Linux-Hardware Digest #370, Volume #13 Mon, 7 Aug 00 10:13:09 EDT
Contents:
mother boards needed (L S)
joystick support in RH6.2 (Lucius)
webcam ("Baumann Reto")
Re: Cannot install ISA Network Card ("Dheera Venkatraman")
Re: hard disk on parallel port (Dances With Crows)
Re: HELP! - "mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device" (aflinsch)
Re: Problem with big Hard Disk ("B. Joshua Rosen")
Re: Need help designing system (Mike)
Re: Linux on a Powerbook 190? (David Weis)
Re: Dual processor board? ("D. Stimits")
Re: joystick support in RH6.2 (Dances With Crows)
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From: L S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mother boards needed
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 13:16:58 GMT
Hi,
For a Linux project I need mother boards with:
Micro-ATX or Flex-ATX layout
Intel 810 video
sound - at least ac97
2 serial ports (board header for #2 ok)
onboard ethernet chip
PXE
socket 370 for Celeron
2 SDRAM DIMM sockets
usb
Does anyone know of such a board in production and available now?
Thanks.
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From: Lucius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: joystick support in RH6.2
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 19:54:08 -0600
Hi all,
I've been trying to get a gravis gamepad pro to work but to no avail.
As far as I can tell I've got everything I'm supposed to have installed,
installed.
insmod joystick: works OK
insmod joy-gravis: error device busy
jstest /dev/js* : no such device(s)
BUT js0 js1 js2 js3 exist in /DEV
The joystick is hooked up to the sound card, SoundBlaster 128.
I don't know. Is there a ports problem here
cheers
jullian
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From: "Baumann Reto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: webcam
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 15:14:08 +0200
What Webcam does work under SuSE Linux 6.4?? Logitech WebCam Express or
Creative Labs Webcam III?? Any clues?
Thanks for your help
Reto
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From: "Dheera Venkatraman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot install ISA Network Card
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 13:28:58 GMT
Hi there,
Thanks for your reply...!
I believe this card is a LANKom LB-1200U. I'm not sure if' you've heard of
this.... Windows used to choose the RTL8029 driver for it, and I'm assuming
it's ISA PnP because Windows was able to auto-detect it... (I have no
drivers except for Windows). I've tried searching for drivers online, but
couldn't find any.
Is it worth the trouble to try to install this card, or would it be more
wise to simply get another PCI one...? (I just found this card stored away
and wanted to install it for another network)...
Dheera Venkatraman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"sideband" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Ok... this helps some....
>
> What's the make/model of the ISA card? Is it ISA PnP? If so, is there some
> configuration utility that came with the card that will allow you to turn
PnP
> off and set config parameters manually (For a free IRQ and Port address,
etc)?
>
> The output of /proc/pci is purely informational at this point, as the card
is
> ISA, so what's next is to find out what type of card it is, and go from
there...
>
> If it's a Linksys Ether16, then I know exactly what you're going thru, and
I
> know exactly how to fix it, as I had one that I had trouble with, at
first.
> Other NE2K cards should be similar...
>
> Personally, I like to compile things like ethernet drivers, etc, directly
into
> the kernel, so a module doesn't have to be loaded, but that's just me.
>
> Let me know on the make/model of the card, and we'll go from there.
>
> -SSB
>
> Dheera Venkatraman wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I've included the results of those commands below. I've temporarily
removed
> > the eth2 device that I was trying to add since it was giving me erros at
> > boot (insmod /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/net/ne.o: init_module: Device or
> > Resource Busy).
> >
> > dmesg, as shown below, said that such a card was not found at 0x300. Is
> > there a probing program that will tell me the io and irq...?
> >
> > The card I'm trying to install is actually my third ethernet card - I
have
> > two PCI ones working, and want to install the ISA one as my third -
that's
> > why it's eth2... Can this output below help in any way to shed some
light on
> > the problem? Or would it be best to simply get another PCI card?
> >
> > Thanks again...
