Help! Kernel woes.
I have tried recompiling a 2.2 kernel, and now I have two problems: 1) The new kernel isn't recognizing my network card. I used the PCI NE2000 option; it worked before on a 2.0.34 kernel I compiled on a floppy. Might I be missing an important option? 2) I still can't use sound. I have a SoundBlaster 16 PnP, and a look at /dev/sndstat reveals that the driver is there, but it doesn't recognize any audio devices. Any suggestions? - thanks, Bill
Re: Help! Kernel woes.
William R Pentney [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have tried recompiling a 2.2 kernel, and now I have two problems: 1) The new kernel isn't recognizing my network card. I used the PCI NE2000 option; it worked before on a 2.0.34 kernel I compiled on a floppy. Might I be missing an important option? Which card is it? 2) I still can't use sound. I have a SoundBlaster 16 PnP, and a look at /dev/sndstat reveals that the driver is there, but it doesn't recognize any audio devices. Did you compile it in kernel or as modules. I also have a SB16, and found that it was a bit unobvious how to configure it in menuconfig... Did you get to the step of specifying the DMA, IRQ etc.etc.? Which driver did you chose? You should have chosen OSS sound modules AND 100% Sound Blastaer compatibles, and only then would you have been revealed the possibility to enter I/O, IRQ etc. Cheers, -- Arcady Genkin I opened up my wallet, and it's full of blood... - GsYDE
Re: Help! Kernel woes.
On 15 Apr 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote: William R Pentney [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have tried recompiling a 2.2 kernel, and now I have two problems: 1) The new kernel isn't recognizing my network card. I used the PCI NE2000 option; it worked before on a 2.0.34 kernel I compiled on a floppy. Might I be missing an important option? Which card is it? It is a Dayna PCI card, for 10baseT networks. I used the PCI NE2000 option with success when I installed it. It also worked when I attempted to install a 2.0.34 kernel (which unfortunately did not accept my SoundBlaster 16 - it's a PnP, so I wanted to go for the 2.2 kernel that has the PnP support.) Did you compile it in kernel or as modules. I also have a SB16, and found that it was a bit unobvious how to configure it in menuconfig... Did you get to the step of specifying the DMA, IRQ etc.etc.? Which driver did you chose? You should have chosen OSS sound modules AND 100% Sound Blastaer compatibles, and only then would you have been revealed the possibility to enter I/O, IRQ etc. Did all of that, and it was set up with correct IRQ and all, but I still couldn't use /dev/audio. It is, as mentioned, a PnP. Should I use the mysterious isapnptools package? Thanks, Bill
Re: Help! Kernel woes.
William R Pentney [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 15 Apr 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote: It is a Dayna PCI card, for 10baseT networks. I used the PCI NE2000 option with success when I installed it. It also worked when I attempted to install a 2.0.34 kernel (which unfortunately did not accept my SoundBlaster 16 - it's a PnP, so I wanted to go for the 2.2 kernel that has the PnP support.) Hmm. I am runnig 2.2.5 with NE2K PCI and Rtl8139 nics w/o problems. You mention 2.0.34... Which version of Debian do you have? Could it be that you need to upgrade some of the stuff on your system in order to use 2.2.x? Have you checked against the compatibility table? Did all of that, and it was set up with correct IRQ and all, but I still couldn't use /dev/audio. It is, as mentioned, a PnP. Should I use the mysterious isapnptools package? Don't know. I usually turn off pnp feature on any piece of hardware that I buy. Sorry, never used the isapnptools. I had problems with /dev/audio and /dev/dsp untill I changed their ownership to root.audio and added myself to audio group. Do you hear the card initialize at the system startup? Does it produce a popping noise? (mine does :)) Do you see any warning messages at startup saying that there's trouble with initializing the sound card? Here's what you should be getting: Apr 15 00:51:04 main kernel: Sound initialization started Apr 15 00:51:04 main kernel: Sound Blaster 16 (4.13) at 0x220 irq 7 dma 1,5 Apr 15 00:51:04 main kernel: Sound Blaster 16 at 0x330 irq 7 dma 0 Apr 15 00:51:04 main kernel: Sound initialization complete -- Arcady Genkin I opened up my wallet, and it's full of blood... - GsYDE
Re: Help! Kernel woes.
William R Pentney wrote: I have tried recompiling a 2.2 kernel, and now I have two problems: 1) The new kernel isn't recognizing my network card. I used the PCI NE2000 option; it worked before on a 2.0.34 kernel I compiled on a floppy. Might I be missing an important option? Have you tried ifconfig? The kernel might be supporting the card just fine, but the card might not be turned on. I'm running the 2.2.5 kernel on a slightly hacked slink dist, and had to put the following lines into my /etc/init.d/network file: ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0 I did not have to do this until I moved to the 2.2.x kernel, but it seems to work just fine. Did you compile it in kernel or as modules. I also have a SB16, and found that it was a bit unobvious how to configure it in menuconfig... Did you get to the step of specifying the DMA, IRQ etc.etc.? Which driver did you chose? You should have chosen OSS sound modules AND 100% Sound Blastaer compatibles, and only then would you have been revealed the possibility to enter I/O, IRQ etc. Did all of that, and it was set up with correct IRQ and all, but I still couldn't use /dev/audio. It is, as mentioned, a PnP. Should I use the mysterious isapnptools package? The only way I can ever get sound to work with soundblasters is to say M to sound, but say Y to all the drivers (OSS sound modules, etc). Please disregard if you've already done this. Sean -- Adler's Distinction: Language is all that separates us from the lower animals, and from the bureaucrats.
Re: Help! Kernel woes.
