I'm having some problems upgrading the 'pcmcia-cs' package. I have the feeling the problem lies in the fact that certain things aren't unmounted; since, I remember getting a warning about the pcmcia modules not unloading on the upgrade.
Any pointers on how I get around this problem? The following suggests it is pretty messy (although I don't know if things have changed since then): http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/1998/04/msg01072.html Is there a dependency I have to sort out by hand? I've tried to reconfigure the pcmcia-cs module (after doing "dpkg --configure -a") ... but it doesn't work. ----- # dpkg-reconfigure pcmcia-cs /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: pcmcia-cs is broken or not fully installed # ----- The above is strange 'cause I'm using the wireless network to connect to the net... in order to send this. pcmcia-cs doesn't seem to be broken... Anycase, I've (stopped the wireless other occasions and) tried to manually unload the modules I think are associated with pcmcia-cs ... but I can't 'cause it says they are in use. Is there a way to (really) force the unloading of modules? Why the pcmcia is in use is another matter... I don't understand why the wireless card depends on 'pcmcia_core'. The wireless card (module: "orinoco") is built into the motherboard... so I don't understand the dependency----it is as if the pcmcia module is used to interface with the built in network card. The loaded modules: ----- # lsmod Module Size Used by Not tainted orinoco_cs 3860 1 orinoco 29748 0 [orinoco_cs] hermes 4708 0 [orinoco_cs orinoco] ds 5844 2 [orinoco_cs] yenta_socket 8896 2 pcmcia_core 38752 0 [orinoco_cs ds yenta_socket] rtc 6280 0 (autoclean) ipt_TOS 888 12 (autoclean) ipt_LOG 3000 5 (autoclean) ipt_REJECT 3160 4 (autoclean) ipt_pkttype 440 4 (autoclean) ipt_state 472 11 (autoclean) ip_nat_irc 2000 0 (unused) ip_nat_tftp 1552 0 (unused) ip_nat_ftp 2512 0 (unused) ip_conntrack_irc 2864 1 ip_conntrack_tftp 1680 1 ip_conntrack_ftp 3600 1 ipt_multiport 632 0 (autoclean) ipt_conntrack 920 0 (autoclean) iptable_filter 1612 1 (autoclean) iptable_mangle 2008 1 (autoclean) iptable_nat 14478 3 (autoclean) [ip_nat_irc ip_nat_tftp ip_nat_ftp] ip_conntrack 17700 3 (autoclean) [ipt_state ip_nat_irc ip_nat_tftp ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack_irc ip_conntrack_tftp ip_conntrack_ftp ipt_conntrack iptable_nat] ip_tables 10880 12 [ipt_TOS ipt_LOG ipt_REJECT ipt_pkttype ipt_state ipt_multiport ipt_conntrack iptable_filter iptable_mangle iptable_nat] mousedev 3732 1 hid 18532 0 (unused) usbmouse 1848 0 (unused) input 3040 0 [mousedev hid usbmouse] af_packet 11592 1 (autoclean) usb-ohci 16072 0 (unused) ehci-hcd 14956 0 (unused) usbcore 52908 1 [hid usbmouse usb-ohci ehci-hcd] ntfs 45152 1 (autoclean) nls_cp437 4284 3 (autoclean) dm-mod 22632 0 (unused) trident 25012 0 ac97_codec 11412 0 [trident] soundcore 3268 2 [trident] pcigame 1480 0 [trident] gameport 1388 0 [pcigame] 8139too 12552 1 mii 1952 0 [8139too] crc32 2848 0 [8139too] ide-cd 27936 1 cdrom 25056 0 [ide-cd] reiserfs 154928 6 (autoclean) vfat 8908 1 (autoclean) fat 28088 0 (autoclean) [vfat] isofs 23156 0 (autoclean) ext3 66632 1 (autoclean) jbd 35076 1 (autoclean) [ext3] ide-detect 288 0 (autoclean) (unused) ide-disk 12512 9 (autoclean) alim15x3 6484 1 (autoclean) ide-core 94108 10 (autoclean) [ide-cd ide-detect ide-disk alim15x3] unix 13260 170 (autoclean) # ----- ======================================== System/Hardware ======================================== Toshiba Satellite A20 -- A20-31Q: 2.53GHz (PSA20C-0231Q) http://www.toshiba.ca/web/specifications.grp?lg=en§ion=1&group=1&product=1912&part=1772 Processor: Intel Pentium IV, 2.53GHz Memory: 512 MB Linux version 2.4.25-1-386 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian 20040401)) #2 Wed Apr 14 19:38:08 EST 2004
