Linux-wlan install breaks Fedora test2 pcmcia

[Robert L Cochran]

Also -- I live dangerously...in the existing version of up2date, I 
turned off GPG verification because of the problem Michael Schwendt and 
others noted: the GPG key in the packages is bad. Hopefully I can turn 
GPG back on with the next update.

Bob

Robert L Cochran wrote:

> You need to follow Gerry's email again, making sure that check mark 
> mentioned below is really there:
> 
> 
> "Log onto Red Hat Network.
> 
> Select the Systems Tab.
> 
> Select your Severn system.
> 
> Click on Alter Channel Subscriptions.
> 
> Place a check by Severn Beta 2 (i386) Updates.
> 
> Click on Change Subscriptions.
> 
> The next time you run up2date from the panel applet, it will have this
> channel available."
> 
> 
> 
> My system is applying dozens of updates now, including a kernel version 
> newer than yours.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
> fedora-test-list wrote:
> 
>> Bob,
>>
>> Ran up2date, but it tells me nothing is available.  I have read Gerry's
>> message and I think I have it running right.  I am subscribed to "Severn
>> Beta 2 (i386):
>>
>> "Your system if fully updated.  No new packages needed"
>>
>> But:
>> $ uname -a
>> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.22-1.2061.nptl #1 Mon Sep 22 14:39:36 EDT
>> 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>
>> Any ideas?  Thanks ...
>>
>> Louis
>>
>>
>>
>>> You might want to run an up2date session because there are several dozen
>>>
>>>  packages waiting for up2date, including a new kernel, kernel source,
>>> initscripts...all of these will be of interest to you. You have to
>>> subscribe to the 'Severn Beta 2 (i386) Updates' channel of RHN (see
>>> earlier email by Gerry Tool on how to do this.)
>>>
>>> Actually I'm groaning a bit because there is a new kernel, and I
>>> especially recompiled the original kernel for the Intersil 54g cardbus
>>> driver being developed by Luis Rodriguez' group at Rutgers. I'll see if
>>> the recompiled original kernel + the new driver + the new SMC wireless
>>> card play well together and get me connected to the internet.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>> fedora-test-list wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> After installing linux-wlan on Fedora test2 (Vaio R505TS ACPI Laptop),
>>>> pcmcia breaks with the following upon startup:
>>>>
>>>> [root at localhost linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre12]# /etc/init.d/pcmcia start
>>>> Starting PCMCIA services: modulesmodprobe: Can't locate module
>>>> pcmcia_core.o modprobe: Can't locate module yenta_socket.o
>>>> modprobe: Can't locate module ds.o
>>>> cardmgr.
>>>>
>>>> In /var/log/messages:
>>>> Oct  2 23:35:42 localhost cardmgr[8783]: starting, version is 3.1.31
>>>> Oct  2 23:35:42 localhost cardmgr[8783]: no pcmcia driver in
>>>> /proc/devices Oct  2 23:35:42 localhost cardmgr[8783]: exiting
>>>>
>>>> I am using pre12 in this example but I have tried other versions of
>>>> the linux-wlan code and the result of breaking pcmcia has been the
>>>> same.  Any help would be appreciated as to how to get the driver
>>>> working, or how to get my old pcmcia working.  Re-ran depmod -a.  Also
>>>> rebooted.  To compile linux-wlan drivers, they require that you have
>>>> the pcmcia source on the system and configured, I downloaded 3.1.22
>>>> and threw it in /usr/src/ and ran make config on it.
>>>>
>>>> Kernel Params:
>>>> acpi=on nogui      (also tried with pci=biosirq)
>>>>
>>>> $ uname -a
>>>> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.22-1.2061.nptl #1 Mon Sep 22 14:39:36
>>>> EDT 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Starting pcmcia: (Before linux-wlan install)
>>>> Oct  2 23:22:10 localhost kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
>>>> Oct  2 23:22:10 localhost kernel:   options:  [pci] [cardbus] [pm] Oct
>>>> 2 23:22:10 localhost kernel: Yenta IRQ list 0cb8, PCI irq9
>>>> Oct  2 23:22:10 localhost kernel: Socket status: 30000410
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Linux-wlan ./Configure:
>>>> linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre12]# ./Configure
>>>>
>>>> -------------- Linux WLAN Configuration Script -------------
>>>> The default responses are correct for most users.
>>>>
>>>> Build Prism2.x PCMCIA Card Services (_cs) driver? (y/n) [y]:
>>>> Build Prism2 PLX9052 based PCI (_plx) adapter driver? (y/n) [n]: Build
>>>> Prism2.5 native PCI (_pci) driver? (y/n) [n]:
>>>> Build Prism2.5 USB (_usb) driver? (y/n) [n]:
>>>> Linux source directory [/usr/src/linux]:
>>>> The kernel source tree is version 2.4.22-1.2061.nptl.
>>>> The current kernel build date is Mon Sep 22 14:39:36 2003.
>>>> Alternate target install root directory on host []:
>>>> PCMCIA script directory [/etc/pcmcia]:
>>>>  Module install directory [/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2061.nptl]:
>>>> It looks like you have a System V init file setup.
>>>> Prefix for build host compiler? (rarely needed) []:
>>>> Build for debugging (see doc/config.debug) (y/n) [n]:
>>>> Configuration successful.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Files linux-wlan installs:
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>>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Bob Cochran
>>> Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
>>> http://greenbeltcomputer.biz/
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Bob Cochran
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