How can I get my PCMCIA network card to work at boot time on Fedora C2?

[lothario]

Hi,

The only way I can get my PCMCIA network card to work on Fedora C2 is:
1. Ensure that the PCMCIA service starts at boot.
2. Log in as root.
3. Activate the Network Card, manually.

This also means:
a. That if the Network service starts at boot - the Network Card does not activate - even with root login.
b. That I do not get an automatic network connection when the system boots - only manual activation with root login - works.
c. That if the system reboots after a power outage, there is no network connection - until I login as root.

So the question is -
How can I get my PCMCIA network card to work at boot time?

Thanks.

[ndv]

it is not elegant, but it work nice for me

add those two lines in /etc/rc.local

modprobe yenta_socket
service pcmcia restart


nicola

[lothario]

I tried this.

It did not work.

Do you have any other suggestions?

[Jman]

Run Main Menu > System Settings > Server Settings > Services. Ensure that both pcmcia and network services are enabled.

[JonR]

I have a similar problem with a PCMCIA network card. On my system it starts correctly but only after the network has tried to configure eth0, failed and delayed initialisation. Once pcmcia is loaded everything works fine.

Is there any way I can delay network services start until after pcmcia has loaded (or alternatively have pcmcia load earlier in the boot)?

[lothario]

I already did this a few days ago - Running pcmcia AND network services does not make it work.
In fact, if I stop network service and let the pcmcia start at boot up and then manually start the (pcmcia) network device then and only then can I get my card to start and work.

If both the services run at boot time - the network tries to configure eth0, but fails and delays initialisation. If pcmcia is loaded - still the pcmcia network card will not work.

So far we all know that the network services starts before the pcmcia service.

Is there anything else I can try?

[dreamcatalyst]

Originally posted by JonR

Is there any way I can delay network services start until after pcmcia has loaded (or alternatively have pcmcia load earlier in the boot)?

Read about SysVinit. in /etc/rc.d there are several directories, rc0.d through rc6.d. In these directories there are symlinks to the init.d scritps responsible for controle of services. the symlinks are calld something like S10network or S24pcmcia. The number signifies the order in which the services are started. To start pcmcia before network try changing the number after the S to something smaller then the number for network in the rc3.d directory. You will also need to change several other for the reverse order in rc6.d which is the shutdown process. This can cause things in your boot process to break and i take no responsibuility for the information i have posted. I leave it to you to read about sysvinit before you change anything to make sure you dont screw anything up.

[mikebuzz]

i had the same problem and found a site that fixed it, here is what you need to do

edit
etc/init.d/pcmcia
find the line #chkconfig: 2345 24 96
change the 24 to 09
then save the file

from a terminal screen run the following

chkconfig --level 2345 pcmcia reset

then reboot the laptop and should be working

let me know how it goes

[blunte]

mikebuzz already offered this, but I'll offer it with slightly more detail, and reference the source I found it on.

LUG-Bulgaria (http://linux-bulgaria.org/) 's Peter Georgiev provides these instructions:

1. Open /etc/init.d/pcmcia
2. Change the line

# chkconfig: 2345 24 96

to

# chkconfig: 2345 09 96

Yes, it’s in a comment, but it seems it has meaning to the chkconfig command (see below).
3. Execute

chkconfig --level 2345 pcmcia reset

Then reboot and all should be well.

Much thanks to donangel at his blog (http://doncho.net/blog/index.php?p=84) for documenting this in the first place.

[gkramer]

Hey Guys. I seem to also be having trouble configuring my network card for Fedora (Core 2). It seemed to work in RH9 (although I think I may have needed to recompile the kernel), but it refuses to work in Fedora.
When I plug the network card in (detected by kernel as...
0000:05:00.0: 3Com PCI 3... Tornado CardBus at 0x4800. Vers LK1.1.19
... PCI: ... latency timer of 0000:05:00.0 to 64
*** Warning: IRQ 0 is unlikely to work! ***
...
the kernel outputs a string with hex numbers of length 2.
...
*** eth0: Could not reserve IRQ 0

Very simply, I'm unsure of how to move the card to another IRQ, and I am unfamiliar with what the new output format means.

Can anyone assist? I'd greatly appreciate it! :P

[bongmaster]

mikebuzz already offered this, but I'll offer it with slightly more detail, and reference the source I found it on.

LUG-Bulgaria (http://linux-bulgaria.org/) 's Peter Georgiev provides these instructions:

1. Open /etc/init.d/pcmcia
2. Change the line

# chkconfig: 2345 24 96

to

# chkconfig: 2345 09 96

Yes, it’s in a comment, but it seems it has meaning to the chkconfig command (see below).
3. Execute

chkconfig --level 2345 pcmcia reset

Then reboot and all should be well.

Much thanks to donangel at his blog (http://doncho.net/blog/index.php?p=84) for documenting this in the first place.

that fixed my problem :D but i have to activate my eth0 manually. (its set to onboot=no)
can i have my eth0 device (pcmcia ethernet/modem card) set to onboot=yes ?
or will i have to activate it manually each time? i can change it easily :)

[lothario]

Hi,

The only way I can get my PCMCIA network card to work on Fedora C2 is:
1. Ensure that the PCMCIA service starts at boot.
2. Log in as root.
3. Activate the Network Card, manually.

This also means:
a. That if the Network service starts at boot - the Network Card does not activate - even with root login.
b. That I do not get an automatic network connection when the system boots - only manual activation with root login - works.
c. That if the system reboots after a power outage, there is no network connection - until I login as root.

So the question is -
How can I get my PCMCIA network card to work at boot time?

Thanks.

I had a similar problem again.
But this time it was a on Fedora Core 4 with the 3com 3c589 PCMCIA card:

"Bringing up interface eth0: 3c589_cs device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization."

But the 3com 3c589 card is in the PCMCIA slot.
If I eject it out of the slot and push it back in, then FC4 activates it.
Then I reboot the laptop and then again:

"Bringing up interface eth0: 3c589_cs device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization."

After googling around, I came across this link:
http://www.vmware.com/community/message.jspa?messageID=247226

This seems to have solved my problem, as far as I can tell:
1. modprobe -a 3c589_cs
2. depmod
3. reboot

I have rebooted the laptop many times.
Don't see that message any more and the 3com card activates at boot time.