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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> I'm sorry about posting so soon, but I've sorted out my last problem and now
> have a new problem:
>
> BL won't detect my Xircom IIps PS-CE2-10 network card.  I had it a few
> minutes ago, but I was forced to install BL and I lost my files (my fault
> completely, I should have known better).

I don't follow - the card was detected by BL until you reinstalled?

To add an unknown PCMCIA card you should only need to fetch the module and 
add two sections to /etc/pcmcia/config - one for the card and one for the 
device if it is not already there (xirc2ps_cs is not).  BL is not as 
complicated or automated as other linuxes.

Dont' change resolv.conf or you won't be able to access websites.

> I copied some files over from Tomsrbt, which detects my network card and
> connects to the network automatically.  The files were /etc/hosts,
> /etc/host.conf, /etc/rc.pcmcia, /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/pcmcia/conf,
> /etc/pcmcia/config.opts, /etc/pcmcia/network, /etc/pcmcia/network.opts, amd
> /etc/pcmcia/shared (I know not all of those are originaly included in BL,
> but they were needed by the Tomsrbt files).  Here's the output from
> /etc/pcmcia/start: (I couldn't get all of it, but this is most of it.  A bit
> is cut off from the top)
>
>   Vadem VG-469 rev 00 ISA-to-PCMCIA at port 0x3e0 ofs 0x00
>        host opts [0]: none
>        host opts [1]: none

This VADEM adaptor may be your problem.  It sounds like something that was 
added to your computer plugged into an ISA slot, and one part of it fits 
into an expansion bay in front, and you put the PCMCIA card into it.
Does the adaptor have 2 sockets?

We had a couple of these (1 socket each) that I got working with serial 
PCMCIA cards but nothing else.  At the time we had no use for them (we had 
regular ISA and PCI modems and network cards and we never expected to be 
using wireless cards).  Maybe you need an additional driver for it?  When 
it works with tomsrtbt, what does lsmod tell you?  (Post the list of 
modules).

>        ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,15 status change on irq 15
The adaptor is using IRQ 15.

> Using /lib/modules/2.2.26/pcmcia/ds.o
> Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: starting, version is 3.1.16
> Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: watching 2 sockets
> Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: Card Services release does not match
> Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: initializing socket 1
> cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff: clean.
> Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: socket 1: Xircom IIps Ethernet
It found the card in socket 1.

> Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: excuting: ' insmod
> /lib/modules/2.2.26/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.o'
> xirc2ps_cs.c 1.31 1998/12/09 19:32:55 (dd9jn+kvh)
> xirc2ps_cs: Card Services release does not match!
> Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: + Using /lib/modules/2.2.26/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.o
> Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: + insmod: init_modules: xirc2ps_cs: Device or
> resource busy

The module does not like this card?  What modules does tomsrtbt insert 
when it works with the card?  lsmod

> Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: insmod exited with status 1
> Apr 23 16:40:17 cardmgr[35]: executing: 'modprobe xirc2ps_cs'
> Apr 23 16:40:18 cardmgr[35]: get dev info on socket 1 failed: Try again
Maybe cardmgr cannot handle this adaptor?

> Apr 23 16:40:18 cardmgr[35]: exiting
>
> Then udhcpc says....
>
> info, udhcpc (v0.9.9-pre) started
> error, SIOCGIFINDEX failed!: No such device
>
> Which I assume means that it doesn't see the network card (right?).
It saw a card in the slot but seems not to have loaded a driver for it.
Sindi

> Thanks,
> Meyer

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