Argh! cardmgr fails to start

[brad-x]

I'm using pcmcia-cs 3.2.1 and Linux 2.4.20; I've included the kernel driver for a Cisco aironet and its accompanying modules (yenta_socket, pcmcia_core, ds).

I've done rc-update add pcmcia default, and an oddity in behavior occurs.

When cardmgr is called while the system is booting, it exits with the error

select(): bad file descriptor

And yet, if /etc/init.d/pcmcia start is called from a command prompt, cardmgr starts properly and performs all the functions it should.

Seems a minor oddity, and I have builtin ethernet on this laptop anyway, but it'll be a PITA on a wireless-only network. Any thoughts?
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[brad-x]

Couple of updated points;

1) The error occurs either with the kernel PCMCIA or the standalone drivers

2) If one starts /etc/init.d/pcmcia by hand, first, it starts without incident

3) If one waits for the system to start AFTER pcmcia has died with a bad file descriptor, one gets this:

[pwk.linuxfan]

Well,

I have a laptop from Toshiba, in which I built a wlan card just a few weeks ago. Im struggling to get it working since... The errors seem to be the same as you get them ... anybody got help ? Maybe you solved it too ?

[Random Juju]

A similar discussion with a possible solution lives here: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=54403.

Happy hunting.

(Edit: removed the highlight mojo from the link)
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