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Posted: **Mon 24 Sep 2012, 00:43**

Hi all,

I successfully installed Slacko 5.3.3 on a Toshiba Satellite but it don't recognized the pcmcia card, and I already autoprobed all modules.

Any hint?

Thanks in advance, Elias

Posted: **Mon 24 Sep 2012, 01:00**

Hi Elias- Welcome to Pup.

Run: lsmod in a console and tell us whether "pcnet_cs" is on the list, the driver I suspect your card requires..

Posted: **Mon 24 Sep 2012, 11:01**

Elias, if it helps I have a Portege 3480CT with PCMCIA issues, initially. Fluppy13, Saluki19, TeenPup2010, MacPup520 and other pupplets all detect the usb2 ports, wirFi cards and external CD ROM cards fine. Haven't tried Slacko, but sometimes a loose contact or a mis-aligned card in its slot could give me a false negative for pcmcia.

Posted: **Mon 24 Sep 2012, 12:03**

Semme wrote:Hi Elias- Welcome to Pup.

Run: lsmod in a console and tell us whether "pcnet_cs" is on the list, the driver I suspect your card requires..

Hi Semme. Thank you.

The string "pcnet_cs" is not in the list. How can I install this driver?

Elias

Posted: **Mon 24 Sep 2012, 12:07**

Puppyt wrote:Elias, if it helps I have a Portege 3480CT with PCMCIA issues, initially. Fluppy13, Saluki19, TeenPup2010, MacPup520 and other pupplets all detect the usb2 ports, wirFi cards and external CD ROM cards fine. Haven't tried Slacko, but sometimes a loose contact or a mis-aligned card in its slot could give me a false negative for pcmcia.

Hi Puppyt. Thank you.

This card was working normally until few days ago with win98. I already tried wary puppy and arcade puppy but none of these you mentioned.

Elias

Posted: **Mon 24 Sep 2012, 12:27**

Elias wrote:This card was working normally until few days ago with win98.

Do you mean that it STOPPED working in Win98?

Type the command

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lspci -nn

Does it list your card?

Posted: **Mon 24 Sep 2012, 13:04**

rcrsn51 wrote:
Elias wrote:This card was working normally until few days ago with win98.
Do you mean that it STOPPED working in Win98?

Type the command
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lspci -nn
Does it list your card?

Hi rcrsn51,

The card was working fine in win98 until I installed Slacko. And this is the output of the 'lspci -nn':

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge [8086:7190] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge [8086:7191] (rev 03)
00:05.0 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA [8086:7110] (rev 02)
00:05.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE [8086:7111] (rev 01)
00:05.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB [8086:7112] (rev 01)
00:05.3 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI [8086:7113] (rev 03)
00:07.0 Communication controller [0780]: Agere Systems 56k WinModem [11c1:0441] (rev 01)
00:09.0 IRDA controller [0d00]: Toshiba America Info Systems FIR Port Type-DO [1179:0d01]
00:0b.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC95 [1179:060a] (rev 07)
00:0b.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC95 [1179:060a] (rev 07)
00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Yamaha Corporation YMF-744B [DS-1S Audio Controller] [1073:0010] (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV [5333:8c12] (rev 11)

Thanks, Elias

Posted: **Mon 24 Sep 2012, 13:22**

Run

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dmesg

Are there any messages about the card?

Posted: **Mon 24 Sep 2012, 13:53**

rcrsn51 wrote:Run
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dmesg
Are there any messages about the card?

There are many messages about it...please see the file attached.

Posted: **Mon 24 Sep 2012, 14:08**

Elias wrote:
rcrsn51 wrote:Run
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dmesg
Are there any messages about the card?
There are many messages about it...please see the file attached.

I'm not sure if the attachment was sent...trying again.

Posted: **Mon 24 Sep 2012, 14:24**

Try this:

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dmesg | gzip > dmesg.gz

Then attach the file dmesg.gz

Posted: **Mon 24 Sep 2012, 14:32**

rcrsn51 wrote:Try this:
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dmesg | gzip > dmesg.gz
Then attach the file dmesg.gz

ok.

