[originating from a debian-laptop thread...] [also posted to the pcmcia-cs forums...]
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.26.1606 +0100]: > the pcmcia card is not plugged in, and i configure pcmcia support for > the controller only, not for serial or cdrom devices. it does not > complain. then i insert the card, it beeps, and the system freezes. if > i have the card in the slot while installing pcmcia, it freezes. what > gives? what am i doing wrong? okay, i installed from cdrom and got a running system. now i load /etc/init.d/pcmcia and cardmgr reports success: [ a whole lot of init msgs for the modules ] cardmgr: starting version is 3.1.28 cardmgr: watching 2 sockets now lsmod reports ds, i82365, and pcmcia_core to be loaded. then i insert the card: kernel: cs: cb_allow(bus 32): vendor 0x115d, device 0x0003 cardmgr: initializing socket 0 kernel: ROM image dump: cs: cb_config(bus 32) cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x290-0x297 0x378-0x37f 0x4d0-0x4d7 cs: IO port probe 0x0298-0x0377: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x0380-0x04cf: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x04d8-0x04ff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff:_ the final '_' is the blinking cursor, and it just hangs there forever. completely frozen. the same thing happens with a lucent wavelan card, a 3c575_cs, the adaptec slimscsi 1460c, and a 8mb compaq flashcard. this is on Debian Woody from the lob.de CDs from System 2001 pcmcia-cs version 3.1.28 on kernel 2.2.19 (debian stock) any help would be appreciated! -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:" [EMAIL PROTECTED] friends help you move. real friends help you move bodies.

