S�bastien Taylor wrote:

> If you change the configuration to kernel, you will have to make sure 
> that your kernel is compiled with pcmcia support (kernel 2.4), you 
> might have to recompile your kernel just to make sure it is enabled, 
> and setup correctly.
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> Graham Monk a �crit:
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>> Hi All
>> The saga of network cards continues.
>> I bought a Linksys PCM100 card
>> for my Thinkpad 770 because it said specifically it was
>> supported under Linux. The manual says it isnt "supported"
>> However many of their cards will work under linux.
>> I have tried to follow the instructions on their website
>> http://www.linksys.com/support/support.asp?spid=26
>> and have installed the pcmcia cardinfo package
>> (why is the PCMCIA package installed as default but not pcmcia 
>> cardinfo?)
>> I have changed the pcmcia settings from "external" to "kernel" and 
>> edited the
>> pcmcia.conf  as described by linksys I did not download the latest 
>> tulip driver
>> because I assumed SUSE 7.3 would have a pretty upto date version.
>> I would like to be able to take this machine with when I go away next 
>> week
>> for email etc.
>> I'm looking for the simplest way out here even if it means taking 
>> this card back
>> and buying one that SUSE recognizes without having to delve into conf 
>> files.
>> Can anyone make any suggestions that a windows idiot can follow?
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Acording to SUSE help docs you do not have to recompile when switching 
from external to kernel
settings, am I misunderstandig? How do I recompile it anyway?


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