My old laptop lacks usb2.0 ports. So I bought a Syba pcmcia card with 3 usb 2.0 ports and an eSATA port (for my external drive).
The boot hangs when it detects the presence of the card. I have another card from some other manufacturer (card is not branded) with only eSATA ports, and it does not hang the system at all.
Not sure how to grab enough information to open a bug. When the system hangs, I lose all comm with the system, and I have to reboot.
On 06/17/2011 02:29 PM, JD wrote:
My old laptop lacks usb2.0 ports. So I bought a Syba pcmcia card with 3 usb 2.0 ports and an eSATA port (for my external drive).
The boot hangs when it detects the presence of the card. I have another card from some other manufacturer (card is not branded) with only eSATA ports, and it does not hang the system at all.
Not sure how to grab enough information to open a bug. When the system hangs, I lose all comm with the system, and I have to reboot.
What happens if you insert the card after the system is already up and running?
On 06/17/2011 12:03 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 06/17/2011 02:29 PM, JD wrote:
My old laptop lacks usb2.0 ports. So I bought a Syba pcmcia card with 3 usb 2.0 ports and an eSATA port (for my external drive).
The boot hangs when it detects the presence of the card. I have another card from some other manufacturer (card is not branded) with only eSATA ports, and it does not hang the system at all.
Not sure how to grab enough information to open a bug. When the system hangs, I lose all comm with the system, and I have to reboot.
What happens if you insert the card after the system is already up and running?
If I insert the good card, the card is recognized, and I can hot plug the external drive into the esata port and all is well.
The Syba card freezes the system whether I plug it in before or after boot. To be fair to Syba, they gave me an RMA and I returned it for an exchange. Will know in 2 weeks what the replacement card will do.
On 06/17/2011 03:09 PM, JD wrote:
If I insert the good card, the card is recognized, and I can hot plug the external drive into the esata port and all is well.
The Syba card freezes the system whether I plug it in before or after boot. To be fair to Syba, they gave me an RMA and I returned it for an exchange. Will know in 2 weeks what the replacement card will do.
If the system hangs on an insert, did you check /var/log/messages for any information which may have been recorded before the hang?
On 06/17/2011 12:11 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 06/17/2011 03:09 PM, JD wrote:
If I insert the good card, the card is recognized, and I can hot plug the external drive into the esata port and all is well.
The Syba card freezes the system whether I plug it in before or after boot. To be fair to Syba, they gave me an RMA and I returned it for an exchange. Will know in 2 weeks what the replacement card will do.
If the system hangs on an insert, did you check /var/log/messages for any information which may have been recorded before the hang?
Jun 15 22:05:34 localhost kernel: pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
and that's it! No more info after that.
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