PCMCIA Recognition

[Jeff Vian]

Phil Savoie wrote:

>On Thursday 25 March 2004 17:21, Jeff Vian wrote:
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>>Phil Savoie wrote:
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>>>Hi All,
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>>>Awhile back I had asked this question and didn't really recieve any
>>>response that I can remember.  My setup is an Inspiron 7500 Dell Laptop
>>>using a Netgear FA-511 cardbus PCMCIA adapter.
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>>>Normally when I install I do a network install so I am perplexed by what
>>>is happening.  After the net install using the Netgear card in the pcmcia
>>>slot, on reboot, the cards lights are on indicating a connection.  On
>>>further inspection there is no dhcp setting set even though I set this on
>>>install.
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>>Yep, happens a lot with pcmcia network devices.
>>Check out the order of services being started in the /etc/rcX.d folders.
>>If the network gets started before the pcmcia services this happens.
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>I tried that by mv S24pcmcia to S10pcmcia and S10network to S24network in both 
>/etc/rc3.d and /etc/rc5.d but the problem still exists.  Much appreciate your 
>time to respond.  Thnak you. 
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This should have fixed it, but the numbers you give above showed that 
the services were previously being started backwards for a network card.

use "/sbin/ifconfig" to see the network config on the card as soon as 
you have booted.
If it has the address properly then it got started.

If not, then does "service network restart" get the thing working?  

If it does then something is still not quite right in the startup.  
If not then it is a network config issue, possibly related to network 
connection, DHCP server, or your config.

You can use <main menu>-<system settings>-<network> to 
 start/stop/configure the interface

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>>>I have to manually unplug the Netgear card and plug it back in, wait a few
>>>seconds and then I hve successful pings.
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>>>Could anyone please help me determine the the heck is going on as to why
>>>the pcmcia service/eth0 device is not playing nice?
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>>>Thanks in advance,
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>>>Phil
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