Enabling PCMCIA on 10.1

saltireboy · 04-23-2005, 03:24 PM

When installing I had to disable all hardware detection on my Compaq Presario Laptop in order to get install to complete.

No I need to enable and Start PCMCIA at boot time but using the Services Manager in the KDE does not start the service.

I am new to Linux, but am comfortable with entering commands in a shell window.

Any help would be appreciated.

samael26 · 04-23-2005, 03:28 PM

Hi,
You won't do anything worth the mentionning on the KDE control center.
Since you are using Mandrake 10.1, you can try in MCC (mandrake Control Center)
Choose system, I think then Services : you will be presented with a gui to enable
services such as PCMCIA.

Cheers

saltireboy · 04-23-2005, 03:38 PM

Thanks, but as I mentioned, I am new to all this.

The MCC is what I used, but clicking on Start next to PCMCIA (initially shows as enable at boot, and stopped) does nothing.

Any other ideas?

samael26 · 04-23-2005, 03:46 PM

Yes, reboot and press (I) the letter i to enter interactive mode, then if I am not

mistaken you will have a chance to enable it at this stage of booting.

You will have to say Yes or No to a number of things, choose the ones you want..

Cheers

saltireboy · 04-23-2005, 04:05 PM

I don't seem to be able to enter interactive mode. But I did notice that PCMCIA is started ok in the startup section. Then checking in MCC it shows as stopped.

Is there a way of starting it from a shell window?

samael26 · 04-23-2005, 04:15 PM

Did you just type i or "capital" i ?

You must type it like C or D, R... not as i

You can try "start pcmcia" in the shell but I am not sure at all. I have a desktop

which does not have a slot for such cards.

Hope that helps

If it is ok at startup, it should work.. Very strange

saltireboy · 04-24-2005, 03:18 AM

OK. Eventually got the interactive mode to start, but with no effect.

Startup says it has started OK but when in KDE the MCC says it has stopped, and I am unable to start it again using the Start button.

Is there an event type log that might tell me why it has stopped?