I am using the following as a starting point... http://tuxmobil.org/linux-ze4315us-slack-9.1.html I have an HP ZE4240. I'm trying to get my cisco 350 802.11b card working under suse 9. I've been trying to learn how pcmcia stuff is configured by reading all I can get my hands on, but I'm still very much in the dark. What I could use some clarification on is the list of files and the order they are processed. Also, I'm not clear if using "kernel" pcmcia vs "external" pcmcia uses a separate set of configuration files, or the exact same ones, or if there is some overlap. On my system there is a file /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia which has the following settings PCMCIA_SYSTEM="kernel" or "external" PCMCIA_PCIC="" PCMCIA_PCIC_OPTS="" PCCIA_CORE_OPTS="" 1 - Is a setting of "external" above how you would disable kernel pcmcia so you could run pcmcia_cs as outlined on the above web page? 2 - When it says you have to run i82365 instead of yenta_socket, is this (PCMCIA_PCIC) where you set it? When I do an insmod i82365 I get an error message "init_module: No such device" I tried a few parameters like irq_list= but couldn't get it to work. I can insmod yenta_socket with no trouble. I've looked at the script /etc/init.d/pcmcia, but it's too complicated for this beginner to follow. I do see that /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia does not have any execute permissions, so how can /etc/init.d/pcmcia execute it? (which it does) I tried setting the PCMCIA_SYSTEM to external. This lets the system boot (rather than lockup) with the cisco card installed. However I don't see it with either ifconfig or iwconfig. thanks for any help. al