Marty. Thanks for your feelings of sympathy.
It is not that I am completely illiterate when it comes to *nix sysadmin (I used to be the sysadmin of a few hp-ux boxes), but what is rather frustrating is that there does not seem to be a consistent set of documents/guidelines that help a user with these kinds of issues. Google is both a blessing and a curse in this context. You find all kinds of things but putting them in the context of my specific problem with the version of the Debian distro I am trying to use is basically impossible (I bump into hundreds of hotplug, pcmcia_cs, ifplugd,.... pages for all kinds of versions of all kinds of distro's) So let me have a last attempt to get some (well appreciated) community help for my really pretty basic problem I want to get a Xircom CBEM56G network/modem card (http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/resources/doc_library/tech_sp ecs/spec_xircbem56g100btx.htm) enabled during the boot of Debian 3.1 (2.4 kernel) running on an old Dell D300XT latitute laptop. What should I install (and/or remove) and how should I configure it? Thanks, Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: Marty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 9:28 PM > To: debian list > Subject: Re: Network (pcmcia card) not enabled after boot > [newbie alert] > > Peter Coppens wrote: > > If I remove pcmcia-cs (or at least make sure it is not > initialized by > > removing the links from the /etc/rcx.d directories) I can't even > > manually start the network (with ifup -a) after booting > > I'm not familiar enough with pcmcia-cs nor hotplug to guess what's > happening, but beware that for a variety of reasons just disabling > a package is not the same as removing it, at least for the purposes > of your test. For example the packaging system's "diversions" may > affect both packages and the only way to eliminate any interaction > may be to remove one or the other package. > > On the other since you're a newbie be cautious about removing > hotplug, since it could make your system unbootable. > > Hopefully somebody more familiar with your issues can help at > this point. > > > > > > If I first manually start pcmcia I can ifup the network. > > > > Any guidance would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Peter > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Marty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > snip > > >> If you have cardctl then I assume you are running pcmcia-cs. > >> It's not clear > >> to me why you would need both that and hotplug, because it > >> seems that their > >> functions overlap (although hotplug is listed in the > >> "recommended" section > >> of pcmcia-cs). Here is a link I found that supports this theory: > >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2003/07/msg00234.html > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
