I'm a bit confused with how to get pcmcia cards running once again now that I've updated the kernel to 2.6.8 from 2.4.26 on a slackware 10.0 laptop. I wonder if anyone can help - but go easy on me I am a newbie.

Relevant info:

Module Size Used by
usb_storage 47616 -
ipv6 214244 -
arc4 1320 -
ieee80211_crypt_wep 4712 -
crc32 3688 -
lp 8360 -
parport 31976 -
intel_agp 18216 -
ehci_hcd 24908 -
usbcore 95844 -
eth1394 17168 -
snd_intel8x0 28104 -
snd_ac97_codec 60524 -
snd_pcm 77128 -
snd_timer 18892 -
snd_page_alloc 8592 -
snd_mpu401_uart 5384 -
snd_rawmidi 16384 -
snd 38648 -
soundcore 6272 -
8250_pci 15912 -
8250 27424 -
serial_core 17160 -
ipw2100 146300 -
firmware_class 6696 -
ieee80211 13260 -
ieee80211_crypt 4396 -
ohci1394 29452 -
ieee1394 88920 -
eepro100 25428 -
mii 3656 -
joydev 7616 -
evdev 6848 -
ds 12908 -
pcmcia_core 51172 -
ntfs 89812 -
ide_scsi 12876 -
agpgart 27016 -
apm 16980 -


# PCMCIA/CardBus support
#
CONFIG_PCMCIA=m
# CONFIG_PCMCIA_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_YENTA is not set
# CONFIG_PD6729 is not set
CONFIG_I82092=m
CONFIG_I82365=m
CONFIG_TCIC=m
CONFIG_PCMCIA_PROBE=y

Thanks!

geomatt

Try starting a teminal and log into said terminal as root.

type "/sbin/modprobe yenta_socket" without the quotes. That should make the computer see any devices in the PCMCIA slot(s).

then type "/etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart" without the quotes. This should cause the PCMCIA service to reload with the hardware.

If you're trying to use a network card in the PCMCIA bus, type "/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart" without quotes and that should get your wired network card going.

If it refuses to detect the card in the boot process, add a line to /etc/modules.conf to the effect of "alias eth0 pcnet_cs" without the quotes to get the module to load on boot. You might need to change the pcnet_cs to a different setting for your network card, but that's over my head.

Hope this helps!

Will Seberger

Thanks for the reply.

Actually, I figured out what to do late last night. I had tried what you suggested - "modprobe yenta_socket" - and that didn't work - the module couldn't be found. After doing much more research I figured I needed a more drastic solution - recompiling the kernel to include support for yenta. That worked by giving me access to that module. I guess I must have missed it the first time through when I compiled 2.6.8.

The odd thing is, a compact flash adapter inserted in the pcmcia slot worked automatically with no tweaking needed before I had this problem (this time around I was trying to get it to see a wireless network card). I guess the pcmcia slot must be treated differently depending on what you stick into it.

Thanks!
geomatt