Dell Laptops / PCMCIA

cranch · n00b Joined: 02 Jul 2002 Posts: 47

Don't know if this is common sense already, but it saved me alot of time.

If your Dell laptop is locking up when running cardmgr -f (or when pcmcia starts at boot time, its probably because of a line in your config.opts.)

Do this:

1.) nano -w /etc/pcmcia/config.opts

2.) change: include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x800-0x8ff, port 0xc00-0xcff

to

include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0xc00-0xcff

Apparently the Dell laptops don't like that port address.

Sorry if this has already been posted elsewhere or is common sense

cbueche · Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 5:51 am Post subject:

Hi,

what exact Dell laptop model are your experiencing with ?

Charles
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chadh · Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 8:06 pm Post subject:

It is mostly the high-end Inspirons (and their Latitude counterparts), I believe. I have a Latitude C610 (Inspiron 4000, I believe?), and it does not require the modification.
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cranch · n00b Joined: 02 Jul 2002 Posts: 47

I've got a Dell 8100 Inspiron. Supposedly these models and a few others had that problem.

Momch · n00b Joined: 24 Jul 2002 Posts: 1

same problem with inspiron 8000. now it works with config.opts modiifed.
thanx for this post.

oogie · n00b Joined: 03 Aug 2002 Posts: 11

drsperm · n00b Joined: 06 Aug 2002 Posts: 24

Currently I do not have pcmcia/cardbus configured in the kernel. I have loaded the pcmcia-cs as instructed. But this is what I get when I try to start pcmcia (I also modified the memory settings as stated):

bash-2.05a# ./pcmcia start
* Starting pcmcia...
cardmgr[4713]: no pcmcia driver in /proc/devices
* cardmgr failed to start. Make sure that you have PCMCIA
* loaded, either as a module or built into the kernel

Any Ideas? It is correct, there is no pcmcia driver in the path stated. I am running a Dell Latitude C840 with a goal of running a Cisco Aeronet Wireless.

Thanks!

cranch · n00b Joined: 02 Jul 2002 Posts: 47

When I compiled my Kernel, I left out PCMCIA support, and compiled in only Wireless Support, but didn't pick any modules. I then emerged pcmcia-cs and then started the modules. What is compiled into the kernel, and what isn't. We can try to narrow it down.

drsperm · n00b Joined: 06 Aug 2002 Posts: 24

Well, I did make some progress. This is what I have:
-PCMCIA is not compiled into the kernel
-yenta, ds and pcmcia_core are being loaded in the modules.autoload

This seems to bring up the pcmcia services without errors. I tried doing the i82365 but I believe it only works when it is compiled into (module or integrated) the kernel, because I have never gotten it up. (I have a TI chipset)

So when I initialize my Cisco Aironet PCMCIA nic, it brings up the activity light and keeps it on. It fails to recognize it as a /dev/ethx interface. I have the Aironet drivers complied into the kernel (module i think) with of course Wireless Support as well. But I have tried initializing it manually (insmod airo) but it fails with:
Aug 10 04:03:02 [kernel] airo: Probing for PCI adapters
Aug 10 04:03:02 [kernel] airo_cs: Card Services release does not match!
Aug 10 04:03:02 [kernel] airo_cs: Card Services release does not match!

Any suggestions. I have had this laptop running with SuSE 8.0 with all of the mentioned hardware working. Yes, I had to modify the memory range it used as mentioned above.

Thanks for replying....If I can get this to work...my wife will be happy! (she doesn't like the cables running in front of our newborn's crib...go figure)
All in All, Gentoo is a breath of fresh air compared to SuSE...I like it lean...
Mark

cranch · n00b Joined: 02 Jul 2002 Posts: 47

The only thing I compiled into my kernel was wireless support. I then emerged pcmcia-cs. You shouldn't have to be insmoding your airo module. Try taking all your pcmcia stuff out of the kernel, and compiling just wireless support in:
[*] Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)

Thats all I put into mine. Try doing that and then recompiling. then emerge pcmcia-cs.

drsperm · n00b Joined: 06 Aug 2002 Posts: 24

Well, I have the wireless compiled with pcmcia-cs emerged afterwards. I do however have the airo module defined in the kernel. Are you saying to take the airo definition out of the kernel?
Then if so, how would I apply the airo drivers/modules?

Thanks,
Mark

cranch · n00b Joined: 02 Jul 2002 Posts: 47

If you take the drivers/modules out of the kernel, I think the pcmcia-cs package has them in it.

drsperm · n00b Joined: 06 Aug 2002 Posts: 24

Good news and bad news. After I removed the airo modules from the kernel I was able to start /etc/inet.d/pcmcia successfully. However my Cisco Aironet is still not being recognized as an interface. Getting closer!
Any Ideas?
(sorry for the length....)

