Here is a copy of a message I just sent to linux-thinkpad. Perhaps someone here might be able to help me with this?? Thanks! Ron. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello linux-thinkpad, I'm running RH 8.0 on my 770ED. The system sits on a dock where the floppy resides, along with a TDK CD-RW drive. On the dock's SCSI, there is a Syquest SyJet with no disk in the drive. In the PCMCIA slot, I have a 3Com/Megahertz 3CCFEM556 Ethernet/Modem card. Running kernel 2.4.18-27.0, and several others before that, things have been working pretty well. However, when I tried moving to the first 2.4.20 kernel update that RH released, I had trouble. After seeing some discussion here, it looked like it might have been caused by PCMCIA difficulties. It looked more like that once I successfully upgraded my A21p and three desktop systems (none of which use any PCMCIA cards). Now, I've tried upgrading to the latest 2.4.20-18.8, and my system is still locking up at boot time. I am assuming that this is a "panic", but since I can't remember seeing one on Linux before and since it goes on for enough lines to scroll off the top of the screen, who knows? In /var/log/messages, the last few lines from my 2.4.20-18.8 boot attempt are (without the date stamps): pcmcia: cardmgr. cardmgr[598]: starting, version is 3.1.31 rc: Starting pcmcia: succeeded cardmgr[598]: config error, file 'config' line 2129: no function bindings cardmgr[598]: watching 4 sockets cardmgr[598]: Card services release does not match Note that the complaint about line 2129 also happens in the 2.4.18 boot. Note that the "Card services release does not match" complaint also happens in the 2.4.18 boot. In the 2.4.18 boot, what follows are lines from kernel/cs relating to IO port probing, followed by the initialization of the Ethernet/Modem card. So, I guess I'm still suspicious of PCMCIA issues. Further evidence pointing at PCMCIA is that when I pulled the card and re-booted, the system came up fine (althouth, of course, not on the network). Where do I go from here??? Thanks! Ron. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Personal Privacy 6.5.8 Comment: Until recently, the last PGP with full source disclosure. iQA/AwUBPua2dm8pw+2/9pUJEQI7AACeKKQFURSVE3eXq8nBGYVWMC8sVZsAoOuD 7KQ3bTP4K8m9dW0qR1u7CILS =f2iu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