> >
> > Dheera Venkatraman
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > _________________
> > From dmesg:
> > ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x300: unable to get IRQ 11 (irqval=-16).
> > ne.c: No NE*000 card found at i/o = 0x300
> > __________________
> > 'cat /proc/interrupts' gives me this:
> > CPU0
> > 0: 9565833 XT-PIC timer
> > 1: 4877 XT-PIC keyboard
> > 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
> > 4: 27445782 XT-PIC serial
> > 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
> > 10: 388174 XT-PIC eth1
> > 11: 4297 XT-PIC eth0
> > 12: 120 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
> > 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
> > 14: 940737 XT-PIC ide0
> > 15: 285161 XT-PIC ide1
> > NMI: 0
> > _________________
> > 'cat /proc/pci' gives me this:
> > PCI devices found:
> > Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
> > Host bridge: Intel 82437VX Triton II (rev 2).
> > Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=128.
> > Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
> > ISA bridge: Intel 82371SB PIIX3 ISA (rev 1).
> > Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No
> > bursts.
> > Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
> > IDE interface: Intel 82371SB PIIX3 IDE (rev 0).
> > Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable.
> > Latency=128.
> > I/O at 0xffa0 [0xffa1].
> > Bus 0, device 7, function 2:
> > USB Controller: Intel 82371SB PIIX3 USB (rev 1).
> > Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master
Capable.
> > Latency=128.
> > I/O at 0xff40 [0xff41].
> > Bus 0, device 13, function 0:
> > Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0).
> > Medium devsel. IRQ 11.
> > I/O at 0xff80 [0xff81].
> > Bus 0, device 14, function 0:
> > VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ViRGE/VX (rev 2).
> > Medium devsel. IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=128. Min
Gnt=4.Max
> > Lat=255.
> > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf8000000 [0xf8000000].
> > Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
> > Ethernet controller: 3Com 3C905 100bTX (rev 0).
> > Medium devsel. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=128. Min
Gnt=3.Max
> > Lat=8.
> > I/O at 0xff00 [0xff01].
> >
> > "sideband" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > if it's the second ethernet card, it's probably called eth1, as the
> > primary is
> > > called eth0.
> > >
> > > at any rate, there's something else going on here, as well.....
> > IRQ/DMA/port
> > > conflict, or some other problem with the card. If it's PnP, you should
try
> > to
> > > disable it and manually set the settings.
> > >
> > > How about posting the results of 'cat /proc/interrupts' and 'cat
> > /proc/pci' as
> > > well as the relevant dmesg output, so maybe we can make some sort of
> > intelligent
> > > response.
> > >
> > > -SSB
> > >
> > > Dheera Venkatraman wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I just wanted to hook in another network card to my RedHat 6.2
computer,
> > and
> > > > I happened to have a spare ISA card lying around (on windows, it
used to
> > use
> > > > the rtl8029 driver... i'm assuming it's ne2000 compatible).
> > > >
> > > > I went to netcfg and put in the driver, using ne.o as the module in
> > > > /etc/conf.modules ... but when I try to activate the interface, it
says
> > > > "Delaying eth2 initialization." and doesn't work.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas, or is there a program available to autodetect and install
> > this
> > > > card (it's ISA)?
> > > >
> > > > Dheera Venkatraman
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: hard disk on parallel port
Date: 7 Aug 2000 13:45:57 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 12:56:01 GMT, rriv wrote:
>sorry if this is a faq, but after an hour of web browsing I couldn't
>find the answer... Is it possible under Linux to use a parallel port
>disk drive ? I'd like to give a try on an old 'plugger' drive, which
>works under ASPI protocol. Do I have to install some specific driver ?
>Or does exist any user-level command to access such a drive ?
It will probably involve compiling a number of kernel modules and
loading them. The modules you need are under "Block Devices" and
include "Parallel port IDE devices", "Parallel port IDE disks", and one
of the protocol modules. Without knowing the exact model of your drive,
it's impossible to know which one you'll need, so it might be better
just to compile all of them(!) and run depmod -a.
