pcmcia autodetect

Hi everybody, I'm having some trouble with the configuration of my pcmcia network card under Debian. When I load the appropriate driver manually (modprobe xircom_cb) and issue a dhcp request (dhclient eth0) everything works fine. I would like the cardmgr to load the xircom_cb module automat

Re: pcmcia autodetect

Hi Vincent, Thanks for the reply. It seems to me the /etc/network/interfaces is useless for pcmcia network cards. You should setup your network options in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts Tried that too, but this shouldn't make a difference for the automatic loading of the module... or should it?

Re: pcmcia autodetect

Hi, This is not quite accurate. What you need to do is install hotplug, which should call ifup eth# when you plug in a new pcmcia card... In my setup, I then use interface mappings for eth0 and eth1 (to differentiate between my wired card and my wifi card). I can send you my mapping script (wr

pcmcia autodetect

Hi everybody, I'm having some trouble with the configuration of my pcmcia network card under Debian. When I load the appropriate driver manually (modprobe xircom_cb) and issue a dhcp request (dhclient eth0) everything works fine. I would like the cardmgr to load the xircom_cb module automati

Re: pcmcia autodetect

Hi Vincent, Thanks for the reply. It seems to me the /etc/network/interfaces is useless for pcmcia network cards. You should setup your network options in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts Tried that too, but this shouldn't make a difference for the automatic loading of the module... or should it? I

Re: pcmcia autodetect

Hi, This is not quite accurate. What you need to do is install hotplug, which should call ifup eth# when you plug in a new pcmcia card... In my setup, I then use interface mappings for eth0 and eth1 (to differentiate between my wired card and my wifi card). I can send you my mapping script (wri