PCMCIA help, please

[Rascal01]

I'm finally getting around to figuring out how to install a PCMCIA network card and a CompactFlash card reader. Since I don't have a network yet, I'm starting with the card reader.

When I installed RH7.3 a long time ago, I specifically asked for PCMCIA to be installed. It didn't work, so now I'm trying to figure out why.

Reading the HOWTO, I'm a little confused.

First of all, I don't get the following as listed in the HOWTO:

Module Size Used by
ds 5640 2
i82365 15452 2
pcmcia_core 30012 3 [ds i82365]


All I find listed is "ds". I did verify that PCMCIA is "yes" in a config file.

I don't understand where to go from here? The HOWTO (I think) talks about executing commands in some pcmcia/ directory, but I wasn't sure if that's for the system to run and not the su.

Since the pcmcia_core module isn't listed with lsmods, is it not installed correclty? I don't think I had the cards in during installation. I thought Linux should automatically load the modules when one is inserted.

Thanks.

[Rascal01]

Well, I'm talking more time to read the HOWTO. I see now that there are some diagnostic tools in pcmcia/debug-tools/. I'll try that and look more at dmesg if there are any clues. Results by tomorrow.

I may download the latest version of pcmcia drivers. If I reinstall it, will that cause problems? What about installing over a previous installation? If that's a problem, how do you uninstall it?

Thanks again.

[mdwatts]

Have you tried loading those two missing modules?

As root

modprobe i82365

modprobe pcmcia_core

[Rascal01]

Thanks for the tip. I didn't do that. Doesn't that check for the modules? With "lsmod", they are not listed. I suppose I could try to insmod them manually.

I didn't have a chance to look into it last night, so I'll have to try later.

[mdwatts]

'modprobe' loads modules similar to insmod though it checks for module dependencies.

man modprobe

[Rascal01]

Okay, it appears all the modules are running/loaded. Although there is a different module than the i82365 module (started with a 'y').

The Sansdisk CompactFlash card reader is not recognized when inserting it after booting, or during booting.

Checking with /sbin/cardcfg, it just says nothing is there, empty slots.

Any thoughts? Thanks.

[mdwatts]

I believe the CompactFlash uses scsi emulation the same as IDE cdrwriters.

Try searching the JL forums for 'flash card reader' as you should find previous threads that have suggestions on what is required and how to access.