On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 03:35:26PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've purchased an Amethyst 20U (Compal 20U OEM) with the optional > docking base unit containing a floppy and cdrom. > > I'm running Debian GNU/Linux, kernel: > > GNU/Linux version 2.2.18pre21 (root@shrink) (gcc version 2.95.2 > 20000220 (Debian GNU/GNU/Linux)) #1 Thu Jan 25 18:40:22 PST 2001 > > > The CDROM is producing the following errors either after a power > suspend via APM, *OR* after simply having been in operation for a period > of time. The problem is decidedly intermittent. [snip errors] > Is this a configuration problem, a docking port problem (I *think* the > damned thing's securely attached -- no problems with the floppy, and the > CDR is otherwise powered and responsive). This is, BTW, a CDROM drive. > *NOT* CD-writable or DVD. Just plain old CDR. Hmm, no real idea here. Try I different kernel, I'd say :-\ Or try fiddling with hdparm parameters. Maybe you already did that, and one of these parameters conflicts with suspend due to the device forgetting the setup, but the kernel remembering it ? I had this happen to me several times... > ---------------------------------------- > Other problem: > > With PCMCIA, I get the following message when issuing the 'cardmgr' > command: > > Jan 30 15:15:45 ego cardmgr[2886]: starting, version is 3.1.22 > Jan 30 15:15:45 ego cardmgr[2886]: open_sock(socket 0) failed: Permission denied > Jan 30 15:15:45 ego cardmgr[2886]: no sockets found! > Jan 30 15:15:45 ego cardmgr[2886]: exiting > > cardmgr is from the pmcia-cs Debian package: > > Package: pcmcia-cs > Priority: extra > Section: base > Installed-Size: 533 > Maintainer: Brian Mays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Architecture: i386 > Version: 3.1.22-0.1potato > > I've read elsewhere that order matters in configuring PCMCIA devices -- > does it matter that the system otherwise already has networking running? > I've got a PCMCIA fax/modem, but use the onboard NIC (eepro100) for > LAN-based networking. Try to use strace -f in order to diagnose this problem upon pcmcia startup. If it complains about "Permission denied", then it probably has a reason... Andreas Mohr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
