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Original Message
From: "X - A - W - K"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [expert] PCMCIA configuration.
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 21:56:11 -0500
>Hi,
>
>I am newbie to Linux Mandrake... but I have a small problem which nobody
>till now could solve.
>
>I have installed LM8.0 on my laptop. The very first instalation was great.
>Every pice of hardware was recognized by Mandrake... but 3 weeks later I
>lost my PCMCIA card which I use to connect to internet v�a cable modem. The
>3Com Megahertz CardBus was gone...
>
>...because of lack of money in that moment I had to buy a new very chip
>PCMCIA which even don't have a name o it... First I have pluged it and use
>Win2K... there was no any problem it was detected as Realtec rtl8139(A)...
>
>...then I used it in Mandrake...and nothing... well I decided to install LM
>once again with a new card insid the slot. I have made it... but nothing...
>I can't manage to make it work.
>
>First using DrakeNet when I try to configure connection I receive message:
>
> insmod'ing module 8139too failed at /usr/lib/libDrakeX/modules.pm line
>510
>
>But I don't understand anything in this archive... so... I was trying to
>find out what is going on other way. I used dmesg|more and I can see this:
>
> ...Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.25
> Kernel build 2.4.3-20mdk...
> ...PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0a.0
> PCI: The same IRQ used for device 00:09.0
> ...
> 8139too Fast Ethernet dirver 0.9.15c loaded
> PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device. Please try using
>pci=biosirq
> 8139too: region #0 not a PIO resource, aborting
> ...
>
>I try cardctl and PCMCIA works ok... it respondes for commands:
>
> productinfo "CardBus PC Card", "Fast Ethernet CardBus PC Card"
> mafid: 0x0000, 0x021b
> function: 6 (network)
> PCI id: 0x10ec 0x8139
>
>eth0 device doesn't exist. I don't know how to "obliged" system to make it.
>I can imagine the problem is in IRQ. I was trying to make some changes in
>bios, but nothing... even soundcard stops to work...
>
>So what shall I do???? Anybody could help me. I really want to get this
>PCMCIA working, but I don't know what do I need to do... Please help me.
Any
>idea is welcomed.
>
>XAWK
>
>
Did you try to restrict the available interrupts in /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia?
Use something like:
PCIC_OPTS="irq_list=5,9,10"
You can have a look at /proc/interrupts to see if a slot is available.
There is a PCMCIA_howto where you can find a lot of ideas.
=-=
kk1
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