Then, execute the following commands:
insmod parport
insmod parport_pc
insmod lp
insmod paride
insmod PROTOCOL_MODULE (try each one; you'll see errors if an
incorrect one is loaded, and no errors if you load the right one)
insmod pd
Finally (whew) the disk will be available on /dev/pda and you can mount
partitions as normal via /dev/pda[1-15] on whatever mount point you
desire. Once you know the right protocol module, you can edit
/etc/conf.modules so that all the right modules get loaded automagically
when you try to access /dev/pda. Bonne chance, HTH....
--
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP! - "mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device"
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 09:41:16 -0500
Toby Hobson wrote:
>
> On Sun, 06 Aug 2000, Glitch wrote:
> >I believe this usually means that Linux doesn't know the drive exists
> >therefore doesn't think that hdc is a device causing the error. Are you
> >sure that Linux realizes you have a cdrw and that it is indeed on hdc?
> >The best way to tell is to look at the messages at boot time to see what
> >all drives Linux finds; you might also be able to see in
> >/var/log/messages or try issuing the command 'dmesg' at the prompt.
>
> Linux definitely knows it's there - this is from dmesg:
> "hdc: Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 8000, ATAPI CDROM drive"
>
> However I've also seen this at startup:
> "ide_setup: hdc=ide-scsi"
> - Does this mean anything?
>
Yep, it does. Your installation correctly identified your cdrw as a
cdrw, and mostly set it up correctly. tye mounting a cd as follows
"mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom2 " and see if that works. if it does not,
try "cdrecord -scanbus" as root, then try mounting the cd.
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From: "B. Joshua Rosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with big Hard Disk
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 10:01:38 -0400
What disk controller are you using? If you are using a Promise ATA66
pull it out and use your on board ATA33 controller, when the 2.4 kernal
is released you can put the Promise card back in. If that's not your
problem then the next question is what disk partitioning program are you
trying to use? Don't bother with Disk Druid, unless they've fixed it
recently it can't handle large drives. I use Partition Magic, I highly
recommend it. Also you probably want to break that drive up into 3 or 4
partitions, I broke up my 45G drive into 3 partitions 25G,15G and 3G,
Linux is happy as a clam with that setup.
axman wrote:
>
> I have a new MAXTOR 96147H8 60GB IDE-Disk. But Linux will not detect the
> correkt Disk Size. Also manual Settings of Cylinder, Head & Sektor in
> fdisk will not work correkt. What can i do to get the Hard Disk working?
>
> axman
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Subject: Re: Need help designing system
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike)
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 14:04:16 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>> I want it to be on the higher end with the ability to run Linux a top
>> priority (however I will need to boot into Win98 for games, Outlook, and
>> Quicken - as well as keeping the ability to assist people with their Win
>> problems as a consultant).
>
>Save reboots. www.vmware.com
I have tried that at the office and like it but my system at home is used by my
wife who doesn't want to mess with Linux at all - she just wants it to look like
her computer at work. Plus there are some limitations to the vmware solution.
>> I understand some of the features won't work quite right (and I would like to
>> know about them) but here is what I have in mind:
>>
>> Motherboard:
>> ABIT:SE6, I815E CHIPSET, SOCKET 370, FLIP CHIP, 6PCI, AGP, CNR, 3DIMM, UDMA
>> 100, AUDIO, VIDEO, RETAIL BOX
>
>Abit and Asus are top of the line and highly recommended.
>alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.{asus,abit}
>
>> Some questions:
>> 1) Will it work with Linux (I use Red Hat 6.2 currently because that is what
>> I use at the office) ?
>> ...
>
>Maybe time to work the problem backwards. Start here:
>
>http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/
Thanks, I tried that but these items were not on the list.
Thanks for the help,
Mike
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From: David Weis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on a Powerbook 190?
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 08:58:56 -0500
There is something at http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/
I'm guessing your keyboard won't be supported. You may be able to use a
dumb terminal, however ;-)
david
On 6 Aug 2000, Ryan Schram wrote:
> Hello, Linux List:
>
> Can anyone point me to resources for installing Linux on a Powerbook 190
> (m68k, 8mb RAM 500 mb hd). If possible, what variety of Linux is
> required? If not, what exactly is holding me back? Are PB 190's missing
> something that Linux requires?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Ryan
>
>
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Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 08:05:21 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Dual processor board?
