PCMCIA Recognition
Phil Savoie
psavoie1783 at rogers.com
Fri Mar 26 14:32:26 UTC 2004
On Thursday 25 March 2004 17:21, Jeff Vian wrote:
> Phil Savoie wrote:
> >Hi All,
> >
> >Awhile back I had asked this question and didn't really recieve any
> > response that I can remember. My setup is an Inspiron 7500 Dell Laptop
> > using a Netgear FA-511 cardbus PCMCIA adapter.
> >
> >Normally when I install I do a network install so I am perplexed by what
> > is happening. After the net install using the Netgear card in the pcmcia
> > slot, on reboot, the cards lights are on indicating a connection. On
> > further inspection there is no dhcp setting set even though I set this on
> > install.
>
> Yep, happens a lot with pcmcia network devices.
> Check out the order of services being started in the /etc/rcX.d folders.
> If the network gets started before the pcmcia services this happens.
I tried that by mv S24pcmcia to S10pcmcia and S10network to S24network in both
/etc/rc3.d and /etc/rc5.d but the problem still exists. Much appreciate your
time to respond. Thnak you.
>
> >I have to manually unplug the Netgear card and plug it back in, wait a few
> >seconds and then I hve successful pings.
> >
> >Could anyone please help me determine the the heck is going on as to why
> > the pcmcia service/eth0 device is not playing nice?
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >
> >Phil
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