Other Help Topics :: PCMCIA Card

Hello,
Awesome program by the way. A great learning tool for linux. I've really enjoyed it.

I have a PCM-CIA ethernet card that I cannot get to work. My friend told me that it needs a 3C589 driver.

I followed the directions listed here:
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/PCMCIA-HOWTO.html

And got as far as "make config"
Then I get an error message about the source code. Something about only have the headers and not the code. I tried downloading the code but to no advail.

I'm running dsl on a Pentium 1 AST Ascentria P Series. It's not an impressive computer, but it does show the value of DSL. Unfortunatly I only have this one ethernet card to try on this computer so I have not been able to get it online.

If anyone can point me to the right directions I would appreciate any help I can get.

Thanks and Happy Hoildays

It appears that the 3c589 driver is already included inside DSL.

Maybe you can activate it by opening a terminal window and type:

sudo su
modprobe 3c589_cs
netcardconfig
exit
exit

Thanks for the help!

when I type "modeprobe 3c589_cs"
I get
/lib/modules/2.4.31/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 sslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o: insmod 3c589_cs failed

after this netcardconfig gives the familiar
No supported network cards found. <OK>

Hmm...

Maybe boot with:

dsl acpi=off noapm pci=biosirq

and try the above lines again?

Also, try turning plug and play OFF in your BIOS and use the bottom PCMCIA slot

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