HOW to use PCMCIA card in Linux?

beyond_2000 · 10-28-2002, 08:59 AM

I have a PCMCIA card which module is CE3B-100 (Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10/100). When I plug it into slot, my SuSE can probe it properly. But I cannot setup it in the YaST . If I chose a pcmcia netcard , it give me a device name which is eth-pcmcia-0(just like this) , but I there is no device information about it(Unknow device).
How can I make it work?

El Kid · 10-28-2002, 12:31 PM

don't worry that it doesn't give it a name. Just configure it. At the console type ifconfig and you should see a lo interface and your eth-pcmcia-0 interface. If you don't and your laptop has another lan socket , you may have to disable that first.

beyond_2000 · 10-28-2002, 06:14 PM

thanks a lot!
I did do that, but it doesn't work.The physical link is not connect even if I do this like what you said. And you cannot also ping the others address.
I windows , when you plug it in the socket, system will know the device what it is. I think it should be same to linux.

El Kid · 10-29-2002, 10:59 PM

I just tried suse8 on my IBM T20 laptop and I hade to delete the lan card from yast2 in order for it to use the pcmcia wireless card.

I agree it should be easier and I think mandrake uses a much more elegant solution.

Good Luck