Wrote to David Hinds, the listed author of pcmcia.ko and pcmcia_core.ko but he replied " I wrote some of the original Linux PCMCIA code but haven't worked on it at all in the last few years." This is what I wrote: > Quite a few bug reports have been filed concerning non-functioning support > for > pcmcia card devices under Kubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn. I am one of the > contributors to these reports. Todate, no resolution to the problem has > been > made. > > I've run a very preliminary set of tests, consisting entirely of booting > from > liveCDs, Kubuntu Dapper Drake (6.06.1 LTS) and Kubuntu Edgy Eft (6.10), > and > comparing the results to my installed Kubuntu Feisty Fawn (7.04). > Specifically, I've copied the resultant /var/log/dmesg files for all three > systems, copied the relavent sections for my pcmcia HD from each, and > extracted the module information for pcmcia support for all three systems. > > Native support for the pcmcia HD is present in Dapper Drake. I only had to > create a mount point and add an entry to /etc/fstab and remount the file > systems to access the device. > > Due to the introduction of the /media bug in Kubuntu Feisty Fawn, you have > to > point to media:/ in order to have your devices displayed in System Menu | > Storage Media. However, my pcmcia HD is still listed, and again, creating > a > mount point and adding the entry to /etc/fstab and remounting the file > systems results in access to the device. > > Functional access to the pcmcia HD is gone in Kubuntu Feisty Fawn. It > isn't > even listed in System Menu | Storage Media even if one changes to media:/ > > You are credited as the author to both pcmcia.ko and pcmcia_core.ko in all > three versions. I'm contacting you in the hopes that maybe you can aid in > getting this problem resolved. I (and many others) would really like to be > able to use our pcmcia HDs in Kubuntu Feisty Fawn. > > I'm attaching my documentation of the three systems. If any other > information > would be relavent, please let me know. I'm willing to run tests and report > results. > I'm attaching the files.
** Attachment added: "dmesg_Dapper_6.06.1_LTS.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9957390/dmesg_Dapper_6.06.1_LTS.txt -- PCMCIA hard disk drive not detected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/83471 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
