Re: Dell Inspiron 8100 pcmcia services broke after "aptitude upgrade"

From: Rodney D. Myers (rdmyers_at_mtpalomar.net)
Date: 03/20/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:54:23 -0800

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:05:44 -0800, Jim Richardson wrote:

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> On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:31:23 -0800,
> Rodney D. Myers <rdmyers@mtpalomar.net> wrote:
>> I've installed Libranet (debian) on my friends Dell Inspiron 8100
>> laptop, using a Xircom CardBus Ethernet 10/100 +56K Modem
>>
>> The install went fine, and I set everything up as he wanted.
>>
>> The network was working, so we could get on my Internet access.
>>
>> I then ran "aptitude update", followed by "aptitude upgrade:, and this
>> is where things went down hill.
>>
>> After dpkg/aptitude started installing the updated files, it got to
>> the "pcmcia-cs" updated file, and it promptly hung than machine. I
>> couldn't change screens <alt-F1/alt-F2,etc), which forced a reboot.
>>
>> I finished getting the upgrades installed, by purging the pcmcia-cs
>> from the install process "dpkg --purge pcmcia-cs"
>>
>> All of the correct modules are being loaded, but when I attempt to run
>> "/etc/init.d/pcmcia start', the process just hangs, sitting at this
>> message;
>>
>> Starting PCMCIA Services: Intel PCIC probe: Not Found
>> using yenta_socket instead of i82365
>> cs: cb_alloc (bus 3):vendor 0x115d, device 0x0003
>> PCI: Enabling device 03:00.0 (0000 -> 0x0003)
>> eth0: Xircom CardBus revision 3 at irq 10
>> PCI: Enabling device 03:00.1 (0000 -> 0003)
>> ttyS04 at port 0x4080 (irq = 10 ) is a 16550A
>> cardmgr[408]: watching 2 sockets
>> cs: IO probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean
>> cs: IO probe 0x0800-0x08ff:
>>
>> And that is where it just sits.
>>
>> I'm trying to get him off of windos xp.
>>
>> I booted into Knoppix 3.3, and configured the laptop for my LAN, and
>> internet access, that works as advertised
>>
>> Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
>>
>
> - From memory, The I8100 and related, has a bug in the firmware, causing a
> hang when certain memory locations in the PCMCIA registers are read. Or
> something like that :) anyway, what I had to do on my 8100, is edit
> /etc/pcmcia/config.opts to add this line
>
>
> include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x800-0x8ff, port 0xc00-0xcff
>
> in the beginning of the file, near the other includes. There's more info
> at
>
> <http://linuxquestions.org/questions/history/81083> and reading that
> suggests that the line above is correct, but that the first part is
> allready there, and you only have to add the later part.
>
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Printed, and when my friend shows up tomorrow, I'll try.

Thank you very much.

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