LinuxQuestions.org - Fedora Core on Satellite Pro 4300 hangs up when its starting w/ LAN card inserted.

Problem
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I installed Fedora Core Release 1 (Yarrow) on my Laptop PC(Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300). It seems it is working ok except that the Laptop hangs up when I srart/restart the laptop with a LAN card inserted. I used two LAN cards (3com Megahertz 10/100 Lan PC card model 3ccfe574BT & Linksys EtherFast 10/100 PC card model PCMPC100), but either card does not work. When the laptop stops, if I eject the LAN card, it starts to move again and completes its starting process. After the Laptop has started, I can insert the LAN cards any time into the slot and it works perfectly fine. The hang-up happens only when I start/restart the laptop with the LAN card inserted.

System Summary
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Kernel Version: 2.4.22-1.2135.nptl
OS: Fedora Core Release 1 (Yarrow)
PC: Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300
Lan Card: 1) 3com Megahertz 10/100 Lan PC card model 3ccfe574BT
2) Linksys EtherFast 10/100 PC card model PCMPC100

System Log
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Below is the system log until laptop hangs up. Not from the very beginning, but from after cardmgr recoginizes the 3 com LAN card. I think the network connection is established, but after that the laptop hangs up for some reason:

Dec 26 12:41:10 localhost pcmcia: cardmgr.
Dec 26 12:41:11 localhost cardmgr[1461]: starting, version is 3.1.31
Dec 26 12:41:11 localhost rc: Starting pcmcia: succeeded
Dec 26 12:41:11 localhost cardmgr[1461]: watching 2 sockets
Dec 26 12:41:11 localhost cardmgr[1461]: Card Services release does not match
Dec 26 12:41:11 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
Dec 26 12:41:11 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x378-0x37f 0x4d0-0x4d7
Dec 26 12:41:11 localhost kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
Dec 26 12:41:11 localhost kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean.
Dec 26 12:41:11 localhost cardmgr[1461]: socket 0: 3Com 572/574 Fast Ethernet
Dec 26 12:41:11 localhost cardmgr[1461]: executing: 'modprobe 3c574_cs'
Dec 26 12:41:12 localhost netfs: Mounting other filesystems: succeeded
Dec 26 12:41:12 localhost kernel: eth0: Megahertz 574B at io 0x300, irq 5, hw_addr 00:01:03:AA:69:90.
Dec 26 12:41:12 localhost kernel: ASIC rev 1, 64K FIFO split 1:1 Rx:Tx, autoselect MII interface.
Dec 26 12:41:12 localhost cardmgr[1461]: executing: './network start eth0'
Dec 26 12:41:13 localhost apmd[1512]: Version 3.0.2 (APM BIOS 1.2, Linux driver 1.16)
Dec 26 12:41:13 localhost apmd: apmd startup succeeded
Dec 26 12:41:13 localhost kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
Dec 26 12:41:14 localhost autofs: automount startup succeeded
Dec 26 12:41:14 localhost smartd[1587]: smartd version 5.21 Copyright (C) 2002-3 Bruce Allen
Dec 26 12:41:14 localhost smartd[1587]: Home page is # I erace the URL since this BBS does not allow me to post with the page address.
Dec 26 12:41:14 localhost smartd[1587]: Opened configuration file /etc/smartd.conf
Dec 26 12:41:14 localhost apmd[1512]: Battery: * * * (100% 1:57)
Dec 26 12:41:14 localhost smartd[1587]: Configuration file /etc/smartd.conf parsed.
Dec 26 12:41:14 localhost smartd[1587]: Device: /dev/hda, opened
Dec 26 12:41:14 localhost smartd[1587]: Device: /dev/hda, not found in smartd database.
Dec 26 12:41:15 localhost smartd[1587]: Device: /dev/hda, is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list.
Dec 26 12:41:15 localhost smartd[1587]: Monitoring 1 ATA and 0 SCSI devices
Dec 26 12:41:15 localhost smartd[1611]: smartd has fork()ed into background mode. New PID=1611.
Dec 26 12:41:15 localhost smartd: smartd startup succeeded
Dec 26 12:41:15 localhost kernel: eth0: found link beat
Dec 26 12:41:15 localhost kernel: eth0: autonegotiation complete: 100baseT-FD selected
Dec 26 12:41:16 localhost dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Dec 26 12:41:17 localhost dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1
Dec 26 12:41:17 localhost dhclient: bound to 192.168.1.102 -- renewal in 41668 seconds.
Dec 26 12:41:19 localhost kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
Dec 26 12:41:19 localhost kernel: parport0: irq 7 detected
Dec 26 12:41:19 localhost kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling).
Dec 26 12:41:19 localhost kernel: lp0: console ready
Dec 26 12:41:19 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-188
Dec 26 12:41:20 localhost last message repeated 15 times
Dec 26 12:41:20 localhost cups: cupsd startup succeeded
Dec 26 12:41:21 localhost sshd: succeeded
Dec 26 12:41:21 localhost xinetd: xinetd startup succeeded
Dec 26 12:41:22 localhost apmd[1512]: Now using AC Power
Dec 26 12:41:24 localhost xinetd[1726]: xinetd Version 2.3.12 started with libwrap loadavg options compiled in.
Dec 26 12:41:24 localhost xinetd[1726]: Started working: 1 available service
Dec 26 12:41:24 localhost sendmail: sendmail startup succeeded
Dec 26 12:41:24 localhost sendmail: sm-client startup succeeded
Dec 26 12:41:25 localhost gpm: gpm startup succeeded
Dec 26 12:41:27 localhost canna: succeeded
Dec 26 12:41:28 localhost crond: crond startup succeeded
Dec 26 12:41:30 localhost xfs: xfs startup succeeded
Dec 26 12:41:30 localhost anacron: anacron startup succeeded
Dec 26 12:41:30 localhost atd: atd startup succeeded
Dec 26 12:41:31 localhost xfs: ignoring font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic (unreadable)
Dec 26 12:41:32 localhost messagebus: messagebus startup succeeded
Dec 26 12:41:33 localhost init: open(/dev/pts/0): No such file or directory
Dec 26 12:41:33 localhost last message repeated 2 times
Dec 26 12:42:00 localhost gdm(pam_unix)[1915]: session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Dec 26 12:42:02 localhost gconfd (root-1996): starting (version 2.4.0), pid 1996 user 'root'
Dec 26 12:42:02 localhost gconfd (root-1996): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only config source at position 0
Dec 26 12:42:02 localhost gconfd (root-1996): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable config source at position 1
Dec 26 12:42:02 localhost gconfd (root-1996): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only config source at position 2
Dec 26 12:42:14 localhost xinetd[2011]: warning: can't get client address: Transport endpoint is not connected
Dec 26 12:42:23 localhost kernel: hdc: attached ide-cdrom driver.
Dec 26 12:42:23 localhost kernel: hdc: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Dec 26 12:42:23 localhost kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
Dec 26 12:42:31 localhost kernel: cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!