On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 01:43:29AM -0400, William R Pentney wrote:
Did you compile it in kernel or as modules. I also have a SB16, and
found that it was a bit unobvious how to configure it in
menuconfig... Did you get to the step of specifying the DMA, IRQ
etc.etc.? Which driver did you chose? You should have chosen OSS sound
modules AND 100% Sound Blastaer compatibles, and only then would
you have been revealed the possibility to enter I/O, IRQ etc.
Did all of that, and it was set up with correct IRQ and all, but I still
couldn't use /dev/audio. It is, as mentioned, a PnP. Should I use the
mysterious isapnptools package?
Thanks, Bill
Yep, that's how I've had to use it. Get the isapnptools package and
run pnpdump /etc/isapnp.conf. Then go into isapnp.conf and uncomment
the lines specifying the configuration settings that you want. It is
a little confusing, so I've included the uncommented portion of my file
below. After that run isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf. It should give you some
sort of affirmative message.
--
Stephen Pitts
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
(READPORT 0x0203)
(ISOLATE PRESERVE)
(IDENTIFY *)
(VERBOSITY 2)
(CONFLICT (IO FATAL)(IRQ FATAL)(DMA FATAL)(MEM FATAL)) # or WARNING
(CONFIGURE CTL00f0/-1 (LD 0
(INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
(DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
(DMA 1 (CHANNEL 3))
(IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))
(IO 1 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0330))
(IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388))
(NAME CTL00f0/-1[0]{Audio })
(ACT Y)
))
(CONFIGURE CTL00f0/-1 (LD 1
(IO 0 (SIZE 1) (BASE 0x0201))
(NAME CTL00f0/-1[1]{Game})
(ACT Y)
))
(WAITFORKEY)
RE: Help! Kernel woes. -- SoundBlaster
Hello! I just went through this fight with my AWE32... there are some docs out there that will really help. For reference: zless /usr/doc/HOWTO/Sound-HOWTO.gz And the big gun: zless /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Soundblaster-AWE.gz All the stuff in there about ISA PnP should apply. ( I'm not sure how kernel 2.2 resolves the module loading before PnP devices are configured thing, so this may not apply if you are on a 2.2.* system) The only other pointer that I can give is that in /etc/isapnp.conf should be a default line of (ISOLATE PRESERVE). to get mine to work I had to change that line to (ISOLATE CLEAR) From what I can divine from the documentation, that resets the PnP hardware settings... I'm sure there is someone more knowledgeable than I for that kind of explanation. Of course, YMMV... ~ -Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Programmer -- Creative Solutions Inc. On Thursday, April 15, 1999 5:24 PM, Stephen Pitts [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 01:43:29AM -0400, William R Pentney wrote: Did you compile it in kernel or as modules. I also have a SB16, and found that it was a bit unobvious how to configure it in menuconfig... Did you get to the step of specifying the DMA, IRQ etc.etc.? Which driver did you chose? You should have chosen OSS sound modules AND 100% Sound Blastaer compatibles, and only then would you have been revealed the possibility to enter I/O, IRQ etc. Did all of that, and it was set up with correct IRQ and all, but I still couldn't use /dev/audio. It is, as mentioned, a PnP. Should I use the mysterious isapnptools package? Thanks, Bill Yep, that's how I've had to use it. Get the isapnptools package and run pnpdump /etc/isapnp.conf. Then go into isapnp.conf and uncomment the lines specifying the configuration settings that you want. It is a little confusing, so I've included the uncommented portion of my file below. After that run isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf. It should give you some sort of affirmative message. -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org File: myisapnp.txt
Re: Help! Kernel woes. -- SoundBlaster
This link from Marcus Brinkmann helped me a lot when I did my soundblaster setup: it's nice and easy to follow: http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/soundblaster.html (hope he doesn't mind me posting his ref.) HTH Rich Jonathan J. Lupa wrote: Hello! I just went through this fight with my AWE32... there are some docs out there that will really help. For reference: zless /usr/doc/HOWTO/Sound-HOWTO.gz And the big gun: zless /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Soundblaster-AWE.gz All the stuff in there about ISA PnP should apply. ( I'm not sure how kernel 2.2 resolves the module loading before PnP devices are configured thing, so this may not apply if you are on a 2.2.* system) The only other pointer that I can give is that in /etc/isapnp.conf should be a default line of (ISOLATE PRESERVE). to get mine to work I had to change that line to (ISOLATE CLEAR) From what I can divine from the documentation, that resets the PnP hardware settings... I'm sure there is someone more knowledgeable than I for that kind of explanation. Of course, YMMV... ~ -Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Programmer -- Creative Solutions Inc. On Thursday, April 15, 1999 5:24 PM, Stephen Pitts [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 01:43:29AM -0400, William R Pentney wrote: Did you compile it in kernel or as modules. I also have a SB16, and found that it was a bit unobvious how to configure it in menuconfig... Did you get to the step of specifying the DMA, IRQ etc.etc.? Which driver did you chose? You should have chosen OSS sound modules AND 100% Sound Blastaer compatibles, and only then would you have been revealed the possibility to enter I/O, IRQ etc. Did all of that, and it was set up with correct IRQ and all, but I still couldn't use /dev/audio. It is, as mentioned, a PnP. Should I use the mysterious isapnptools package? Thanks, Bill Yep, that's how I've had to use it. Get the isapnptools package and run pnpdump /etc/isapnp.conf. Then go into isapnp.conf and uncomment the lines specifying the configuration settings that you want. It is a little confusing, so I've included the uncommented portion of my file below. After that run isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf. It should give you some sort of affirmative message. -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org File: myisapnp.txt -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
