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Pcmcia/ loop back
Name: Vic Date: January 1, 2003 at 08:29:45 Pacific OS: LINUX 8.0 CPU/Ram: 1 GHZ/256 MB
Comment:
Hi, I was succesful in installing RehHat Linux 8.0 on my Sony Vaio PCG-GR250. The only problem I get is when I boot up and it gets to the part where it test the loop back for the network card. For some reason it just stays hanging. I have to reboot boot and go into the "interactive" mode in order to bypass that part. I also have a problem with the PCMCIA service as well; it tries to start the PCMCIA service and it just hangs. For now I surviving the boot up errors by disabling them from starting.
Has anyone out there had this problem with Sony Viao Laptops? And what did you do to fix it? I really don't care about the built in network card the laptop has. What I really want is the PCMCIA service to work so I can use my SMC wireless card. If I can get that going then i'm good to go.
Name: dahvaio Date: January 1, 2003 at 12:03:26 Pacific
Reply:
Vic, I run Mandrake 9.0 with a vanilla kernel 2.4.20 + ACPI + SWSUSP and everything works on my system. However, I have a VAIO R505DL. The best place to find out about VAIO's and LINUX is to visit this list repository and sign up or just peruse the archives:
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