Posted: **Mon 24 Sep 2012, 14:53**

16.143392] Loading kernel module for a network device with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated). Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev-eth0 instead

This would appear to be the key message. Hopefully, someone with more PCMCIA experience than me will know what to do with it.

Posted: **Tue 25 Sep 2012, 12:37**

rcrsn51 wrote:
16.143392] Loading kernel module for a network device with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated). Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev-eth0 instead
This would appear to be the key message. Hopefully, someone with more PCMCIA experience than me will know what to do with it.

Would be reasonable to expect that this bug will be fixed in a new release of Slacko?

Thanks, Elias

Posted: **Tue 25 Sep 2012, 12:45**

You might have better luck trying an OLDER version, like Puppy 431.

Posted: **Tue 25 Sep 2012, 14:11**

rcrsn51 wrote:You might have better luck trying an OLDER version, like Puppy 431.

I just finished trying it...and nothing.

I give up.

Thank you very much,

Elias

Posted: **Wed 26 Sep 2012, 00:14**

rcrsn51 wrote:Type the command
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lspci -nn

No no. "lspci" will only reveal the identity of the Cardbus controller device
- and in Elias' case, this device is "Toshiba ToPIC95".

To identify the Cardbus devices connected to the controller, you must follow the procedure I explained way back in 2006 -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 1707#31707

Here it is again:
- Check if the PCMCIA system recognises your PCMCIA device with these 2 commands -

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pccardctl status
pccardctl ident

If you cannot see your device listed, reset the Cardbus interface like this -

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pccardctl eject
pccardctl insert

Now run "pccardctl ident" again.
If still no success, it's possible that Puppy failed to detect the Toshiba PCMCIA interface at boot up, and failed to initialise the PCMCIA subsystem (pcmciautils)
As a short term fix, run this command -

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pcmcia-socket-startup

Now run "pccardctl ident" again - hopefully you will see a network device listed - then go ahead and run the Network Wizard to ensure the correct driver is loaded, and configure the network.

If this last step (running the "pcmcia-socket-startup" command) was successful, you can make this fix permanent by following forum member tubby's instructions to modify Puppy's start up script -
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 413#461413

Posted: **Wed 26 Sep 2012, 03:11**

tempestuous wrote:
rcrsn51 wrote:Type the command
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lspci -nn
No no. "lspci" will only reveal the identity of the Cardbus controller device
- and in Elias' case, this device is "Toshiba ToPIC95".

To identify the Cardbus devices connected to the controller, you must follow the procedure I explained way back in 2006 -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 1707#31707

Here it is again:
- Check if the PCMCIA system recognises your PCMCIA device with these 2 commands -
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pccardctl status
pccardctl ident
If you cannot see your device listed, reset the Cardbus interface like this -
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pccardctl eject
pccardctl insert
Now run "pccardctl ident" again.
If still no success, it's possible that Puppy failed to detect the Toshiba PCMCIA interface at boot up, and failed to initialise the PCMCIA subsystem (pcmciautils)
As a short term fix, run this command -
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pcmcia-socket-startup
Now run "pccardctl ident" again - hopefully you will see a network device listed - then go ahead and run the Network Wizard to ensure the correct driver is loaded, and configure the network.

If this last step (running the "pcmcia-socket-startup" command) was successful, you can make this fix permanent by following forum member tubby's instructions to modify Puppy's start up script -
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 413#461413

Hi tempestuous.

The device is listed - it's a Planet ENW-3502-2T - but the Network Wizard cannot see any active network interface even after running 'pcmcia-socket-startup'.

obs. I'm using slacko 5.3.3.

Elias

Posted: **Wed 26 Sep 2012, 03:39**

I hunted around for more info about this device. I found several references to the ENW-3502-T where it was reported to work in Linux, but not the 2T.

Posted: **Wed 26 Sep 2012, 03:46**

rcrsn51 wrote:I hunted around for more info about this device. I found several references to the ENW-3502-T where it was reported to work in Linux, but not the 2T.

Sorry, the card is in fact a ENW-3502-T, not a "2T".

Elias

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