[PlanetCCRMA] Re: Laptop problems with PCMCIA

[Andre Almeida]

I had the same problem although with RedHat 9. However i think what
matters is the kernel version. 

I posted a message about this issue last week (monday i think). The
problem is that the compiled modules don't have the right references to
their dependencies. So what you need to do is install the required
modules manually. 

Try installing the modules with /sbin/modprobe rather than insmod. This
will tell you what required modules are missing. These will have to be
installed manually for now.

Also I usually have to restart the X server after restarting the
network, otherwise no programs can find the server...

Hope this helps

André

On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 21:00, planetccrma-request@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
wrote:

> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 20:37:27 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Bob L. Sturm" <sturm@ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
> To: planetccrma@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
> Subject: [PlanetCCRMA] Laptop problems with PCMCIA
> 
> 
> I have reinstalled RedHat 8 (because 9 was too slow for me) and 
> PlanetCCRMA with the ACPI support on my laptop (Gateway 450XS). I notice 
> that when booting up there is not the usual two beeps I hear when the 
> PCMCIA is started, and consequently in a terminal "iwconfig" gives me no 
> wireless extensions. I have onboard wireless.
> 
> In the other kernel (2.3.18-14) I hear two beeps during start-up and then 
> I have wireless. What I was thinking was that my PCMCIA was not loading, 
> but when I give a lsmod in the CCRMA kernel I have yenta_socket and 
> pcmcia_core loaded. So it appears that the PCMCIA is loaded. I have 
> noticed that in the other kernel there is an orinoco_cs module loaded, 
> which doesn't appear in the ACPI-enabled kernel. 
> 
> I can go into the /lib/modules/2.4.21-1.11.acpi/kernal/drivers and execute 
> an insmod orinoco, insmod orinoco_cs. No errors; but when I do an 
> "ifconfig" or an "iwconfig" I only get back interfaces for lo and eth0. 
> What am I missing here. If the modules start then why can't I see eth1 (my 
> wireless).
> 
> Thanks for all of your help on my past questions.
> 
> -Bob.
-- 
Andre Almeida <almeida@ircam.fr>