From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90) Description of problem: "starting pcmcia" freezes during RedHat 7.1 boot at PCIC PC Card controller How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1Toshiba laptop Satellite 2100CDS BIOS set to "PCIC Compatible" 2.save the setting and reboot 3.then at "starting pcmcia", freezes Actual Results: at "starting pcmcia", it freezes. Expected Results: My pcmcia network card Dlink DE-660 was working good at RedHat 6.1 under the same setting. Additional info: Attention: I have mentioned the NIC Dlink DE-660. But, the "starting pcmcia freezes" problem, with or without the presence of this DE-660, will remain the same. If instead of "PCIC Compatible", "CardBus/16 bit" is used. Then the laptop will start up good and even detects the netcard Dlink DE-660 with correct node ID:00 80 C8... However, as soon as I use netcfg to setup IP address and etc. and activate the eth0, the laptop freezes and has to be powered off by power button. If instead of "PCIC Compatible" and CardBus/16 bit", the controller mode is set to "Auto-Selected", the laptop will crash at booting in a different way. Thank you very much for the help.
I solved this problem. added "exclude irq 3" to /etc/pcmcia/config.opts
i have the same problem with my Satellice 330 cds, and kinsgton card PCMCIA, when the rh 7.1 boot and start the pcmcia, tell me "use PCI=BIOSIRQ" and hung up, and crash de hard. i4ll try this solution.
I disabled the PCMCIA service, boot and everything boot up, and start Linux. in a shell prompt /etc/# ./pcmcia and i received Starting PCMCIA services: modulesPCI; No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 00:13.0 Please TRY using pci=biosirq. PCI; No IRQ known for interrupt pin B of device 00:13.1 Please TRY using pci=biosirq. Yenta IRQ list 06b0, PCI IRQ 0 Socket Status: 30000011 and HUNG UP i have a kingston nic and a modem (both pcmcia)
I have the exact same problem with a Toshiba 2545XCDT - but don't know how to get into the bios - that stupid 'Toshiba' splash screen isn't helping. I'll try the 'exclude irq 3' & also try to find the magic key strokes to get into the bios.
Okay - I had to exclude irq 3 AND change the bios to 'CardBus/16 bit' to get it working.
Sorry, I forgot to mention to change the bios to "CardBus/16bit". Do the following to get into bios setup mode of toshiba laptop (at least for my 2100cds). 1)shut down and power off the laptop. 2)press "ESC" key and hold. 3)press power button to turn it on. 4)when the laptop password screen appears, release the "ESC" key. 5)type your password and press enter. 6)the screen show "press F1 to bios setup"
also check out bug report 42229
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Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable. Some information on which option may be right for you is available at http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/. Closing as CANTFIX.