Hi all. I have a strange issue when starting pcmcia and have been unable to pinpoint the problem (my system is MDK 9.1 - 2.4.21-0.13):
When I type "service pcmcia start" (or restart), the script restarts itself repeatedly for about 3 to 4 minutes (it slows down a lot once the system fills up with hundreds of duplicated processes), and the terminal fills up with: Starting PCMCIA services: Starting PCMCIA services: Starting PCMCIA services: Starting PCMCIA services: Starting PCMCIA services: Starting PCMCIA services: Starting PCMCIA services: Starting PCMCIA services: Starting PCMCIA services: etc. (sometimes at this point there is an error about too many files.) Then, for another 3 to 4 minutes I get this: insmod: a module named pcmcia_core already exists modprobe: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o.gz failed modprobe: insmod pcmcia_core failed insmod: a module named pcmcia_core already exists modprobe: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o.gz failed modprobe: insmod pcmcia_core failed insmod: a module named pcmcia_core already exists modprobe: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_core.o.gz failed modprobe: insmod pcmcia_core failed insmod: a module named pcmcia_core already exists etc. After it stops I can insert my wireless NIC and it works fine. If I set pcmcia to start on boot, it seems to take less time to go through the above, but it still takes about 4 minutes longer to boot than without pcmcia. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling pcmcia-cs. Any ideas? Thanks. -- Peter Pankonin, digitalcrucible Registered Linux User 246938 There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
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