Re: pcmcia network card problem
From: Allen Kistler (ackistler_at_oohay.moc)
Date: 10/20/04
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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 00:37:24 GMT
hyena wrote:
> I know this is a quite old question already, but this time things became
> weird to me.
>
> I have a notbook(a old IBM iSeries type) with a realtek rtl8139 PCMCIA
> network card. RH9 was installed and the network card just can not be
> initiated during bootup. But when the system was up, by pull out the card
> and plug it again in the PCMCIA socket, the cardmgr recognize it and mostly
> load the right module (8139too) for it. Some times it load a wrong module
> (8139cp) and then I have to do the same thing again to try my luck.
>
> my question is why RH9 can not initiated the card during boo up? and how to
> config my system so that I do not need to pull and plug the network card
> again and again?
>
> any suggestion is highly appreciated, I am almost mad with this weird card.
Instead of unplugging and plugging, you could probably just say
cardctl insert
as root. Yes, it is annoying. I have a different machine and a
different card, but I had the same problem. FC1 works better.
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