Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 03 Apr 2004 15:03:52 -0800 | From | Samuel Sieb <> | Subject | Re: pc card hangs computer with 2.6 kernel (more details) |
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Aubin LaBrosse wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 21:38, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > I sent this originally to the pcmcia list, but haven't seen a > > response yet. > > > > My laptop freezes as soon as I insert a Linksys WPC11 card which is > > an 802.11b wireless card. I don't think it's the driver since as > > far as I can tell, the drivers aren't included in the kernel (it's > > a prism 2). I first tried with a 2.6.1 kernel and then upgraded to > > 2.6.4 but it still acts the same. (I'm using Fedora Core Testing, > > updated to latest.) > > > > The laptop is a Compaq Presario 2190 > > > I had similar issues with an hp laptop which was running fedora at > the time. It turns out to be the fedora pcmcia config vs the laptop. > You can try this /etc/pcmcia/config.opts file, originally posted by > Mathieu Lesniak (Thanks Mathieu!) in response to my issue - it forces > pcmcia to use a specific irq and memory range, and it Worked For Me > (tm) > > --aubin
Thank you very much! (I'm sending this wirelessly.) It did take IRQ 10 even though it was excluded in the config file. But it works, so it was either a port issue or memory issue. I'll try to narrow it down if I get a chance.
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