[newbie] Breezy =>Dapper upgrade follow-up issue: PCMCIA server failed?

[Ben Novack]

On 4/23/06, David Armour <d.f.armour at shaw.ca> wrote:
> hello,
>
> follow up to my earlier dapper upgrade question...
>
> the re-boot screen listed one ominous, RED, 'failed' in an otherwise
> quotidian list of ubuntu-brown 'ok's: PCMCIA server.
>
> google supplies mostly more options for pursuing red herrings down
> rabbit holes. apart from the 'failed,' things seem okay,
> dapperly-speaking. but, ... hints, explanations, suggestions,
> directions, further warnings to do with the consequences of PCMCIA's
> failing greatly appreciated.

It's a known issue - desktop systems try to load PCMCIA, which fails
because they don't have PCMCIA slots. (Those slots on the sides of
many laptops that are around the size of a thick credit card.) Of
course, if you have a laptop that has a PCMCIA slot or two, there's a
real problem.

---Ben