Mark

Log from /var/log/everything/current
*******************************************************
Aug 16 10:59:15 [cardmgr] executing: 'modprobe -r airo_cs'
Aug 16 10:59:15 [cardmgr] executing: 'modprobe -r airo'
Aug 16 10:59:26 [cardmgr] socket 1: Aironet PC4800
Aug 16 10:59:26 [cardmgr] executing: 'modprobe airo'
Aug 16 10:59:27 [kernel] airo: Probing for PCI adapters
Aug 16 10:59:26 [cardmgr] + Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/pcmcia/airo.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - MPL
Aug 16 10:59:26 [cardmgr] + See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s1-18 for information about tainted modules
Aug 16 10:59:26 [cardmgr] + Module airo loaded, with warnings
Aug 16 10:59:26 [cardmgr] executing: 'modprobe airo_cs'
Aug 16 10:59:26 [cardmgr] + Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/pcmcia/airo_cs.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - MPL
Aug 16 10:59:26 [cardmgr] + See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s1-18 for information about tainted modules
Aug 16 10:59:26 [cardmgr] + /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/pcmcia/airo_cs.o: init_module: Invalid argument
Aug 16 10:59:26 [cardmgr] + /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/pcmcia/airo_cs.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/pcmcia/airo_cs.o failed
Aug 16 10:59:26 [cardmgr] + /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/pcmcia/airo_cs.o: insmod airo_cs failed
Aug 16 10:59:26 [cardmgr] + Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
Aug 16 10:59:26 [cardmgr] + You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
Aug 16 10:59:27 [cardmgr] modprobe exited with status 255
Aug 16 10:59:27 [cardmgr] executing: 'insmod /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/pcmcia/airo_cs.o'
Aug 16 10:59:27 [cardmgr] + Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/pcmcia/airo_cs.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - MPL
Aug 16 10:59:27 [cardmgr] + See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s1-18 for information about tainted modules
Aug 16 10:59:27 [kernel] airo_cs: Card Services release does not match!
Aug 16 10:59:27 [cardmgr] + /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/pcmcia/airo_cs.o: init_module: Invalid argument
Aug 16 10:59:27 [cardmgr] + Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
Aug 16 10:59:27 [cardmgr] + You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
Aug 16 10:59:27 [cardmgr] insmod exited with status 1
Aug 16 10:59:28 [cardmgr] get dev info on socket 1 failed: Resource temporarily unavailable
Aug 16 11:00:55 [cardmgr] executing: 'modprobe -r airo_cs'
Aug 16 11:00:55 [cardmgr] executing: 'modprobe -r airo'
Aug 16 11:00:56 [cardmgr] exiting
Aug 16 11:00:56 [cardmgr] exiting
Aug 16 11:01:00 [cardmgr] watching 2 sockets
Aug 16 11:01:00 [kernel] cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
Aug 16 11:01:00 [kernel] cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x378-0x37f 0x4d0-0x4d7
Aug 16 11:01:00 [kernel] cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
Aug 16 11:01:00 [cardmgr] starting, version is 3.1.34
Aug 16 11:01:00 [cardmgr] socket 1: Aironet PC4800
Aug 16 11:01:00 [cardmgr] executing: 'modprobe airo'
Aug 16 11:01:00 [cardmgr] + Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/pcmcia/airo.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - MPL
Aug 16 11:01:00 [cardmgr] + See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s1-18 for information about tainted modules
Aug 16 11:01:00 [kernel] airo: Probing for PCI adapters
Aug 16 11:01:00 [cardmgr] + Module airo loaded, with warnings
Aug 16 11:01:00 [cardmgr] executing: 'modprobe airo_cs'
Aug 16 11:01:00 [kernel] airo_cs: Card Services release does not match!
Aug 16 11:01:00 [cardmgr] + Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/pcmcia/airo_cs.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - MPL
Aug 16 11:01:00 [cardmgr] + See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s1-18 for information about tainted modules
Aug 16 11:01:00 [cardmgr] + /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/pcmcia/airo_cs.o: init_module: Invalid argument
Aug 16 11:01:00 [cardmgr] + /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/pcmcia/airo_cs.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/pcmcia/airo_cs.o failed
Aug 16 11:01:00 [cardmgr] + /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/pcmcia/airo_cs.o: insmod airo_cs failed

Output from dmesg
**********************************************
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x378-0x37f 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
airo: Probing for PCI adapters
airo: Finished probing for PCI adapters
airo_cs: Card Services release does not match!
airo_cs: Card Services release does not match!

cranch · n00b Joined: 02 Jul 2002 Posts: 47

Out of curiosity, save your .config file somewhere, run make mrproper in your /usr/src/linux directory, copy the .config file back to /usr/src/linux, and then recompile your kernel. I don't know if you have been doing that, but thats happened to mine a couple of times. (not the same error obviously)

specter · n00b Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 2

Thks for all

It seems that Dell Inspiron 4000 does not have any problem with cardmgr.
I did not modify anything and my xircom works properly.
voila, it was my contribution !

ddm

Monkfish · n00b Joined: 07 Jun 2003 Posts: 8

i did: nano -w /etc/pcmcia/config.opts

but the file was utterly empty.

any ideas?

Monkfish · n00b Joined: 07 Jun 2003 Posts: 8

Haha.. i just re-tar'd and it was there.

Now.. how do i start the pcmcia detection thing again?

neumax · n00b Joined: 05 May 2003 Posts: 43

you saved my life, thanks a lot for this hint!

imckee · n00b Joined: 02 Jun 2003 Posts: 29 Location: Berkeley, CA

Hi all,

Anyone trying this with an HP Pavilion? Cardmgr is hanging my laptop unless I don't import any I/O ports at all; see my post:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=64796

clumsyninja · n00b Joined: 27 Jun 2003 Posts: 61 Location: North Texas

my dell inspiron 4000 has had no problems with pcmcia cards.

sometimes being cheap pays off

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xentric · Guru Joined: 16 Mar 2003 Posts: 410 Location: Netherlands

I had to make changes too with my Dell Latitude CP, otherwise it would
lock up when cardmgr scans for my (pcnet_cs) card...

/etc/pcmcia/config.opts