> can you download on your 6.1 the kernel-2.2.14-13mdk.i586.rpm and
> kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.14-13mdk.i586.rpm reboot and run a :
> -$ cardctl status
before updating the 6.1 kernel on the notebook with the working 3com
etherlink III, i figured that i should update my 2.2.13.7 kernel to
the officially-sanctioned version 2.2.13-22. i ran MandrakeUpdate,
edited /etc/lilo.conf, and rebooted.
the kernel booted fine but no networking services came up. the link
light on the pcmcia network card -- really a linksys/network
everywhere np10t -- didn't come on. the system was trying to load
(something like) /lib/modules/2.2.13-7/pcmcia/* and was failing. i
couldn't discover the right place to tell the system to load from
/lib/modules/2.2.13-22/pcmcia, and "uname -r" incorrectly claimed that
the kernel was 2.2.13-7. (yikes! where is _that_ set, and why didn't
it get updated?)
on the other hand, i did find the rc.pcmcia script that looks in
/lib/modules/preferred/pcmcia/. i cloned the *-22/pcmcia subdirectory
into the preferred/ directory, but that still didn't make the link
light come on. after an hour i had to give up on it, since i had
other deadlines to make tonight.
back on the original notebook with the np10t, i tried booting from the
january 1 pcmcia.img file. it still didn't find any network hardware,
but i found some interesting output while poking around on other
virtual screens.
alt-f3 sez (sorry about the stupid line breaks, if any -- outlook
express, sigh):
* PCI bridge probe:
* Cirrus PD6729 found, 2 sockets.
[there was a blank line there. -- bd]
* pcmcia pcic type: i82365
* running: /bin/insmod /bin/insmod /modules/pcmcia_core.o
* running: /bin/insmod /bin/insmod /modules/i82365.o
* running: /bin/insmod /bin/insmod /modules/ds.o
* in loadDeviceDriver, ks = 0, typName = ethernet
* pci probing for ethernet devices
* pci probe found 0 ethernet devices
i select the (regular) tulip driver, and alt-f3 shows:
* picked driver Digital 21040 (Tulip)
* running /bin/insmod /bin/insmod /modules/tulip.o
* insmod failed!
i select the "NE2000 compatible" driver, and alt-f3 shows similar
failures for /modules/8390.o and ne.o.
i select the "old tulip" driver just added to the pcmcia.img file,
which gives the same failure for /modules/old_tulip.o.
alt-f4 tells why insmod failed:
<30>Jan 3 19:31:31 cardmgr[17]: initializing socket 0
<6>cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff: clean.
<30>Jan 3 19:31:31 cardmgr[17]: socket 0: NE2000 Compatible Ethernet
<30>Jan 3 19:31:31 cardmgr[17]: executing: 'insmod
/modules/net/8390.o'
<30>Jan 3 19:31:32 cardmgr[17]: + Cannot find archive member
/modules/net/8390.o: file does not exist in archive
<30>Jan 3 19:31:32 cardmgr[17]: insmod exited with status 1
below that are error messages for pcnet_cs.o (unresolved symbols
ei_open, ethdev_init, ei_interrupt, NS8390_init), finishing up with
the line:
<30>Jan 3 19:31:33 cardmgr[17]: get dev info on socket 0 failed:
Resource temporarily unavailable
alt-f5 shows 6 lines of the form:
Cannot find archive member *.o: file does not exist in archive
... where *.o is:
tulip.o
ne.o
old_tulip.o
say, do i need to initialize/repartition the disk before trying to
install mandrake 7? i have a freebsd file system on the hard drive
now.
-- bd
