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PCMCIA ethernet card

Posted: 12. Oct 2012, 13:57
by xirtyllo
Hi all,

I have an Edimax EP-4103DL pcmcia ethernet card, and I'm not managing to use it under Linux...
the card has a Realtek 8139 chipset, thus should use th 8139too kernel module .
(I found a couple of reports of users that had it working with the 8139too module, and it is listed as Linux compatible on the Edimax site)

What I tried:

-make sure that pcmcia is enabled under the Salix "System services" tool.
-as root:

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modprobe 8139too
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lsmod
to check that the module is loaded, and it is.
-as root:

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ifconfig
but couldn't see the new ethernet card, only eth0 which is the integrated ethernet card.
-also tried as root:

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lspci
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lspcmcia
, but it's not listed there either (I don't know if it should..)

what am I doing wrong?

thank you!
:geek:

Re: PCMCIA ethernet card

Posted: 13. Oct 2012, 20:42
by gapan
Maybe it's the 8139cp module instead? And are the pcmcia modules also loaded?

Re: PCMCIA ethernet card

Posted: 14. Oct 2012, 12:49
by xirtyllo
Hi Gapan,
thanks for the replies!

at the end I realized that "pcmcia slot" was not enabled in the bios. After enabling it the modules are loaded automatically and I can see the card with ifconfig -a