Drivers for PCMCIA in Mandrake

#1 rachid_azzi

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Posted 17 May 2003 - 08:15 AM

My IBM Thinkpad laptop didn't recognise my magic module when inserted in the PCMCIA slot.
I think drivere are missing for my version of Mandrake (8).
I would be grateful if you can help or post me the files.

R azzi

#2 Tekchip

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Posted 01 June 2003 - 09:58 AM

Last time I checked Linux does not support mysticism. j/k Magic Module? I dont think I've ever heard of it. Got some more information on your Magic Module?

#3 rachid_azzi

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Posted 02 June 2003 - 05:06 PM

No mysticism, but if you try an internet seaarch, you would have discover that Magic Module is merely a PCMCIA device to be inserted on a digital receiver in order to decrypt several TV channels.

Bye.

#4 Tekchip

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Posted 02 June 2003 - 09:57 PM

I had done a quick search earlier and the first few links were nothing but message boards and people making references to 'magic modules'. Uppon doing a search for 'linux magic module' on google the very first link turned up a possible beta driver for one of these things. I'm not 100% certain though because the site is not entirely in english. However the driver is listed directly below an SDK for the magic module that states it's for linux/win. Here's the link:

http://www.magictrance.nl/english/Software.htm

Give that a shot. That's the only thing I've found with the exception of a spanish page that even seems to have hard information on this peice of hardware. It looks to be fairly non-standard or just not often used.