PCMCIA Woes
Peter Quackenbush
I have a compaq armada m300 trying to configure a 3Com 10/100 LAN Cardbus.
Model 3CCFE575BT. I have tried to get pcmcia working on sarge, but to no
avail. I would like it to work with dhcp. I have the same problem working
with every kernel I've tried (even ones I've built myself.) Running
/etc/init.d/pcmcia start activates the card and cardctl status and cardctl
ident both show the correct card. lspci -v also shows it.
But when I run ifconfig, it only shows the loopback interface. I cannot
get eth0 to show up. Its supposed to be on dhcp. ifconfig eth0 outputs
My /etc/network/interfaces reads,
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
#This entry was created during the Debian Installation
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
I did notice that when I run "/etc/pcmcia/network start eth0" I only
get (and I'm not sure if this is useful. I can't decipher what the
script is doing, but maybe someone out there can);
usage: /etc/pcmcia/network [action] [device name]
actions: start check stop suspend resume
In other words, its acting as if I never put in any arguments in the
first place.
Running "sh -x /etc/pcmcia/network start eth0" as per the
PCMCIA-HOWTO troubleshooting part recommends gives the following output.
ACTION=start
DEVICE=eth0
NEW_SCHEME=
get_info eth0
'[' -d /var/lib/pcmcia ']'
STAB=/var/run/stab
'[' -f /var/lib/pcmcia/scheme ']'
'[' -f /var/run/pcmcia-scheme ']'
cat /var/lib/misc/pcmcia-scheme
SCHEME=
'[' -z '' '['
SCHEME=default
grep_stab eth0
local CLASS DEV
read SOCKET CLASS DRIVER INSTANCE DEV MAJOR MINOR
'[' Socket '!=' Socket -a eth0 = device '['
read SOCKET CLASS DRIVER INSTANCE DEV MAJOR MINOR
return 1
usage
echo 'usage: /etc/pcmcia/network [action] [device name]'
usage: /etc/pcmcia/network [action] [device name]
echo ' actions: start check stop suspend resume'
actions: start check stop suspend resume
exit 1
I'm guessing that the line that says, '[' Socket '!=' Socket -a
eth0 = device '[' is where the problem is, but I have no idea how to
rectify this.
Anyone have any ideas how I can get my PCMCIA card working?
Thanks in advance.
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Peter Quackenbush
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Marc Wilson
> I have a compaq armada m300 trying to configure a 3Com 10/100 LAN Cardbus.
> Model 3CCFE575BT. I have tried to get pcmcia working on sarge, but to no
> avail.
It's supported by the 3c59x driver. You *do* have that one, don't you?
> I would like it to work with dhcp. I have the same problem working
> with every kernel I've tried (even ones I've built myself.) Running
> /etc/init.d/pcmcia start activates the card and cardctl status and cardctl
> ident both show the correct card. lspci -v also shows it.
It's not controlled by PCMCIA. Not without a lot of hackery. It's
controlled by Kernel Card Services (most or all CardBus cards seem to be).
If that's not enabled in your kernel, it needs to be. You need
CONFIG_HOTPLUG, CONFIG_PCMCIA, but not CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI.
> But when I run ifconfig, it only shows the loopback interface. I cannot
> get eth0 to show up.
It's there, it's just not configured yet. You can see it if you explicitly
ask for eth0.
Install hotplug, read README.Debian, configure /etc/network/interfaces
appropriately, you're done.
I'd like to hear about it if you get yours to survive a suspend. My 575 on
a Thinkpad 600E does not. I have apmd eject it whenever the laptop goes to
sleep. In fact, no CardBus cards do.
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Peter Quackenbush
I'll let you know if I can get the card to survive suspend mode.
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Peter Quackenbush
"I will remove the northerner far from you,
and drive him into a parched and desolate land"
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