Chris Rankin wrote:
>
> "D. Stimits" wrote:
> >> I don't know if this is fixable, but I doubt a BIOS flash would cover
> > it. Possibly it is related to the manner in which the APICs are
> > connected, but I don't know. So yes, likely this is a hardwire
> > situation.
>
> Nuts!
>
> > Check out, in the kernel source Documentation subdirectory,
> > file IO-APIC.txt. I mentioned the problem to Alan Cox, but haven't heard
> > of any solutions yet, aside from running with noapic kernel option.
>
> I have received similar advice.
>
> > If I
> > knew who "mingo" is from the IO-APIC.txt file, I'd ask him as well.
>
> That I do know; Ingo Molnar (kernel hacker, of course). I've sent him my
> PIIIDME bootup logs with a 2.4.0-test5 kernel, but have had no response.
> Probably it went into an "Oh no, not another one!" pile.
>
> > I'm
> > currently looking at Iwill's DCA200, but it would require dumping
> > current ram for rdram, and dumping both cpu's for xeon's, along with
> > purchasing a separate scsi controller...which is a bit expensive.
> > Initial response from Iwill is that so far as they know, there is no
> > APIC problem with their board on linux, but they are checking to make
> > sure (no reply back yet). What is unclear is how many i840 boards are
> > connected in this manner, ending up with "unexpected IO-APIC".
>
> Well, my mobo is my mobo for the next few years. No cash to change it
> now. Just for interest, this is what I get on boot-up:
>
> ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
> ...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 2 ... ok.
> ...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 3 ... ok.
> Synchronizing Arb IDs.
> init IO_APIC IRQs
> IO-APIC (apicid-pin) 2-0, 2-18, 2-20, 2-21, 2-22, 2-23, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2,
> 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7,
> 3-8, 3-9, 3-10, 3-11, 3-12, 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19,
> 3-20, 3-21, 3-22, 3-23 no
> t connected.
> ..TIMER: vector=49 pin1=2 pin2=0
> activating NMI Watchdog ... done.
> number of MP IRQ sources: 23.
> number of IO-APIC #2 registers: 24.
> number of IO-APIC #3 registers: 24.
> testing the IO APIC.......................
>
> IO APIC #2......
> .... register #00: 02000000
> ....... : physical APIC id: 02
> .... register #01: 00170020
> ....... : max redirection entries: 0017
> ....... : IO APIC version: 0020
> WARNING: unexpected IO-APIC, please mail
> to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> .... register #02: 00000000
> ....... : arbitration: 00
> .... IRQ redirection table:
> NR Log Phy Mask Trig IRR Pol Stat Dest Deli Vect:
> 00 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 01 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 39
> 02 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 31
> 03 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 41
> 04 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 49
> 05 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 51
> 06 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 59
> 07 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 61
> 08 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 69
> 09 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 71
> 0a 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 79
> 0b 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 81
> 0c 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 89
> 0d 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 0e 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 91
> 0f 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 99
> 10 003 03 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 A1
> 11 003 03 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 A9
> 12 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 13 003 03 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 B1
> 14 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 15 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 16 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 17 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
>
> IO APIC #3......
