Perhaps the output of dmesg as well...
On Thursday 11 September 2003 16:26, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> Laptops are weird beasties - need more info
>
> make/model
>
> output from "lspci" if you emerged it - almost an essential step in the
> build process these days ...
>
> output from "emerge info"
>
> BillK
>
> On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 14:59, Kevin Miller, Jr. wrote:
> > Okay, I have installed Gentoo 1.4 on my notebook. I have two problems to
> > get passed now. Be advised, I am a Gentoo newbie and it took nearly a
> > week to get this installed all the way (on my 4th attempt I might add).
> >
> > Problem 1: I screwed up on the grub.conf. I forgot to add the root
> > (hd0,0) line. I tried to edit it but as I saved it, I was told that
> > grub.conf was only a read file. How can I edit grub.conf? Do I need to
> > mount something? Note, I have only used Unix and Linux for a year now.
> >
> > Problem 2: Though I am able to boot Gentoo after some editing the above
> > in the grub, I now cannot get Gentoo to fully load. It freezes after
> > starting the pcmcia. Here is what I get:
> >
> > Starting pcmcia
> > cardmgr[822]: watching 2 sockets
> > cardmgr[822]: starting, version is 3.2.4
> > cardmgr[822]: socket 1: 3Com 3ccfe575C71 Fast EtherLink XL
> > cardmgr[822]: executing: 'modprobe cb_enabler'
> > cardmgr[822]: executing: 'modprobe 3c575_cb'
> > It stops right here and I have to reboot the computer.
> >
> > I know there was some discussion on Gentoo's lack of support for pcmcia
> > but it was a bit beyond my head. Also, I still could not get my computer
> > connected online (which probably has something to do with the above
> > pcmcia).
> >
> > A newbie needs some help:(
> >
> > Kevin Miller, Jr., MPA,
> > Comparative & Intl. Affairs, Information Systems, and Nonprofit
> > Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs,
> > Indiana University-Bloomington,
> > E-Civil Society.org - www.e-civilsociety.org
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> >
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