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Suse Linux 8.0 on an Acer TravleMate 620 series   Message List  
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Re: Suse Linux 8.0 on an Acer TravleMate 620 series

at the command before it starts booting, type "linux NOPCMCIA=yes"
that should work

hope that helps,
-Matt

--- In linuxonlaptop@y..., "Maurice Kevenaar" <m.kevenaar@p...>
wrote:
> Hi all...
>
> When I try to install Suse Linux 8.0 on an Acer TravelMate 620
Series, I
> Don't get into YaST2, The startup screen stops at "Activating
PCMCIA Devices
> ......"
>
> This laptop has an SmartCard installed
>
> What can i do???
> --
>
> Maurice Kevenaar
> ICQ:59101702
> http://www.kevenaar-it.nl/~maurice/




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Hi all... When I try to install Suse Linux 8.0 on an Acer TravelMate 620 Series, I Don't get into YaST2, The startup screen stops at "Activating PCMCIA Devices...
Maurice Kevenaar
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Aug 15, 2002
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at the command before it starts booting, type "linux NOPCMCIA=yes" that should work hope that helps, -Matt ... Series, I ... PCMCIA Devices...
yomen0208
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Aug 15, 2002
8:04 pm

... THANK YOU! I was having the same problem since upgrading to Redhat 7.3 on my Vaio (previously 7.1, which didn't have this problem). I added the line: ...
Akkana
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Aug 16, 2002
1:32 am

just to make sure you realize this, al this does is disable it, if you want to fix the problem here are the sreps(on my dell i8k2 w/ suse 8.0): -make sure that...
yomen0208
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Aug 16, 2002
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Thanks that worked! -- Maurice Kevenaar ICQ:59101702 http://www.kevenaar-it.nl/~maurice/ ... Van: yomen0208 [mailto:webmaster@...] Verzonden:...
Maurice Kevenaar
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Aug 18, 2002
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Hi, This worked but, when i reboot linux after the install, it hang's again at "Kernel PCMCIA Module..." What can i do nou, nopcmcia=yes, won't work ... on ......
windstreken2001
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Aug 19, 2002
6:56 pm

it is NOPCMCIA=yes it has to be all caps, and then do the rest of the steps i talked about earlier. what is happening is that PCMCIA is implimented in your...
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