On 4 Apr 2003, Tim Ryder wrote: > After the install of RedHat 9, i get this message when i try to start > pcmcia services. > > Starting PCMCIA > services:/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.o: > init_module: No such device > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, > including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. > You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg > /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.o: insmod > /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.o failed > /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.o: insmod > yenta_socket > failed > /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o: init_module: Operation > not permitted > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, > including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. > You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg > /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o: insmod > /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o failed > /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o: insmod ds failed > cardmgr. > > I ran the RH Hardware browser and confirmed that i do have a > yenta_socket. > > Has anyone else seen this issue. yup, i posted about that recently. did that posting not make it out to this list? in a nutshell, after installing on my inspiron 8100, everything worked fine -- my pcmcia linksys net card did what it was supposed to, etc. however, when i rebuilt a kernel from the 2.4.20-8 source, and rebooted under that new kernel, all pcmcia was non-functional. there were no pcmcia modules loaded, no cardmgr, no mention of pcmcia in /proc/devices, etc. it sounds a lot like what's in bug 81282 at bugzilla, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81282 that bug suggests you try to insmod a number of modules manually. i haven't had a chance to try that yet, but yes, there are *clearly* problems with pcmcia. rday p.s. my pcmcia worked fine out of the box since i did a CD-ROM install. from what i read in that bugzilla report, if you do a pcmcia-based install, you may not have pcmcia at all from the get-go.
