On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:35:53 -0600, Phillip Hellewell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
apologies for the lack of distinct information...
>
> What is the exact error it gives?
* PCMCIA support detected.
* Starting pcmcia...
cardmgr[7050]: no sockets found!
* cardmgr failed to start. Make sure that you have PCMCIA
* modules built or support compiled into the kernel
[ !! ]
> Have you tried looking in daemon.log
> or syslog?
i don't have those, metalog has something about cardmgr failing to
start, but doesn't give any more info than the error above
> Which kernel driver(s) did you compile in attempt to fix it?
i compiled in PCMCIA/CardBus support, and then compiled CardBus
yenta-compatible bridge support, Cirrus PD6729 compatible bridge
support, i82092 compatible bridge supprt and i82365 compatible bridge
support as modules...
> Did you build them as modules or into the kernel? If as modules, what
> happens if you try to modprobe them?
i built them as modules, but i'm not sure how to modprobe them...
>
> Was your wireless card working before, or is this the first time you are
> setting it up?
first time setting it up in gentoo (i'm new to gentoo)... it worked
like a charm in rh8 and fc1
> What network card do you have, or what is the output of
> cardctl info?
cardctl doesn't seem to see it...
it's a us robotics card... uses linux-wlan-ng driver...
> Is there an entry in /etc/pcmcia/config that matches your
> manfid?
i don't see anything, but i'm not 100% certain what i'm looking for...
>
> Hopefully these questions will help us get started on fixing the
> problem...
>
apologies for the newbie-ism... :)
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