Very Computer

I've been trying to get the 2.4.4 kernel working with a fairly standard
RedHat 7.1 installation on a Toshiba 4010CDT laptop, in response to
the foobar-edness of the opl3sa2 driver in the 2.4.2-2 kernel.  I've got
the kernel booting fine, and everything seems to run smoothly except for
the following:

1) The first time I booted into 2.4.4 an autoconfigure screen came up
asking me if I wanted to configure my Xircom 10/100mbps ethernet
controller.  I said yes, then it asked if I wanted to migrate the existing
configuration.  I also said yes.  Then, for the first time ever,
"intialising eth0" came up OK!  HOORAY!  It has always delayed due to
PCMCIA not being up.  I have no idea if this is a purely cosmetic change or
if something real is happening there... unfortunately, the point is moot
because then, although net configuration claims eth0 is active, all hosts,
including my gateway, are unreachable.  If I reboot under 2.4.2-2, it asks
to remove the Xircom configuration, goes back to delaying eth0
initialisation and then the card works again... go fig.

2) I no longer get the dreaded "error accessing /dev/audio" message in
sndconfig.  Instead, it just shows me the modprobe results on driver
opl3sa2 - namely, that no device was found.  If I modprobe manually on
opl3sa2 it says the same thing.  Does this mean my pnp settings are goofed?
 Or is there another, more subtle workaround?   Or am I missing something
real obvious?

I would really appreciate any feedback from someone who has a clue, I've
been stuck on this problem for awhile, and I hate having to boot up Lose98
in order to play my music!

Thanks,

Jones.

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Jones E. Versichoran
Karls-Ruprecht Uni-Heidelberg

Quote:> 1) The first time I booted into 2.4.4 an autoconfigure screen came up
> asking me if I wanted to configure my Xircom 10/100mbps ethernet
> controller.  I said yes, then it asked if I wanted to migrate the existing
> configuration.  I also said yes.  Then, for the first time ever,
> "intialising eth0" came up OK!  HOORAY!  It has always delayed due to
> PCMCIA not being up.  I have no idea if this is a purely cosmetic change or
> if something real is happening there... unfortunately, the point is moot
> because then, although net configuration claims eth0 is active, all hosts,
> including my gateway, are unreachable.  If I reboot under 2.4.2-2, it asks
> to remove the Xircom configuration, goes back to delaying eth0
> initialisation and then the card works again... go fig.

#!/bin/sh
#
# network       Bring up/down networking
#
# chkconfig: 2345 10 90

The chkconfig line tells which runlevels to load network, and at what point in
the bootup it should initialize. In this case, runlevels 2,3,4 and 5. At about
10% of the startup it will run. Then look at the pcmcia:

# chkconfig: 2345 09 96

Make sure that pcmcia runs before network.

Once you've gotten the card to safely initialize, try using ifconfig to assign
an IP address and netmask. Ping the IP address of the interface.

Quote:> 2) I no longer get the dreaded "error accessing /dev/audio" message in
> sndconfig.  Instead, it just shows me the modprobe results on driver
> opl3sa2 - namely, that no device was found.  If I modprobe manually on
> opl3sa2 it says the same thing.  Does this mean my pnp settings are goofed?
>  Or is there another, more subtle workaround?   Or am I missing something
> real obvious?

Quote:> I would really appreciate any feedback from someone who has a clue, I've
> been stuck on this problem for awhile, and I hate having to boot up Lose98
> in order to play my music!
> Thanks,
> Jones.
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> ---
> Jones E. Versichoran
> Karls-Ruprecht Uni-Heidelberg

I should probably mention the type of ethernet card - a Xircom 10/100 mbps
+ 56k modem Realport cardbus.

Quote:>> 2) I no longer get the dreaded "error accessing /dev/audio" message in
>> sndconfig.  Instead, it just shows me the modprobe results on driver
>> opl3sa2 - namely, that no device was found.  If I modprobe manually on
>> opl3sa2 it says the same thing.  Does this mean my pnp settings are
>> goofed?
>>  Or is there another, more subtle workaround?   Or am I missing something
>> real obvious?
> Avoid plug and play. IIRC, there's a soundblaster mode for this card. Try
> checking the Linux Laptop HOWTO (search google.com) for this laptop.

>> I would really appreciate any feedback from someone who has a clue, I've
>> been stuck on this problem for awhile, and I hate having to boot up
>> Lose98 in order to play my music!

>> Thanks,

>> Jones.

>> --
>> ---
>> Jones E. Versichoran
>> Karls-Ruprecht Uni-Heidelberg