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Redman247 · 06-01-2004

Q: When booting my Linux Distro for the first time it hangs at the part when it is starting the PCMCIA II card services on my Dell (whatever series) Laptop.

A: Many distributions come with a PCMCIA card services package that isn't
compatible with many of the Dell's (the Inspiron 8000 has this problem for one). The three things you need to do to try and fix it are (do them in this order):

1) Edit your /etc/pcmcia/config.opts and change the "include port" line to read as follows:
include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0xc00-0xcff
(i.e.: remove the range 0x800-0x8ff). This should cause the lock-up to go away. (Thanks to Marc Swanson for this one)

2) Download the source for pcmcia-cs and recompile it, making sure you answer Yes to the PnP Bios resource checking question

3) If THIS isn't helping you fix it, and your PCMCIA configuration file (under Red Hat this is in: /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia, under Debian it's: /etc/pcmcia.conf) has a line that says "PCIC=i82365", then try changing it to say "PCIC=yenta_socket"

Complete credit for this bit or information and more can be found here. Thanks to whacked.net, I had been banging my head with this one for awhile.

06-01-2004	#2 (permalink)
Redman247 Decibel Disseminator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mannhiem, Germany Posts: 47	Q: When booting my Linux Distro for the first time it hangs at the part when it is starting the PCMCIA II card services on my Dell (whatever series) Laptop. A: Many distributions come with a PCMCIA card services package that isn't compatible with many of the Dell's (the Inspiron 8000 has this problem for one). The three things you need to do to try and fix it are (do them in this order): 1) Edit your /etc/pcmcia/config.opts and change the "include port" line to read as follows: include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0xc00-0xcff (i.e.: remove the range 0x800-0x8ff). This should cause the lock-up to go away. (Thanks to Marc Swanson for this one) 2) Download the source for pcmcia-cs and recompile it, making sure you answer Yes to the PnP Bios resource checking question 3) If THIS isn't helping you fix it, and your PCMCIA configuration file (under Red Hat this is in: /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia, under Debian it's: /etc/pcmcia.conf) has a line that says "PCIC=i82365", then try changing it to say "PCIC=yenta_socket" Complete credit for this bit or information and more can be found here. Thanks to whacked.net, I had been banging my head with this one for awhile. __________________ BastardCard Bastardize the possibilities.... Accepted in over 187 countries as a way to tell others to shut the hell up! BastardCard, not just another card, it's a way of life!