[CLUE-Tech] Linksys 10/100 + 56K PCMCIA Card under Slackware 7.1

[Jeffery Cann]

John Kottal wrote:

> What can I do to get the card to load upon system startup? (I currently
> have the line in the rc.local file, but this doesn't seem to be the way
> things really should work, and I would like to have them done
> correctly).

John,

After you run netconfig, the changes should be in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.
This script is executed on startup.

> Additionally, according to Linksys, version 3.0.9 of the Linux PCMCIA
> services or higher is required to run this card. I am sure that this is
> on Slackware 7.1, but how can I find out the version currently on it?

As root:

$ pkgtool

Select the 'View Packages' option.

Scroll down to the PCMCIA services.  Hit enter and you will see the
details of the package.

Jeff

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