[ale] no login and do_ypcall?

[jkinney]

Since the problem clears up by stopping PCMCIA, that is where the conflict
is. 

Try this:

	Start the system with PCMCIA turned off in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d (RedHat
init structure, dump the link to /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia). Check
/proc/interrupts and find the IRQ used by the keyboard. In
/etc/pcmcia/config.opts (again RedHat location) add a line

#Don't use the keyboard IRQ
exclude irq 12

where 12 is replaced with your irq (that's my laptop irq).

Reload pcmcia to start on boot up (i.e. relink to /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia)
and reboot. Odds are, you'll lose your mouse or trackpad at this point ;)

Repeat this process until the pcmcia controller has been told to exclude
all irq's that fail. If you have really good documentation on the laptop,
you can do this in one swat by excluding all irq's the system uses. 

In theory, the pcmcia controller uses the only irq and the card uses a
memory location. In practice, my pcmcia controller uses both an irq and
memory address and so does my card. 

On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Nomad the Wanderer wrote:

> No interupt conflicts.  I can cat /proc/interupts and see an entry
> for my eth0 and my keyboard.  If I stop pcmcia though I can atleast
> log in.
> 
> Robert
> 
> Thus spake jkinney (jkinney at teller.physics.emory.edu):
> 
> > Sounds like a resource conflict. check /proc/interupts. PCMCIA is bad
> > about stealing keyboard IRQ's.
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, 4 Oct 1998, Nomad the Wanderer wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm installing RH-5.1 on my Laptop and hit a snag.  When I log in on the 
> > > console It takes a bit, I get:
> > > 
> > > do_ypcall: clnt_call: RPC: Timed Out
> > > 
> > > and then I get the login prompt back. I can rsh and telnet in, just can't
> > > login from the console.  Anyone have any ideas?
> > > 
> > > The Syslog reports  nothing.
> > > 
> > > Robert
> > > 
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Robert L. Harris                |   You mean you paid
> > > Senior System Administrator II  |        MONEY for 
> > >   at Great West Life.           \_    Service Pack '98???
> > > 
> > > http://www.orci.com/~nomad
> > > 
> > > DISCLAIMER:
> > >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > > 
> > > FYI:
> > >  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> > > 
> > 
> > Jim Kinney M.S.
> > jkinney at teller.physics.emory.edu
> > Educational Technology Specialist	404-727-4734
> > Department of Physics			Emory University
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Robert L. Harris                |   You mean you paid
> Senior System Administrator II  |        MONEY for 
>   at Great West Life.           \_    Service Pack '98???
> 
> http://www.orci.com/~nomad
> 
> DISCLAIMER:
>       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> 
> FYI:
>  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> 

Jim Kinney M.S.
jkinney at teller.physics.emory.edu
Educational Technology Specialist	404-727-4734
Department of Physics			Emory University