Linux-wlan install breaks Fedora test2 pcmcia

[Robert L Cochran]

You might want to run an up2date session because there are several dozen 
  packages waiting for up2date, including a new kernel, kernel source, 
initscripts...all of these will be of interest to you. You have to 
subscribe to the 'Severn Beta 2 (i386) Updates' channel of RHN (see 
earlier email by Gerry Tool on how to do this.)

Actually I'm groaning a bit because there is a new kernel, and I 
especially recompiled the original kernel for the Intersil 54g cardbus 
driver being developed by Luis Rodriguez' group at Rutgers. I'll see if 
the recompiled original kernel + the new driver + the new SMC wireless 
card play well together and get me connected to the internet.

Bob


fedora-test-list wrote:

> After installing linux-wlan on Fedora test2 (Vaio R505TS ACPI Laptop),
> pcmcia breaks with the following upon startup:
> 
> [root at localhost linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre12]# /etc/init.d/pcmcia start
> Starting PCMCIA services: modulesmodprobe: Can't locate module pcmcia_core.o
> modprobe: Can't locate module yenta_socket.o
> modprobe: Can't locate module ds.o
>  cardmgr.
> 
> In /var/log/messages:
> Oct  2 23:35:42 localhost cardmgr[8783]: starting, version is 3.1.31
> Oct  2 23:35:42 localhost cardmgr[8783]: no pcmcia driver in /proc/devices
> Oct  2 23:35:42 localhost cardmgr[8783]: exiting
> 
> I am using pre12 in this example but I have tried other versions of the
> linux-wlan code and the result of breaking pcmcia has been the same.  Any
> help would be appreciated as to how to get the driver working, or how to
> get my old pcmcia working.  Re-ran depmod -a.  Also rebooted.  To compile
> linux-wlan drivers, they require that you have the pcmcia source on the
> system and configured, I downloaded 3.1.22 and threw it in /usr/src/ and
> ran make config on it.
> 
> Kernel Params:
> acpi=on nogui      (also tried with pci=biosirq)
> 
> $ uname -a
> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.22-1.2061.nptl #1 Mon Sep 22 14:39:36 EDT
> 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> 
> Starting pcmcia: (Before linux-wlan install)
> Oct  2 23:22:10 localhost kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
> Oct  2 23:22:10 localhost kernel:   options:  [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
> Oct  2 23:22:10 localhost kernel: Yenta IRQ list 0cb8, PCI irq9
> Oct  2 23:22:10 localhost kernel: Socket status: 30000410
> 
> 
> Linux-wlan ./Configure:
> linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre12]# ./Configure
> 
> -------------- Linux WLAN Configuration Script -------------
> The default responses are correct for most users.
> 
> Build Prism2.x PCMCIA Card Services (_cs) driver? (y/n) [y]:
> Build Prism2 PLX9052 based PCI (_plx) adapter driver? (y/n) [n]:
> Build Prism2.5 native PCI (_pci) driver? (y/n) [n]:
> Build Prism2.5 USB (_usb) driver? (y/n) [n]:
> Linux source directory [/usr/src/linux]:
> The kernel source tree is version 2.4.22-1.2061.nptl.
> The current kernel build date is Mon Sep 22 14:39:36 2003.
> Alternate target install root directory on host []:
> PCMCIA script directory [/etc/pcmcia]:
>   Module install directory [/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2061.nptl]:
> It looks like you have a System V init file setup.
> Prefix for build host compiler? (rarely needed) []:
> Build for debugging (see doc/config.debug) (y/n) [n]:
> Configuration successful.
> 
> 
> Files linux-wlan installs:
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Bob Cochran
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