pc card hangs computer with 2.6 kernel (more details)

[Samuel Sieb]

Aubin LaBrosse wrote:

>  On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 21:38, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>
> > I sent this originally to the pcmcia list, but haven't seen a
> > response yet.
> >
> > My laptop freezes as soon as I insert a Linksys WPC11 card which is
> > an 802.11b wireless card. I don't think it's the driver since as
> > far as I can tell, the drivers aren't included in the kernel (it's
> > a prism 2). I first tried with a 2.6.1 kernel and then upgraded to
> > 2.6.4 but it still acts the same. (I'm using Fedora Core Testing,
> > updated to latest.)
> >
> > The laptop is a Compaq Presario 2190
>
>
>  I had similar issues with an hp laptop which was running fedora at
>  the time. It turns out to be the fedora pcmcia config vs the laptop.
>  You can try this /etc/pcmcia/config.opts file, originally posted by
>  Mathieu Lesniak (Thanks Mathieu!) in response to my issue - it forces
>  pcmcia to use a specific irq and memory range, and it Worked For Me
>  (tm)
>
>  --aubin

Thank you very much!  (I'm sending this wirelessly.)
It did take IRQ 10 even though it was excluded in the config file.  But 
it works, so it was either a port issue or memory issue.  I'll try to 
narrow it down if I get a chance.