Hi. I just want to let you know that I have run into exactly the same behavior as you did.
Originally I compiled my kernel with the PCMCIA driver as a module. I recompiled to make the PCMCIA driver integral (i.e., I selected "y" instead of "m" for PCMCIA in "make xconfig") and since then I have not had this problem. However I haven't had to connect my computer to Ethernet since this time either, and I think that every time I got the error message before I happened to be connected to the Ethernet, so I fear it may be this, and not the integralness of the PCMCIA driver, that has made the difference. Please let me know if compiling the PCMCIA driver integrally fixes the problem for you. Please reply to jdthood_AT_yahoo.co.uk, not to the return address of this e-message. Thomas jdthood_AT_yahoo.co.uk --- Original message follows --- Yesterday I compiled a 2.4 kernel using make-kpkg. All seems to have gone well. I used the pcmcia features in the kernel, and chose not to separately compile pcmcia modules. All seems to work well, I boot fine, start up pcmcia fine, get a dhcp address fine. However, I do have one problem, I can't shut down or reboot without cutting the power to the laptop. When I try, I get the following error: "Shutting down PCMCIA services: cardmgrunregister_netdevice waiting for eth0 to become free. Usage count = 0" No matter how long I wait, this message keeps popping up every 3-4 seconds. It doesn't stop, and the rest of the shutdown/reboot process seems to be waiting for this to finish. Does anybody have any ideas as to what is going on? Also, one other question: I have been using dhcpcd. In the bootup process, I now see something that says "pump -r -i eth0 /sbin/ifconfig eth0 down cardmgr". Don't know what this means, but I do know that I don't have pump installed on my computer. Any ideas? Thanks! Bryan Walton _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/
