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MarcoF

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Posted: May 29 2004,18:17

I have a NEC VERSA 6030x laptop and a RE450CT Ethernet PCMCIA adapter. Everything
worked fine until RH7.something.

If I boot with Slax or Damn Small Linux live CDs, when I plug the card in I hear one
bip only, then the whole thing freezes, and only a power cycle
restores control.

How can I make it work with DSL or at least figure out exactly what
the problem is? Please don't hesitate to ask for test, specific logs,
whatever.

TIA,
Marco F.

MarcoF

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Posted: May 29 2004,22:34

Still me.
If I boot with the card already inserted, cardmgr 3.2.2 says:
cardmgr[55]: socket 0: NE2000 Compatible Ethernet
cardmgr[55]: executing 'modprobe pcnet_cs'

with one beep. At that point it freezes.
This message:
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0305.2/0894.html
hints at similar problems, but how can I fix it in a live CD?

Can I make it work with some boot options?
Which ones?

Please also let me know by email (mfioretti,
mailserver is mclink.it)

TIA,
Marco

Masco
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Posted: Aug. 18 2004,02:53

wondering if you ever got this problem figured out. i'm having same problems with my old toshiba satellite 1555 except it freezes at modprobe orinoco_cs. i'm using 0.7.3 now which i hoped would fix the problem but no. The only way i can boot is with nopcmcia.

dukkieduk

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Posted: Aug. 18 2004,20:18

Hello all, i have the same when i insert my pcmcia adaptec 1460b scsi card
didn't found an answer yet, if somebody knows one, please let us know...

dukkieduk

Bri
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Posted: Mar. 03 2005,04:31

I had the same problem with my Fujitsu Lifebook 785tx (P200, 288M ram). During a boot from floppy with the 0.9.3 image on hda1 it would hang at "modprobe orinoco_cs. Inserting the card after boot up would result in instant hang, only way to recover is power-down.

For some reason this does not happen when I boot from a 0.9.3 CD. With the cd it works flawlessly. Any idea what's going on?

Thanks,
Bri

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