I ran into the exact same problem. Here's the solution I found: 1. Make sure you install *both* the pcmcia-cs and the pcmcia-modules of the same version and of the same version as your kernel (Note if you are installing these via a pcmcia card connection, copy them locally to your harddrive first, as installation requires shutting down the pcmcia subsystem !).
BUG: when installing the version 3.0.4 of pcmcia, the /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file gets overwritten with a blank entry, and no conversion from the previous /etc/pcmcia/network.opts is run. Luckily, the old, correct file is saved in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts.dpkg-old. I *think* you can get away with overwriting the network.opts file with the old one. To be safe, edit the newer network.opts file, filling in the same entries from the network.opts.dpkg-old (the formats are very similar). Here's another, more subtle BUG: If you compiled your own version of the stable kernel (say 2.0.34) via kpkg, dpkg consistently wants to re-install the oribinal 2.0.34 binaries if you install the newer 3.0.4 pcmcia stuff. I have to override this stuff, when dpkg should be smart enough to know that a 2.0.34 based kernel is still being used. On 02-Sep-98 Giuseppe Sacco wrote: > Hi, > I have succesfully installed a Debian2.0 from a CD on a laptop Toshiba > Satellite 310CDS. Then I upgraded the pcmcia*.deb file the the 4th version > (from slink) and installed the package. > Now I have a problem related to pcmcia ethernet adaptor. The error I get > is: > > hsogso:/etc/init.d# ifconfig eth0 10.1.10.240 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast > 10.1.255.255 > SIOCSIFADDR: Operation not supported by device > eth0: unknown interface. > SIOCSIFNETMASK: Operation not supported by device > SIOCSIFBRDADDR: Operation not supported by device > eth0: unknown interface. > hsogso:/etc/init.d# > > What can I do? Do I have to add some data to my question? > > Thanks a lot, > Giuseppe > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Geoffrey L. Brimhall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 03-Sep-98 Time: 21:13:38 This message was sent by XFMail ----------------------------------
