Hello, During boot of my SuSE 8.2 on a laptop it is sometimes not possible to start my PCMCIA wireless card. In /var/log/messages I see : ----------------- cardmgr[1124]: socket 0: SITECOM WL-011 Wireless Network PC Card cardmgr[1124]: executing: 'insmod -v /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/pcmf502r.o' cardmgr[1124]: + Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/pcmf502r.o cardmgr[1124]: + Symbol version prefix '' kernel: pcmf502r: RequestIRQ: Resource in use ---------------- I wonder "in use" by what ? When I subsequently do a reboot then sometimes the same thing happens again, and some other time all works well the second boot. If it works, I see in in /var/log/messages : ----------------- cardmgr[1124]: socket 0: SITECOM WL-011 Wireless Network PC Card cardmgr[1124]: executing: 'insmod -v /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/pcmf502r.o' cardmgr[1124]: + Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB//pcmcia/pcmf502r.o cardmgr[1124]: + Symbol version prefix '' cardmgr[1124]: executing: './network start eth1' /etc/hotplug/net.agent[1135]: Interface eth1 is handled by service PCMCIA ... exiting ----------------- If it didn't work the second time, then the third reboot ALWAYS goes well ! So apparently after two or three times the IRQ blocking resource has evaporated. Please note, that many times the first boot is OK right away. Any ideas what is happening here and how to prevent this ? TIA and greetings, -- Jan Elders Nuenen the Netherlands