PCMCIA Troubles on Thinkpad 760

[Richard Duncan]

I recently formatted and installed RH 9 after having used RH 8 for a while.  Under 8, my PCMCIA slots worked fine, and I used a 3COM Etherlink III for network access since the TP 760 is too old to have a built-in NIC.  At any rate, when I installed 9, my PCMCIA slots stopped working, either with this card or another one I have.  I know this much:    The slots pass the on-board tests, and the cards work in another machine.    PCMCIA service is stopped, though it is set to start on boot, and when I tried to start it I get a lot of errors and it doesn’t work.  The error reads “/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.o: init_module: No such device”.     I’ve tried using the cardctl command but I get the “no pcmcia driver in /proc/devices/”    Hardware browser reads the PCMCIA as manufactured by Texas Instruments and driver as yenta_socket.    I’ve checked the pcmcia file in /etc/sysconfig and it reads:   PCMCIA=yes PCIC=i82365 PCIC_OPTS= CORE_OPTS=   On boot, I get the error as follows.  (It used to say “Please try pci=biosirq” but using this only made that part of the error message go away)   PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 00:02.0 PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin B of device 00:02.0     This problem is very frustrating, as my access to the network (and thus, the Internet) depends on the use of the PCMCIA slots.  It happens every time I boot, without exception.  I’ve tried looking around the net for solutions, but haven’t found any that work.   Thanks for any help. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 7/18/2003