Notebook hangs when starting the PCMCIA services

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 6.3
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Symptom:

While installing or updating your Notebook the start of the PCMCIA services causes the computer to hang.

Cause:

Some PCMCIA chipsets could not be initialized.

Solution:

Set the variable PCMCIA_CORE_OPTS in the file /etc/rc.config to PCMCIA_CORE_OPTS="do_pnp=0".

Procedure:

Boot the Rescue system from the 2nd SuSE CD.
Mount the your root partition with the command mount /dev/hdX /mnt
(where X represents the root partition for your system, for example mount /dev/hda2 /mnt).

Set the variable PCMCIA_CORE_OPTS in the rc.config file of the mounted root partition to "do_pnp=0".
For this you can use the text editor of your choice, in this example we'll use "vi":
vi /mnt/etc/rc.config.

After the next reboot the PCMCIA services should function again.


Keywords: PCMCIA, 63, PCMCIA-SERVICE

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