Re: Question on pcmcia network setup
From: Cage (cage47_at_vonl.com)
Date: 02/28/04
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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 20:11:59 -0600
Steve Schefter wrote:
>>I've got Debian Woody back installed on my old Tecra 700ct. I have a
>>pcmcia 3com 3c589 card for my interface. I'm trying to figure out an
>>automated way to get my network up on boot. Presently the network is
>>unreachable at boot. This is because with it enabled the system looks
>>for the interface before the cardmanager has activated the card (which
>>is one of the last things to get initialized). Presently I have my
>>interfaces set so eth0 is not "auto" enabled at boot to avoid the error
>>messages. But either way the nic itself is fine. I can ifup eth0 after
>>bootup and the nic activates and I can ping the connected box. So is
>>there a step I missed to get this to initialize correctly on boot?
>
>
> I'm afraid I can only answer you with respect to how SuSE does it and you
> can see how much is similar on Debian.
>
> The /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0 file indicates:
> STARTMODE=hotplug
> so that it is not started when the network startup scripts run.
>
> In /etc/pcmcia is a config file (and various .conf files that it sources).
> This file associates the manufacturer and device IDs of the cards with the
> drivers that must be loaded when the card is found, either when the
> card manager starts at boot or when the card is later inserted. This
> file also indicates the "class" of the card which is just a script that
> it must run after the card is found/inserted and when it is removed.
> In my case, the class of the 3c589 is "network" and that script does the
> ifup (ifcfg) for you as part of its "start" section.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Steve
Yes it was the /etc/pcmcia/network file I needed to fix. It works now.
The first part must be a suse specific thing since I didn't recognize
it. I've got the system fully configured now.
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