Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 18:14:02 -0800
From: Skip Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Red Hat Linux on the L50
> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 08:35:38 +0800
> From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [LIB] Red Hat Linux on the L50
>
> Thanks ... the thing is, I don't even think its getting that far. I get no link
>lights on the card for
> instance - it seems to be that the card is identified but Linux can't figure out
>what to do with it.
If this is true, then you should get a high beep and then a low beep.
> I haven't got system beeps turned on but I'm willing to bet that its either only
>giving me the single
> identify beep or the low failed beep (as opposed to the double identify/activate
>beep).
For getting going anyway, you might want to have them on.
> >> nor can I figure out how to stop and start the cards
> >
> > /etc/rc.d/initd./pcmcia stop ( or start, or restart as appropriate )
> >
> > After bootup, a this should only be necessary if you have changed stuff
> > inside /etc/pcmcia/
>
> Ya but don't you have to stop individual cards before you pull them like you do
>under Windows? AFAIK PCMCIA
> STOP stops card services altogether - something that you won't want to do if say you
>want to pull the FDD
> whilst you've also got the NIC as you'll end up killing your network connection.
If you want to stop an individual card, you can use the command:
cardctl suspend
or
cardctl eject
but its not usually necessary. You can just manually eject the card
and the card services software
will do all the necessary shutdown procedures for that card (so its
NOT like Windows). (In your
example, just be sure to unmount the floppy -- e.g. umount /mnt/floppy
-- before you pull the card.
Card services won't care, but your files on the floppy will!).
> > A good idea, but the stock kernel supports pretty much any network card,
> > if the kernel is confused about what module to load you can put a line in
> > /etc/modules.conf to be explicit about which one to load:
> >
> > alias eth0 ne2
>
> How would you ID it as ne2? Here's what I get when I run 'cardctl ident':
>
> Socket 0:
> product info: "PCMCIA", "10/100 Ethernet Card", "", ""
> manfid: 0x0274, 0x1106
> function: 6 (network)
The system logs will probably be more informative. This is what is in
/var/log/messages
on my Lib100 after inserting a Linksys network card:
Feb 11 12:34:43 talitha cardmgr[490]: socket 0: Linksys EtherFast 10/100 Fast
Ethernet
Feb 11 12:34:43 talitha kernel: cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff: clean.
Feb 11 12:34:44 talitha kernel: eth0: NE2000 (DL10019 rev 05): io 0x300, irq
3, hw_addr 00:E0:98:77:FE:8D
Feb 11 12:34:43 talitha cardmgr[490]: executing: 'modprobe 8390'
Feb 11 12:34:44 talitha cardmgr[490]: executing: 'modprobe pcnet_cs'
Feb 11 12:34:44 talitha cardmgr[490]: executing: './network start eth0'
You probably have a something like the first line, it indicates that the
card services saw the card.
The second line depends upon your card opts and might not even exist for you
The third line is the key, it indicates that the cs knows what to do with
the card. If you don't have
a line like that then you probably need to edit /etc/pcmcia/config so that
your card is recognized.
The HOWTO gives details. (My copy of /etc/pcmcia/config has a commented out
NE2000 entry
'Too generic ?' that might be suitable for you to use).
The subsequent lines follow pretty automatically once the card is recognized
(for my card both
the 8390 and pcnet_cs modules must load).
--
Dr. Everett (Skip) Carter Phone: 831-641-0645 FAX: 831-641-0647
Taygeta Scientific Inc. INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Monterey, CA. 93940
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