[NTLUG:Discuss] PCMCIA modem

[Michael]

Start "Install software" (assuming you are running KDE..)

K menu -> configuration -> package management -> install software

> Type "pcmcia" in the search box

> Choose both of the .rpms that appear (one is the deamon, the other is the 
x11 frontend.. as they obviously state.)

I believe the pcmia deamon will be active as soon as the rpm install is done, 
but i don't have pcmcia on my desktop, so dunno, you may have to reboot.  
After its active it should autodetect just like usb (or windows pcmcia) when 
you insert a card. 

I haven't run pcmcia on mandrake since 6.1, but way back then on my 486sx50, 
it detected my 3com modems fine, but only saw my 3com nic+modem as a 
ethernet. Thats ages (3.5 years?) ago, so it has litle to no relavence on the 
current state of pcmcia support. 

On Monday 24 November 2003 10:53 am, fredjame wrote:
> I installed Mandrake 9.1 on this laptop without a PCMCIA card, now I
> want to add one, and apparently I am lost.  Do I have to reinstall
> Linux, or is there a (fairly easy) way to accomplish the install and
> configuration?
> I haven't found it yet.
>
> Xircom 56K modem PC Card XM5600