#So, the laptop hangs up here. After I eject the LAN card (and put the card right back in), the laptop starts again. Below is the system log after I eject the LAN card:

Dec 26 12:50:15 localhost kernel: eth0: interrupt(s) dropped!
Dec 26 12:50:16 localhost cardmgr[1461]: executing: './network stop eth0'
Dec 26 12:50:33 localhost cardmgr[1461]: executing: 'modprobe -r 3c574_cs'
Dec 26 12:50:35 localhost cardmgr[1461]: socket 0: 3Com 572/574 Fast Ethernet
Dec 26 12:50:35 localhost cardmgr[1461]: executing: 'modprobe 3c574_cs'
Dec 26 12:50:36 localhost kernel: eth0: Megahertz 574B at io 0x300, irq 5, hw_addr 00:01:03:AA:69:90.
Dec 26 12:50:36 localhost kernel: ASIC rev 1, 64K FIFO split 1:1 Rx:Tx, autoselect MII interface.
Dec 26 12:50:36 localhost cardmgr[1461]: executing: './network start eth0'
Dec 26 12:50:41 localhost kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
Dec 26 12:50:43 localhost kernel: eth0: found link beat
Dec 26 12:50:43 localhost kernel: eth0: autonegotiation complete: 100baseT-FD selected
Dec 26 12:50:49 localhost dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Dec 26 12:50:51 localhost dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1
Dec 26 12:50:52 localhost dhclient: bound to 192.168.1.102 -- renewal in 43089 seconds.
Dec 26 12:51:36 localhost kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0c.0
Dec 26 12:51:36 localhost kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:0b.1
Dec 26 12:51:36 localhost kernel: ymfpci: YMF744 at 0xefff8000 IRQ 11
Dec 26 12:51:36 localhost kernel: ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: AKM2 (Asahi Kasei AK4543)
Dec 26 12:51:37 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-0-0

Sorry for the long message, but I appreciate it if anyone can help me to solve this problem.

Sincerely yours,

tak