> .... register #00: 03000000
> ....... : physical APIC id: 03
> .... register #01: 00178020
> ....... : max redirection entries: 0017
> ....... : IO APIC version: 0020
> WARNING: unexpected IO-APIC, please mail
> to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> WARNING: unexpected IO-APIC, please mail
> to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> .... register #02: 04000000
> ....... : arbitration: 04
> .... IRQ redirection table:
> NR Log Phy Mask Trig IRR Pol Stat Dest Deli Vect:
> 00 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 01 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 02 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 03 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 04 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 05 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 06 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 07 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 08 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 09 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 0a 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 0b 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 0c 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 0d 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 0e 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 0f 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 10 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 11 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 12 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 13 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 14 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 15 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 16 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 17 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> IRQ to pin mappings:
> IRQ0 -> 2
> IRQ1 -> 1
> IRQ3 -> 3
> IRQ4 -> 4
> IRQ5 -> 5
> IRQ6 -> 6
> IRQ7 -> 7
> IRQ8 -> 8
> IRQ9 -> 9
> IRQ10 -> 10
> IRQ11 -> 11
> IRQ12 -> 12
> IRQ13 -> 13
> IRQ14 -> 14
> IRQ15 -> 15
> IRQ16 -> 16
> IRQ17 -> 17
> IRQ19 -> 19
> .................................... done.
> calibrating APIC timer ...
> ..... CPU clock speed is 732.9722 MHz.
> ..... host bus clock speed is 133.2675 MHz.
> cpu: 0, clocks: 1332675, slice: 444225
> CPU0<T0:1332672,T1:888432,D:15,S:444225,C:1332675>
> cpu: 1, clocks: 1332675, slice: 444225
> CPU1<T0:1332672,T1:444208,D:14,S:444225,C:1332675>
> checking TSC synchronization across CPUs: passed.
> Setting commenced=1, go go go
> PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb91, last bus=4
> PCI: Using configuration type 1
> PCI: Probing PCI hardware
> PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B0,I31,P3) -> 19
> PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B0,I31,P1) -> 17
> PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B0,I31,P1) -> 17
> PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B4,I0,P0) -> 16
> PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B1,I8,P0) -> 16
>
> Does yours look the same? But you'd think there'd be a way of setting up
> the lines that *do* work correctly, regardles of whether there are a few
> bad ones. (The "better than nothing" principle.) My problem is that I
> really have no idea what this log is saying, beyond that it seems to be
> dynamically allocating IRQs.
>
> Chris
Yes, this is the same. One thing you might also want to look at, if your
system has ever frozen up, is a particular verification of this being
the fatal cause. Keep in mind that when it freezes, usually your log
also stops. On my system with scsi as the main hd system, I can freeze
it via IDE and get maybe one line of logging before it dies. But, in the
case that kernel logging lives for one line after the freeze, search
/var/log/messages for this:
unexpected IRQ vector 217 on CPU#
Sometimes it is CPU#0, other times CPU#1. You'll only get this message
on rare occasions of crashing, since hard drive access is usually gone
instantly. (During the fsck following reboot, the log device is one item
that always must be repaired). FYI, I have seen reports that this is
also a problem for FreeBSD, and other x86 unices...it isn't limited to
linux. If it is a problem on win2k or NT, you'll never know it, cause
the lockups won't log (and yes, it does lockup on my win2k boot during
some operations...whether this is the cause can't be verified by the
nature of win2k, although it is possibly just the quality of win2k that
is the problem).
I'll try and send a request for hardware support as well, maybe more
than one person asking will help (then again, it might just annoy
him...hope not).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: joystick support in RH6.2
Date: 7 Aug 2000 14:09:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 06 Aug 2000 19:54:08 -0600, Lucius wrote:
>I've been trying to get a gravis gamepad pro to work but to no avail.
>As far as I can tell I've got everything I'm supposed to have installed,
>installed.
>insmod joystick: works OK
>insmod joy-gravis: error device busy
>The joystick is hooked up to the sound card, SoundBlaster 128.
>I don't know. Is there a ports problem here
Possible, but try a couple of things here: When the soundcard module
loads, does it say anything about a joystick port? (take a look through
the output of dmesg to see.) If not, remove the soundcard module and
re-insert it with "insmod MODULE joystick=0x200".
Once that's done, you should be able to insmod joy-gravis and have
everything autodetected. If not, try this:
insmod joy-analog js_an=0x200,0x00f3
The 0x200 should be obvious. The 0x00f3 is the right mask for a Gravis
Pro according to /usr/src/linux/Documentation/joystick.txt .
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http://www.brainbench.com / than freedom.
=============================/ ==Charles Peguy
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