Well, it is a beta, after all 

Forum: PCMCIA Installation and Configuration Issues
Re: Unresolved symbols installing pcmcia.12-May-00 under RedHat 6.2 (Michael Barton)
Date: 2000, May 18
From: David Hinds <dhinds@pcmcia.sourceforge.org>

You should expect the possibility of breakages; the 3.1.15 release would probably be a better thing to try. That particular bug is fixed in a newer beta. -- Dave

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