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DylanReid
11-12-2001, 05:19 PM
Hello, I finally got my internet up and running last night on my Mandrake 8.1 laptop with a Linksys EC2T PCMCIA NIC, but whenever I put my system into suspend mode with "apm -s", when I turn it back on the card no longer connects.. can anyone help me with this?
Thank you!
P.S. Coming from a windows environment with Microsoft Outlook.. what do most people use to read newsgroups in Linux?
recluse.
11-12-2001, 07:53 PM
Hmm, no experience with nic's but let me take a stab.
Have you run lsmod to see if the driver for your card is still there?
DylanReid
11-12-2001, 08:36 PM
Yes I've looked at lsmod, and the driver is there whenever the PCMCIA card is plugged in, another kind of strange thing is that when I use the command "cardctl suspend 0" and then "cardctl resume 0", i get the same effect that the NIC stops being able to connect to anything and it no longer is shown in ifconfig..
:confused:
Thanks for any help guys!
There also seem to be compatibility isues between certain versions of BIOSes and Linux APM.
- What model of laptop do you have (and what version of BIOS does it use?
- How long does it have to be in suspend mode for the NIC to drop off?
- Are you connecting via DHCP? If so, it might be possible that you're losing the lease on your IP and are somehow not able to obtain a new lease when the machine wakes up.
Disclaimer: I've no experience with that NIC, so this is all just conjecture...
As for newgroups, I don't deal with them too heavily. When I do, I use KNode, PAN, or the newsreader built into Netscape Communicator.
[ 12 November 2001: Message edited by: DMR ]
DylanReid
11-12-2001, 10:26 PM
I have a Toshiba Satellite 2140XCDS .. not sure about the BIOS, the card seems to drop off right away.. I think the problem seems to be with suspending/resuming the card, and the apm -s uses these functions. I am connected via DHCP but I always get the same IP because I live in a dormitory.. anyone know another way to suspend the card other than "cardctl suspend", or other ways to try to "revive" it other than "cardctl resume"? ugh this is frustrating :/
Thanks for any help!
Originally posted by DylanReid:
<STRONG>...anyone know another way to suspend the card other than "cardctl suspend", or other ways to try to "revive" it other than "cardctl resume"? ugh this is frustrating :/
Thanks for any help!</STRONG>Unfortunately, no, I don't. Everything that I've read (remember that I haven't used that card) indicates that the cardctl commands you're issuing are the right way to do things.
Anyone else have ideas?
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