2 Problems - PCMCIA Car & Vi Modes
I've messed around a bit with various flavors of Linux, but I'm trying to get wireless on an old Satellite 330CDS Laptop (PII, 32MB), and slackware seems to be the only thing I can get it to install / boot :)
So far its great, but I have 2 problems: 1) When I insert a PCMCIA card (which I need for wireless), the system freezes. It is a hard freeze, I have to turn the power off. I tried the standard pcmcia lib, as well as the pcmcia-cs lib (installed currently). I've seen some people say that excluding irqs or address ranges helps, but I have no idea what irq / range to exclude. 2) Also, vi is not staying in insert mode. When I've used vi/vim in the past, "INSERT" appears in the command area when insert mode is entered. It isn't showing up, and even after I press 'i' it keeps reverting to command mode unless I keep pressing 'i'. What the heck? Thanks |
For the freezing when you put a PCMCIA card in the slot, I recommend you put the card in before you boot the computer, that way it is recognized and correctly dealt with during boot-up. Have you tried that yet ? Depending on the wireless card you have, you may or may not need other drivers ... what wireless card do you have ?
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Its an Atheros Chipset...I know I'll have to use MadWifi...But I just don't want it to freeze, or would installing madwifi fix the problem?
I fixed the Vim problem.... set nocp :) Thanks |
Yeah, you should probably install madwifi first, and then see if doesn't freeze anymore.
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MadWifi is installed, and it still freezes. Its not a driver problem anyways, it immediately freezes as soon as I insert OR remove the card while the pcmcia detection is on.
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Does it not freeze if you have the card in before booting and then take it out after shutting down ?
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