Re: [gentoo-user] Getting PCMCIA to work

2005-06-01 Thread Richard Fish
Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 00:58:16 +0100 Digby Tarvin wrote: But when I try to run /etc/init.d/pcmcia start on gentoo I get PCMCIA support detected. Starting pcmcia... cardmgr failed to start. Make sure that you have PCMCIA modules built or support compiled

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting PCMCIA to work

2005-06-01 Thread Richard Fish
Unless it is a cardbus slot and PCcard, in which case neither pcmcia cardmgr nor /etc/init.d/pcmcia start is necessary. In modern laptops, you do not even need to emerge pcmcia-cs unless you need to use some ancient PCMCIA card Sorry, never mind. I went back and read the OP again. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting PCMCIA to work

2005-06-01 Thread Digby Tarvin
Hi Nick and Richard, Thanks for both of your comments... On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 02:46:27PM +1200, Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 00:58:16 +0100 Digby Tarvin wrote: But when I try to run /etc/init.d/pcmcia start on gentoo I get PCMCIA support detected. Starting pcmcia...

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting PCMCIA to work

2005-06-01 Thread Digby Tarvin
Further to my earlier post... I forgot to mention - one obvious thing to ask would be 'was the card recognised by the installation CD or when usign genkernel?' The answer is - I don't know, because This notebook has no CD-Rom, and the only way to connect one would be via PCMCIA or USB, and

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting PCMCIA to work

2005-06-01 Thread Richard Fish
Digby Tarvin wrote: Hi Nick and Richard, Thanks for both of your comments... On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 02:46:27PM +1200, Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 00:58:16 +0100 Digby Tarvin wrote: But when I try to run /etc/init.d/pcmcia start on gentoo I get PCMCIA support detected.

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting PCMCIA to work

2005-06-01 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 07:43:16PM +0200, Richard Fish wrote: Grepping the 2.6 sources for ToPIC97 indicates you need the yenta driver. It is probably best to compile that into your kernel, not as a module. Hi Richard, That surprises me, because in the configuration bus

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting PCMCIA to work - ps

2005-06-01 Thread Digby Tarvin
Hello again Richard, Well, the plot thickens... I found that the header file with the ToPIC97 information is /usr/src/linux/drivers/pcmcia/topic.h on both SuSE and gentoo, and on my SuSE system that was indeed included by the i82365 driver as I has surmised [EMAIL

[gentoo-user] Getting PCMCIA to work

2005-05-31 Thread Digby Tarvin
Hi all, I am in the process of trying to upgrade my trusty Libretto 110CT from SuSE Linux 7.3 (2.4.10 kernel) to the latest gentoo. Base system is now coming up fine, but my PCMCIA lan card is not being recognised. Any suggestions on where I should look? I did a manual config of the kernel,

Re: [gentoo-user] Getting PCMCIA to work

2005-05-31 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 00:58:16 +0100 Digby Tarvin wrote: But when I try to run /etc/init.d/pcmcia start on gentoo I get PCMCIA support detected. Starting pcmcia... cardmgr failed to start. Make sure that you have PCMCIA modules built or support compiled into the kernel