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Reply With Quotei just enabled PCMCIA serices on my Winbook Laptop as detailed below. My new problem is that my mouse is IRQ 12.
it worked fine until i enabled PCMCIA services. Now, when i issue the startx command, the desktop loads beautifully but the keyboard and mouse are locked up.
i suspect that this is because PCMCIA services (i82365) is on IRQ 12 and my mouse is not shown. Can anyone help me relocate the PCMCIA services to another IRQ? I've tried moving the IRQ of the PCMCIA card. It was originally configured for 3, but I uncommented some options in the edit /etc/pcmcia/*.opts file and it now safely resides at 10. ismod i83265 type commands generate an error message: "the file already exists."
I wonder if this is a BIOS issue. Can someone describe to me what the various BIOS options for an AMI board for a Winbook XL that might help resolve this problem. I have heard that this only necessary to enable a special interface for running old 16 bit MS-DOS drivers. This is a dual boot machine (Win95) and wonder if disabling the PNP bios option (if i can find it) will affect the Win95 stuff.
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HERE ARE MY IRQ's AFTER I STARTED THE PCMCIA SERVICES (since then if have moved the PCMCIA car to 10)
cat /proc/interrupts > output.txt
CPU0
0: 42986 XT-PIC timer
1: 190 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
3: 93 XT-PIC xirc2ps_cs
8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
11: 0 XT-PIC usb-uhci
12: 4 XT-PIC i82365
14: 4156 XT-PIC ide0
NMI: 0
LOC: 0
ERR: 0
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DETAILS OF INITIALIZING PCMCIA IN PEANUT LINUX
I have initialized the PCMCIA and the Xircom card is apparently recognized
and configured. Unfortunately, it may have created an IRQ conflict. When I
start an X session, my mouse and keyboard lock up. I need help trouble
shooting this.
The details of the PCMCIA fix follow:
Peanut linux comes with PCMCIA commented out. You need to:
1. Open a terminal as root and edit by typing as root "vi /etc/rc.d/rc.S"
2. use the arrow keys to scroll down to the "# Inititialize PCMCIA devices"
3. place the cursor on the "#" on the three lines below that appear like this
and delete the "#".
# if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia ]; then
# . /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia start
# fi
4. the lines should now read:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia start
fi
5. Type ":wq" and hit the Return key. If you are unsure that you have made
the right choices, leave the file without saving by typing ":q!" and hit the
return key.
6. When the file is correctly configured save and reboot. The card should be recognized with a two beep audible signal.
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