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jan.mrazek
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 Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:23 pm Post subject: Get my PCMCIA card work after installation |
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Hello,
I have installed a gentoo on my notebook, following the handbook. I used genkernel, and I think I did all I should to get my PCMCIA card working (and of course, it did during the installation!). But unfortunately, it doesn't.
I tried the same procedure as in the handbook to get it work, and this is what I get :
| Code: | # ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
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| Code: | # ifconfig eth1
eth1: error fetching interface information: Device not found |
| Code: | # /etc/init.d/pcmcia start
* WARNING: "pcmcia" has already been started |
All this holds even if I do :
This was certenly a naïve way to do, but it is the only one I know before asking for better here...
Best regards
Jan |
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kbielefe
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| Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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Did you have to do anything special to get it to work for installation? If so, what?
If not, you might want to compare the results of the lsmod command between your system as-is and when it works from the installation CD. Add any modules that are missing on your current system to your /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 file to have those modules loaded on boot. |
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jan.mrazek
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| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:22 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for your reply.
I had no special trouble to configure my card during the installation. But yersterday I took another card (from my father) to see whenever it would work easier. And this time I can't even configure it with the liveCD... So I'll change again, and then follow your instruction.
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jan.mrazek
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:37 am Post subject: |
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Now I found which modules I need :
| Code: | orinoco_cs
orinoco
hermes |
But they are not found in the /lib/modules/2.6.13-gentoo-r3. If I put them in the autoload file ; it fails. What should I do? Emerge them using the liveCD, and then copy them into /lib/modules/2.6.13-gentoo-r3/kernel/extramodules?
But to be able to emerge, do I have to chroot, i.e. execute :
| Code: | #chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
# env-update
* Caching service dependencies...
# source /etc/profile |
Or, since they are on the CD, it should be possible to get them there. But I don't know how to find my cdrom... |
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jan.mrazek
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:40 am Post subject: |
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| For my cd, I followed the handbook. And I thought it would be in /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 ; but no such directory exists... |
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feivelda
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:43 am Post subject: |
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I don't know how genkernel exactly works, but I would suggest to you to compile your kernel by hand.
I have a orinoco pcmcia card too, and it's working like a charm.
Don't worry too much, compiling a kernel by hand is really simple after the first time  |
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jan.mrazek
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:15 am Post subject: |
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| When I run make menuconfig and look after the modules I would like to add, they are already all loaded... |
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feivelda
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:07 am Post subject: |
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You only need yenta_socket for pcmcia,
hermes chipset and hermes for pcmcia as modules for your card to work |
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jan.mrazek
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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I compiled my kernel, and put all modules I thought could have some connection with my card (both in the Device Driver and Bus Option (...)).
But after that, all the .ko hermes, hermes_cs, orinoco and orinoco_cs are still missing.
What to do now? I am sorry if the question may seem stupid, but I'm really a beginner...
Best regards
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vinky
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| stupid question but have you run make modules_install |
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jan.mrazek
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:03 am Post subject: |
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| Yes I did make modules_install, and then copy the bzImage. |
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