pcmcia - do I need it?

[Clayton Anderson]

Oliver Grawert wrote:
> hi,
> Am Samstag, den 20.11.2004, 09:56 -0800 schrieb Clayton Anderson:
> 
>>Shango Oluwa wrote:
>>
>>>Just 'cd' to /etc/rc2.d and there you will find a link referring to the
>>>PCMCIA start-up script (which is actually located in /etc/init.d)
>>>
>>>The solution you seek is to rename the link to something else than
>>>'S##pcmcia' (the hashes represent a number which I'm not sure what it
>>>is). You can easily do this with the 'mv' command: 
>>>
>>>mv /etc/rc2.d/S##pcmcia /etc/rc2.d/disabled_S##pcmcia
>>>
>>>Now, at system startup, PCMCIA will not load, because 'init' only starts
>>>links beginning with "S". 
>>>
>>>Obviously, replace the hashes with whatever number is relevant. It is
>>>common practice to add a prefix (e.g. "disabled_") rather than deleting
>>>the link - this way you'll know what it is when you find it months or
>>>years later!
>>>
>>>Your conclusion that your desktop does not need to run the PCMCIA daemon
>>>is correct - I'm sure that your desktop system has no PCMCIA/CardBus
>>>slots, hence the PCMCIA daemon will only consume (negligible) CPU time.
>>>
>>>Minding the caution below, go to each "rc#.d" directory in /etc and
>>>rename the link to the pcmcia startup script. You can use the 'mv'
>>>command outlined above - just be careful to replace "rc2.d" your current
>>>working directory's appropriate number (e.g. rc4.d , rc5.d , etc). This
>>>is not an elegant or efficient solution but is a good way for you to
>>>explore those directories and get a feel for their content.
>>>
>>>!!NB!! You should *not* rename the links in rc0.d and rc6.d
>>>
>>>(Some google'ing about runlevels will let you understand why.)  
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Shango Oluwa
>>>
>>>
>>>On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 10:02 -0500, David M. Carney wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>WITHOUT getting into the whole discussion of the proper way to disable
>>>>initscripts again, I too get the PCMCIA error at boot time.
>>>>
>>>>My computer is a desktop and it (to my limited knowledge) it does not
>>>>use PCMCIA, which to my understanding is mainly for laptops.
>>>>
>>>>Is there some way to remove a package to keep it from loading?
>>>>
>>>>David
>>>>
>>>>-- 
>>>>Registered Linux User #297958
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Or how about "update-rc.d pcmcia remove"?
> 
> do not use update-rc.d, its not for runlevel management....
> better see here:
> http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/UbuntuBootupHowto
> 
> ciao
> 	oli
> 
> 
Oooh! Thanks for the link. Linux is such a humbling endeavor.

Clayton