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[CLOSED] Thinkpad Z60m PCMCIA no longer recognized

kreativ56

Thu Feb 25, 2016 6:45:53 pm

Hello,

the PCMCIA slot of my Thinkpad Z60m is no longer recognized in Zorin OS 11 Core 32bit. In Zorin OS 9 Core 32bit it is recognized and works, but also it does not works in Zorin OS 9 lite.

Is there a solution for the Zorin OS 11 Core?

Swarfendor437

Thu Feb 25, 2016 10:01:16 pm

Hi, I am no expert in this area, but delving on the net led me to this:

http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/

I suspect it has something to do with the kernel in use? ;)

kreativ56

Thu Feb 25, 2016 10:58:45 pm

Thanks for the note.

It really seems to be a problem with the newer kernel. But I'm Linux newbie and now do not know, how I could solve this problem.

Swarfendor437

Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:38:37 pm

Looks like you are not the only one:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2314909

that said, Zorin 9 should be based on 14.04 - so provided you only install security updates and not kernel updates it might work? ;) :D

kreativ56

Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:01:48 pm

Hello,

ok, up to 2019 I only install the security updates.

But if this is a problem of the kernel, it would be useful to report this problem as bug to ubuntu-community so that they can fix the error for the next kernel version?

When the problem ist fixed, so I have no problems, when I load the new Zorin-version after 2019.

Swarfendor437

Sat Feb 27, 2016 12:27:14 pm

Hi, Ubuntu does not control the kernel - the kernel is monitored by Linus Torvalds and others and updates only get released on his say-so - Ubuntu and Zorin have no control over this - all distributions are the same. ;) :D

Remember, the people you should be approaching are the hardware manufacturers - lobby them to provide GNU/Linux drivers! ;)

kreativ56

Sun Feb 28, 2016 7:10:04 pm

Hello, thank you for your help. I have the bug to registered launchpad and hope that this problem is solved for the future.

Swarfendor437

Mon Feb 29, 2016 12:57:27 pm

Hi, as there does not appear to be a way forward, I will mark this thread as [CLOSED]. ;)

kreativ56

Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:51:48 pm

Yes., you can close this thread. Thank you very much for your help!