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Title: PCMCIA in SuSE 6.3

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PCMCIA in SuSE 6.3

Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 6.3

Symptom:

You have recently installed 6.3 on your laptop and find that the bootup hangs when it is detecting the PCMCIA card or the PCMCIA card is not properly detected at all.

Cause:

The newer PCMCIA package included with 6.3 is slightly different and does not recocgnize cards in the same way.

Solution:

If your system hangs on bootup, you can bypass this problem by booting from the installation medium, preferably CD2 or the bootdisk.

  1. In the Main Menu choose the Kernel Modules(hardware drivers) option
  2. Load the PCMICA module.
  3. Go back to the Main Menu and the choose Start Installtion/System
  4. select Boot Installed System
  5. Specify the root partition

Now, to permanently set this in your system do the following:

Go to YaST

  1. select System Administration
  2. select Change configure file
  3. page down to the option PCMCIA_CORE_OPTS, hit enter
  4. enter the following text, do_pnp=0
  5. continue and press F10 to save.
  6. Exit YaST, reboot or reinitialize.

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Keywords: PCMCIA, MODEM, NIC, NETWORKING, 6.3, LAPTOP

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Categories: Hardware

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