> Do you happen to remember what you did just before it stopped working? Or > do you at least remember whether you had just upgraded or recompiled your > kernel? This would most likely be the easiest route to identifying the > problem.
Right. I have a kernel built with identical options on another machine where the card still works. I also booted into an earlier kernel on the machine where the card isn't working and it still didn't work, I'm almost certain the card used to work on that kernel. > Can you otherwise modprobe or insmod the atmel_cs module successfully? Yes, I can modprobe/insmod atmel_cs, and it shows up in lsmod, but is unused (Used by 0). > It's not clear from your post which kernel you know (currently, and for > certain) that the card is working on, and which kernel it is not > working on? I read you to be saying that you have tried both a 2.6.4 > kernel and a 2.6.5 kernel on this system, and the card fails to work > under both. The card is working on another system (same exact model--HP OmniBook 500) on 2.6.5. > This appears to be an external module; I don't recognize the smc.conf > file. Are you certain that the version you are using is reported by the > distributor to work with the kernel you are attempting to run it under? Yes. As I understood it, I needed to create a custom smc.conf for this card's manfid to get it to load the modules. The smc.conf didn't change from the time that it was working and that it wasn't working. > From what you describe, and this seems to be your assessment as well, > it is unlikely that this is a hardware problem. And there's never been > any instance at all of a computer error occurring in a 9000 series. (am I missing a reference with the "9000 series"?) It's weird. At this point, I have two nearly identical laptops, but running more-or-less Debian unstable (some experimental packages on the one that's *not* broken), and the WiFi card works on one but not the other. So I would be tempted to think there *is* hardware malfunction on the other, but the modem card works on that one, so it can't be that the PCMCIA slot is totally dead. I guess I would appreciate suggestions for how to narrow this down to hardware or software, and/or anything else with the software... -- Adam Kessel http://adam.rosi-kessel.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
