[NTLUG:Discuss] Problems w/ RH 7.2 and Netgear FA411

[Philip Stetz]

Thanks to everyone for helping out w/ this.  I just
wanted to follow up in case anyone else might have a
similar problem.

The FA411 is a supported card, however, the pcmcia
config file got hosed somehow when trying to install
the supplied drivers.  (I should have known not to
trust netgear after realizing they couldn't publish a
*working* makefile!)

Anyways, this did the trick:

Look at /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia and verify that
PCMCIA=yes and 
PCIC= either yenta_socket or i82365.

Try running:
  /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
-- Dave

I already had PCMCIA set to yes, but the PCIC flag
made all the difference.  I would recomend heading
over to https://sourceforge.net/projects/pcmcia-cs/ to
anyone that is having pcmcia trouble.

Thanks again,

Phil

--- bryn konti <bkontr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> --- Philip Stetz <philip_stetz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Trying to install a netgear fa411 on my Dell
> > Inspirion
> > 7500 laptop running RH 7.2 (2.4.7-10) with no
> luck. 
> > I
> > don't believe the card is even being recognized as
> > there are no lights on the pcmcia card that
> indicate
> > link / activity nor do i hear a beep when i insert
> > or
> > remove the card. I am positive the card works as I
> > tried it on a windows box and got it up on the
> > network. 
> 
> You might want to check that the PCMCIA daemon is
> running and that it applies the correct driver to
> the
> device when you insert it.  Check the PCMCIA howto
> at
> linux doc project for more info:
> 
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/PCMCIA-HOWTO.html
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bryn
> 
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