Laptops :: pcmcia cardbus problem on laptop BN750

hello,

i have a cardbus network card.

with the command ifconfig -a i will see eth0 correctly.
but if i want to configure my network card.
ifconfig [IP] netmask [netmask]
i get this message on console:

Device or resource busy

in /var/log/messages i get:

pci agent missing kernel user mode drivers 8139too

can anybody help me?

greets timm

Quote (silversurfer @ Oct. 14 2004,07:40)

Perhaps more information on the laptop.

What kind is it, do you have a link to the manual/specs

Are you sure that laptop supports cardbus?

Brian
AwPhuch

Looking at the note about pci and 8139too drivers in your post ...
Do you have a built-in/wired/added pci ethernet nic in your box ?
Could THIS device be occupying your eth0 that you see ?

As stated in the post above mine, we need more data about your
computer hardware and brand/type of cardbus nic before
we can even begin to guide you to some answers..

What is the output of the lsmod command?
What does a simple ifconfig command show you?

" I have a cardbus network card "
simply doesn't offer us much to go on..

73
ke4nt

hallo,

my notebook is cardbus compatible and has no network card onboard.

the network card is a DIGITUS 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet 32-Bit PCMCIA Cardbus Adapter. there are no more information on the ethernet adapter

.

http://www.digitus.de/index1.htm

if i try to configure the network card. i get the following errors on console:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
root@box:~# ifconfig eth0 10.5.1.141 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 10.5.1.254
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy
---------------------------------------------------------------

if i put my network card in my laptop. i get the following messages
in /var/log/messages
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------Oct 14 17:57:27 box daemon.info cardmgr[55]: socket 0: CardBus hotplug device
Oct 14 17:57:30 box user.notice pci.agent[371]: missing kernel or user mode driver 8139too
-----------------------------------------------------------------

here is my /proc/pci

PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: PicoPower Technology National PC87550 System Controller (rev 2).
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0x3000 [0x301f].
Bus 0, device 2, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86cM65 [Aurora64V+] (rev 67).
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x80000000 [0x83ffffff].
Bus 0, device 4, function 0:
CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1131 (rev 1).
Master Capable. Latency=168. Min Gnt=128.Max Lat=5.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x10000000 [0x10000fff].
Bus 0, device 4, function 1:
CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1131 (#2) (rev 1).
Master Capable. Latency=168. Min Gnt=64.Max Lat=5.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x10001000 [0x10001fff].
Bus 0, device 5, function 0:
ISA bridge: PicoPower Technology PT86C523 [Vesuvius v3] PCI-ISA Bridge Slave (rev 0).
Bus 0, device 6, function 0:
IDE interface: CMD Technology Inc PCI0643 (rev 0).
IRQ 14.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=4.
I/O at 0x500 [0x50f].
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
Ethernet controller: PCI device 10ec:8139 (rev 16).
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64.
I/O at 0x4000 [0x40ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x10800000 [0x108001ff].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

then an output of lsmod
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------Module Size Used by Not tainted
8139too 13704 0 (unused)
mii 2240 0 [8139too]
crc32 2816 0 [8139too]
msdos 4684 0 (autoclean)
soundcore 3428 0 (autoclean)
mousedev 3832 0 (unused)
hid 22372 0 (unused)
input 3168 0 [mousedev hid]
usbcore 57824 0 [hid]
cloop 8900 0 (unused)
serial 52068 0 (autoclean)
ds 6536 2
yenta_socket 9504 2
pcmcia_core 39840 0 [ds yenta_socket]
apm 9736 1
ide-cd 28704 0
ide-scsi 9040 0
rtc 7004 0 (autoclean)
-------------------------------------------------------------

i hope that this can help you to help me

greets

Fyi, if you are going to boot up into a static IP address, you should use the nodhcp boot command to avoid an automatic attempt at DHCP resolution.

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