Re: [gentoo-dev] pcmcia/nic module problem

[Taras <taras.glek@home.com>]

I get these kinds of messages on my vaio sr17 when I use precompiled
kernels. Usually, I just compile my own kernel with support for pcmcia
and the nic I got and the problem goes away. Try to go for a minimal
kernel, the most features you got compiled in the more chances of it
going wrong.
On 16 Aug 2001 00:27:40 +0200, Daniel Mettler wrote:
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> hi all,
> 
> first: i hope this is the right list now. previously i sent this 
> message to desktop@gentoo which definitely seemed to be wrong. 
> now i was told to send it to gentoo-dev@gentoo.
> 
> second: thanks to all developers of gentoo linux. i already 
> tried quite many linux and *bsd distros and the impression i 
> have from gentoo linux so far is a very positive one.
> 
> now to my question: i installed gentoo on my clean sony vaio 
> n505x notebook. everything worked pretty well during the 
> installation but there is an error when it comes to networking 
> with my accton en2216 pccard. it fails loading the particular
> pcnet_cs module. as a consequence all other networking things 
> are not working too. if i do a 'modprobe pcnet_cs' there is in 
> about the following error:
> 
> linux pcmcia card services 3.1.26
> kernel build: 2.4.4-ac9 #1 Sat Jun 30 14:23:25 Local time zone 
> must be set--see zic manual page 2001
> options: [pci] [cardbus]
> ds: no socket drivers loaded!
> /lib/modules/2.2.4-ac9/pcmcia/ds.o: init_module: Operation not 
> permitted Hint: insmod errors can be cause by incorrect module 
> parameters, including ivalid io or irq parameters
> /lib/modules/2.4.4-ac9/pcmcia/ds.o: insmod 
> /lib/modules/2.4.4-ac9/pcmcia/ds.o failed
> unloading PCMCIA Card Services
> /lib/modules/2.4.4-ac9/pcmcia/ds.o: insmod pcnet_cs failed
> 
> if i do a plain 'insmod pcnet_cs' there are a lot of error 
> messages about unresolved symbols. i already used the notebook 
> including this nic working correctly with another distro, thus 
> there is probably no hardware failure. i do not remember that i 
> ever had to supply parameters for this module to work with this 
> nic.
> afaik i did all according to the install guides of gentoo 
> linux.
> 
> i just wonder what this message about the missing local time 
> zone is? i actually already created the symlink from 
> /etc/localtime to /usr/share/zoneinfo/MET. is there anything 
> else to do with timezones? what might be the reasons for these 
> errors and how can i fix or work around them to make networking 
> work fine?
> 
> regards and thanks for your help.
> 
> dani
> 
> ps. i use gentoo linux v1.0_rc5
> 
> - -- 
> Daniel Mettler                  http://www.icu.unizh.ch/~mettlerd
>  
> All general statements are false. (The Ultimate Law)
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