hi there is something missing in the dmesg output of your 2.6.16 kernel: Yenta TI: socket 0001:10:13.0, mfunc 0x00001002, devctl 0x60 this means your kernel is compiled w/o TI initialization code. the config option is CONFIG_YENTA_TI. please try enabling this one first. what does a manual "pccardctl insert" do? rgds -daniel