On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 04:03:40PM -0400, Kevin McKinley wrote: > On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 12:25:36 -0600 > Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have an old laptop on which I have recently installed Woody. I have
... > > But the instructions for compiling the driver can't work as written > > for Debian. The compile command is: > > > > gcc -DCARDBUS -DMODULE -D_KERNEL_ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes \ > > -O6 -c dfe690.c -o dfe690_cb.o \ > > -I/usr/src/linux/pcmcia-cs-3.0.9/include/pcmcia/ > > Google for "dfe690-txd linux" and you'll get some references. The module you > need is "8139too". > > You want to forget about the source code on that CD and use a later version. > The current version in Woody is 3.1.33; you can get it by apt-getting > pcmcia-source. > > The Debian way to manage kernels and pcmcia is shown here: > > http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html > > You may not even need to roll your own; if you were using a Debian 2.4 > kernel you may be able to just run modconf and insert the module. > Looked at google. Found link to mail to this list from dman. dfe690txd is supported by the 8139too driver. I decided to scrap attempts at compiling from source and instead do a clean install of Woody. (Don't ask what all I had done wrong before I got to the point of having a well formed question.) This did not work. Even during the Woody install there were indications that there was a developing problem. The install scripts couldn't configure the network stuff, something I have done many times for non-pcmcia computers. But I pushed on. I installed kernel-image-2.4.18-586tsc and associated pcmcia packages. Rebooting made the pilot light on the DLink card turn out. In dmesg I found the 8139too driver was loaded, but the last message is: ds: no socket drivers loaded! (excl.pt. is part of the displayed message) I learned from pcmcia that there are two possible socket drivers: tcic and i82365. I tried insmod on both. Neither would install. Is possible that my laptop is too old for modern pcmcia? I remember vaguely a time when there was a transition from 16bit to 32bit pcmcia. When was that? The laptop is a Fujitsu Lifebook 520D that was purchased in Jan 1997. Is that too old for modern software? Thanks for reading this ramble. All suggestions gratefully accepted. TIA -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]