Zdraveite, imam slednia problem s Slackware sam mahnah po
njkakav nacin driver na HCF i imam slednite greshki:

options:  [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
  <Probing for PCIC: edit /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia>
Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than 
/lib/modules/2.4.20/modules.dep
Intel PCIC probe: not found.
Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than 
/lib/modules/2.4.20/modules.dep
Databook TCIC-2 PCMCIA probe: not found.
Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than 
/lib/modules/2.4.20/modules.dep
Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than 
/lib/modules/2.4.20/modules.dep
ds: no socket drivers loaded!

i ponadolu ...

 eth0: Setting half-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner
ability 0000.
modprobe: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than 
/lib/modules/2.4.20/modules.dep
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:07.2
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 01:00.0
uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xdce0, IRQ 11
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than 
/lib/modules/2.4.20/modules.dep


 modules.conf e prazen ot njkade vse oste se maci da zaredi
 draiverite na HCF modema i kakvo oznacava tazi greska, znaci
 iztrih redovete ot /lib/modules/2.4.20/modules.dep koito
 zarejdaha HCF draivera, iztrih i draivera ot
/lib/modules/2.4.20/misc no pak ima njkakav problem..

 Najdjvam se njkoi da imal podoben problem. Predpolagam me
 interesuva kak da premahna modul ot kernela da ne go tarsi
 ili kak da go premahna ot tarseneto(az tova probvah no mai
stana po losho)..

 ако нямаш hotplug devices (PCMCIA) , дай chmod 644
 /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia или погледни в /etc/rc.d/rc.modules
 какви модули точно ти се зареждат и тези който не ти трябват
ги разкарай

 Ако пък си активирал hotplug - има един файл в /etc/hotplug
 наречн blacklist в който задаваш кои модули да не се
преверяват автоматично.

 problema ne e v hotplug poglednah go i faila poglednah no
 tam njma nisto. Tova se poluci sled kato mahnah draiver za
 HCF Conexant modem. Znaci mahnah mu modulite koito tarseshe
 ot /lib/modules/2.4.20/modules.dep i istrih edin modul ot
/lib/modules/2.4.20/misc koito e za modema i taka stana. 
 Predpolagam ima oste njkade tova zadadeno no neznam kade...