Tom,
I had a similar problem on my laptop. ( a Libretto running Mandrake
) with my 3com ethernet card. I tested the card on several other laptops
and found that it was the card not my setup. Every time I inserted it BANG
the system was totally locked up. No access at all. I would check out if
the problem is the same on other laptops and if so, replace the card, quick
before the warranty runs out. :-)
James
At 06:40 PM 6/16/00, you wrote:
>I'm running a Sony Z505S laptop with Mandrake 7.0. I've got a new
>digital camera with a compact flash (CF) memory card (formatted as a DOS
>fs), but am having trouble configuring the laptop to accept the card.
>
>The symptom is a complete system lockup when the card is inserted into
>the pcmcia slot; seems to require pulling the battery to get the system
>back. I've made a couple of stabs at configuring cardmgr and one or two
>loadable modules, but I've not used the pcmcia slot until now so I'm not
>sure what is required. The lockup happens without anything being logged
>to /var/log/messages.
>
>Does anyone have some suggestions for a configuration, for a
>troubleshooting strategy, or for the right place to get info?
>
>TIA
>
> - Tom
>
>--
>Thomas Lockhart
>Caltech/JPL
>Interferometry Systems and Technology
