Hello Binand, By the way fedora core 1, has acpi support built in by default but you have to pass the the bootparm acpi=on
Cheers, Kevin On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 12:03, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > Hi All, > > I have inherited a Sony Vaio laptop, whose Win XP Pro I dumped promptly > and installed Fedora Core (Yarrow) instead. > > Most of the stuff works, except for four things: > > 1. The modem. I absolutely need to get this working :-( I installed > hsfmodem-6.03.00lnxt03112100free-1.i386.rpm from www.linuxant.org, > but no hope. > > /usr/sbin/hsfconfig --dumpdiag says, among other things: > > /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/misc/hsfpcibasic2.o: init_module: No such > device > /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/misc/hsfpcibasic2.o: insmod > /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/misc/hsfpcibasic2.o failed > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including > invalid IO or IRQ parameters. You may find more information in syslog or the > output from dmesg > > dmesg has this: > > cnxthsf_OsHookInterrupt: request_irq(dev=00:1f.6, irq=0) failed err -16 > cnxthsf_cnxt_serial_add: ComCtrlOpen failed (1) > PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin B of device 00:1f.6. > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1f.6 to 64 > cnxthsf_OsHookInterrupt: request_irq(dev=00:1f.6, irq=0) failed err -16 > cnxthsf_cnxt_serial_add: ComCtrlOpen failed (1) > i810_audio: drain_dac, dma timeout? > > I am inclined to think that these drivers haven't been ported to Fedora > yet; I'd sure appreciate any help in getting this modem to work. > > The full output is a few pages long, I will provide it if you need it. > > 2. Sound. The card is detected as i810_audio, but no sound from > redhat-config-sound :-( > > 3. I also do not have a /proc/acpi; I guess I will have to recompile the > kernel with the ACPI patch. > > 4. Are there drivers for the Jog Dial thingy on this laptop? > > The exact name of the laptop is Sony Vaio PCG-GR214EP. I > did go through the information available on this model at > http://www.linux-laptop.net/sony.html > > Binand -- Kevin Verma [RHCE] <Linux & OSS Consultant> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
