[juneau-lug] Re: Redhat 7.3, PCMCIA and X

On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 12:38:17 -0800
"Charles R. Hakari" <chakari@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> Next, I can only get the PCMCIA card manager working after I login and 
> restart it from the Redhat Services Manager. Trying to restart from a 
> commandline doesn't work. During bootup, the boot messages show that the 
> card manager is unable to get an interrupt. Has anyone had this problem 
> and come up with a solution? 

Try going into BIOS and reserving irq 3, 5, and/or 9.  Those are interrupts 
used by various built-in devices (sound, etc.) and sometimes the PCMCIA manager 
doesn't correctly autoprobe them on older hardware.

You probably won't need to reserve all three - I'd start with 5.

Cheers,

James

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