From: Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2004/06/28 Mon PM 11:44:19 EDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Laptop pcmcia ethernet card not recognized every other
boot up
Dennis Myers wrote:
Subject says the basic problem, if I have ethernet connection and
shut down the laptop (Compaq Presario 1700t ), the next time I boot
it I get a message that eth0 is removed. I do a restart and eth0 is
recognized and it asks if I want to configure it. Am I shutting down
incorrectly ? Or is there a switch or something else I should do? I
can understand if I had disconnected the card but It is still in the
slot. I have looked all over the man and howtos no idea what is
flakey. Thanks for any pointers
I bet this is a Cardbus card. The way things are supposed to work is
that PCMCIA cards are handled by hotplug, and should not be configured
when the system boots up. It should be detected when PCMCIA is started
if it is in the slot at boot, or when it is inserted. But it doesn't
always work that way...
You may want to disable harddrake. This will stop the system from
asking about configuring the interface when you boot. You usualy don't
need to run it on a laptop anyway. How often does hardware change on a
laptop? (Not counting PCMCIA cards, and USB devices. Harddrake isn't
supposed to deal with them anyway.)
Mikkel
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That is a good thought, I will give it a go and see what happens. Should have thought
of it myself. Thanks
Dennis M.
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