PCMCIA (I know, it's old)

Shi no Saru · n00b Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 8 Location: Auburn, AL

I already checked this thread.
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=7982
- Without kernel pcmcia bindings I couldn't emerge pcmcia-cs.
- Recompiled kernel with pcmcia support and could emerge pcmcia-cs.
- now cardmgr is finding no sockets and failing to start, and it is telling me to make sure I have PCMCIA.

So I guess the question is how to I get the kernel to recognize it? I guess I need a driver for the pcmcia reader, but I don't have a clue how to find which one or install it.

It never ceases to amaze me how much and at the same time how little I know about linux. =/

I guess it is just punishing me for trying to use it as a workspace instead of a server...

Anyway, if anyone remembers pcmcia cards, I appreciate the help.
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DirtyHairy · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:28 pm Post subject:

As far as I know, pcmcia-cs is severely deprecated nowadays, you should rip it out and use pcmciautils for the userspace part.

Shi no Saru · n00b Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 8 Location: Auburn, AL

Sounds good to me, how do I go about getting it out?

[Appended]
emerge -unmerge pcmcia-cs? Will this cause problems?
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DirtyHairy · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject:

Yepp, just unmerge it via "emerge -C" or "emerge --unmerge" . Then, you can safely merge pcmciautils. A good read for post-2.6.13 pcmcia is http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/pcmcia.html and the linked pages, also, you can google for more information...

Of course, this doesn't guarantee that your hardware will work afterwards.

richard.scott · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:02 pm Post subject:

Shi no Saru · n00b Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 8 Location: Auburn, AL

I don't recall ever saying I didn't need the software, and of course I have PCMCIA sockets. It's a Inspiron laptop.
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