thinkpad a20m w/ etherjet nic

elijahchancey · n00b Joined: 08 Jun 2002 Posts: 4

When I boot I get these error messages:
*Starting pcmcia...
cardmgr[1904]: watching 2 sockets [ok]
*Bringing eth0 up..
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
cardmgr[1905]: starting, version is 3.1.33
cardmgr[1905]: socket1: IBM 10/100 EtherJet CardBus
eth0: unknown interface: No such device
SIOCSIFBRADDR: No Such device
eth0: unknown interface: No such device
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
*Setting default gateway
SIOCADDRT: No such device
* Failed to bring eth0 up

cardmgr[1905]: executing: 'modprobe cb_enabler'
cardmgr[1905]: executing: 'modprobe tulip_cb'
cardmgr[1905]: executing: './network start eth0'
* ERROR: Problem starting needed services.
* "netmount" was not started
cardmgr[1905]: + stty: standard input: Invalid argument
* Starting syslog-ng...
cardmgr[1905[: start cmd exited with status 1

To fix I type:
killall cardmgr
cardmgr -f
(cardmgr responds: cardmgr[2072]: watching 2 sockets)

Then the NIC works. Anyone know of a permanent solution?

delta407 · Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2002 5:19 pm Post subject:

Put "killall cardmgr; sleep 1; cardmgr -f" into your /etc/conf.d/local.start. It's a kludge, but it ought to work.

gaplo · n00b Joined: 21 Apr 2002 Posts: 25

CARDMGR_OPTS="-f"

Ensure the above line is in file /etc/conf.d/pcmcia

I also encounter this problem with my Thinkpad T20 before.

elijahchancey · n00b Joined: 08 Jun 2002 Posts: 4

Subject says all!