the new > > kernel. > > > > Here is a bit of debugging for you: > > skywalker kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22 > > skywalker kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm] > > skywalker kernel: Intel PCIC probe: not found. > > skywalker kernel: ds: no socket drivers loaded! > > (that's on the 2.4.18 -- not working kernel) > > > > This is the bf-24 kernel: > > > > kywalker kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.33 > > skywalker kernel: kernel build: 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST > > 2002 > > skywalker kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm] > > skywalker kernel: Intel ISA/PCI/CardBus PCIC probe: > > skywalker kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0b.0 > > skywalker kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0b.1 > > skywalker kernel: Toshiba ToPIC97 rev 05 PCI-to-CardBus at slot 00:0b, > > mem 0x10000000 > > skywalker kernel: host opts [0]: [slot 0xd0] [ccr 0x11] [cdr 0x86] > > [rcr 0x02] [pci irq 11] [lat 168/176] [bus 20/20] > > skywalker kernel: host opts [1]: [slot 0xd0] [ccr 0x21] [cdr 0x86] > > [rcr 0x02] [pci irq 11] [lat 168/176] [bus 21/21] > > skywalker kernel: ISA irqs (default) = 3,4,7,10,12,15 PCI status > > changes > > skywalker kernel: cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff: clean. > > skywalker kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding > > 0x170-0x177 0x220-0x22f 0x2f8-0x2ff 0x330-0x337 0x370-0x37f > > 0x4d0-0x4d7 > > > > And so on... > > > > I've tried switching the bios to cardbus or pcic rather than auto, > > but no luck there either, I get PCMCIA to start on the 2.4.18 kernel > > but it just shows the cards in an un-working state. > > > > I also tried the lilo option pci=biosirq > > > > Does anyone have any ideas? I'd be very very grateful. > > > > Regards, > > > > Alistair Ross > > - > > The glances over cocktails That seemed to be so sweet, > > Don't seem quite so amorous Over Shredded Wheat ;) > > > > Alistair J. Ross > > IT Consultancy, Internet & Open Source Specialist > > Tel: 0702 112 8458 / 0870 748 4346 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The glances over cocktails That seemed to be so sweet, Don't seem quite so amorous Over Shredded Wheat ;) Alistair J. Ross IT Consultancy, Internet & Open Source Specialist Tel: 0702 112 8458 / 0870 748 4346 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]