boot error: pcnet_cs device eth0 does not seem to be present. delaying initialization.

background: dual boot laptop just lost hard drive, so i reinstalled xp pro and fedora core 2. the previous config was win2k and redhat 9.0. under both os everything worked flawlessly. i upgraded to xp pro and fedora and now the nic won't work. i'm using a dlink dfe-650 pcmcia nic. i've tried turning off pnp in the bios, and kudzu in fedora. still no glory. here is some output from ifconfig, lspci -v, and a copy of hwconf.

ifconfig:

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

RX packets:2820 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:2820 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:2952263 (2.8 Mb) TX bytes:2952263 (2.8 Mb)

lspci -v:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)

Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64

Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)

Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 96

Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: f4100000-f5ffffff
Expansion ROM at 00002000 [disabled] [size=4K]

00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
I/O ports at 1090 [size=16]

00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
I/O ports at 1060 [size=32]

00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9

00:08.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device b103
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 9
Memory at 18000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)

Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=176

I/O window 0: 00000000-00000003

I/O window 1: 00000000-00000003

16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

00:09.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem (rev 01)
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation Bear
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9

Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
I/O ports at 1080 [size=8]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 12)
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device 002e
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
I/O ports at 1400
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device b18b
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 10
Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
Memory at f4100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [50] AGP version 1.0
Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 1

hwconf:
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class: OTHER
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: unknown
desc: "Intel Corp.|82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI"
vendorId: 8086
deviceId: 7113
subVendorId: 0000
subDeviceId: 0000
pciType: 1
pcidom: 0
pcibus: 0
pcidev: 7
pcifn: 3
-
class: OTHER
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: unknown
desc: "Intel Corp.|82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA"
vendorId: 8086
deviceId: 7110
subVendorId: 0000
subDeviceId: 0000
pciType: 1
pcidom: 0
pcibus: 0
pcidev: 7
pcifn: 0
-
class: OTHER
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: ignore
desc: "Intel Corp.|440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge"
vendorId: 8086
deviceId: 7191
subVendorId: 0000
subDeviceId: 0000
pciType: 1
pcidom: 0
pcibus: 0
pcidev: 1
pcifn: 0
-
class: OTHER
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: agpgart
desc: "Intel Corp.|440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge"
vendorId: 8086
deviceId: 7190
subVendorId: 0000
subDeviceId: 0000
pciType: 1
pcidom: 0
pcibus: 0
pcidev: 0
pcifn: 0
-
class: OTHER
bus: USB
detached: 0
driver: unknown
desc: "Linux 2.6.5-1.358 uhci_hcd UHCI Host Controller"
usbclass: 9
usbsubclass: 0
usbprotocol: 0
usbbus: 1
usblevel: 0
usbport: 0
usbdev: 1
vendorId: 0000
deviceId: 0000
usbmfr: Linux 2.6.5-1.358 uhci_hcd
usbprod: UHCI Host Controller
-
class: MOUSE
bus: PSAUX
detached: 0
device: input/mice
driver: synaptics
desc: "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
-
class: AUDIO
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: snd-maestro3
desc: "ESS Technology|ES1988 Allegro-1"
vendorId: 125d
deviceId: 1988
subVendorId: 0e11
subDeviceId: 002e
pciType: 1
pcidom: 0
pcibus: 0
pcidev: a
pcifn: 0
-
class: CDROM
bus: IDE
detached: 0
device: hdc
driver: ignore
desc: "UJDA310"
-
class: MODEM
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: unknown
desc: "Conexant|HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem"
vendorId: 14f1
deviceId: 2013
subVendorId: 0e11
subDeviceId: b195
pciType: 1
pcidom: 0
pcibus: 0
pcidev: 9
pcifn: 0
-
class: VIDEO
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: Card:ATI Rage Mobility
desc: "ATI|Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x"
vendorId: 1002
deviceId: 4c4d
subVendorId: 0e11
subDeviceId: b18b
pciType: 1
pcidom: 0
pcibus: 1
pcidev: 0
pcifn: 0
-
class: FLOPPY
bus: MISC
detached: 1
device: fd0
driver: unknown
desc: "3.5" 1.44MB floppy drive"
-
class: HD
bus: IDE
detached: 0
device: hda
driver: ignore
desc: "TOSHIBA MK3018GAP"
physical: 17475/15/63
logical: 58140/16/63

-
class: KEYBOARD
bus: PSAUX
detached: 0
driver: ignore
desc: "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
-
class: USB
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: uhci-hcd
desc: "Intel Corp.|82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB"
vendorId: 8086
deviceId: 7112
subVendorId: 0000
subDeviceId: 0000
pciType: 1
pcidom: 0
pcibus: 0
pcidev: 7
pcifn: 2
-
class: SOCKET
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: yenta_socket
desc: "Texas Instruments|PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller"
vendorId: 104c
deviceId: ac50
subVendorId: 0e11
subDeviceId: b103
pciType: 1
pcidom: 0
pcibus: 0
pcidev: 8
pcifn: 0
-
class: IDE
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: unknown
desc: "Intel Corp.|82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE"
vendorId: 8086

deviceId: 7111
subVendorId: 0000
subDeviceId: 0000
pciType: 1
pcidom: 0
pcibus: 0
pcidev: 7
pcifn: 1
-

class: NETWORK
bus: PCMCIA
detached: 150
device: eth0
driver: pcnet_cs
desc: "D-Link DFE-650 Fast Ethernet"
vendorId: 0149
deviceId: 0230
function: 0
slot: 0

thanks in advance for your help.

How does the ethernet port work in Windoze???

If it fails there as well, it just very well might have been fried by the same thing that took out the hard-drive. That's likely to be a bad capacitor discharging and wiping out some components...

If it works fine in windoze, then it is obviously a setup or configuration problem.

yes, the adapter works without issue in windows. any ideas where to look to fix a config problem. i've never had to manually set up hardware before, as it's usually found at install.

any suggestions?

This is a PCMCIA card right???
What distro did you have it working in before???

I'm guessing that Fedora Core might be lacking support for the Texas Instruments cardbus, or the actual card itself.