I'm trying to install gentoo on my Dell Inspiron Laptop with livecd 1.4rc4. I've got a Linksys PCM100 standard 10/100 pcmcia card for my NIC. Booting the livecd with the 'gentoo dopcmcia' option results in my computer locking up and requiring a hard reboot. The last thing I see is 'waiting on 2 sockets' during the pcmcia initialization. The link lights turn on with the Linksys card just before the computer freezes. I've searched and searched the gentoo message boards for a work around to this and nothing seems to work. I also tried the latest experimental live cd and the 1.4rc3 cds, all exhibit the same issue. The computer freezes up no matter what pcmcia card is plugged in (i tried a 3Com card, and no card at all). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot the livecd with the 'gentoo dopcmcia' option (on a dell insprion laptop) 2. 3. Actual Results: Computer freezes during pcmcia initialization ('waiting on 2 sockets' is the last text printed to the console) Expected Results: It should detect my pcmcia card. Worst case it shouldn't lock up the laptop Dell Inspiron 8000 Linksys PCM100 10/100 Integrated PC Card (not that this matters, i can't get the livecd to boot with no cards plugged in)
Most Dell laptops have pcmcia issue's with Gentoo. I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 and it also hangs with a card installed when doing a "gentoo dopcmcia". Without a card is continues. On http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=9204 the solution is discussed. Can this be incorporated in the 1.4 setup without breaking anything else?
Can you tell me if this is still a problem with 1.4 final?
