Hi I just installed linux-image-2.6.16-rc5-powerpc. My sound does not work and alsa complains of a missing /dev/mixer. But the most strange thing are the following lines in syslog: Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x00000002 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: Faulting instruction address: 0xc01a302c Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: Modules linked in: snd_powermac snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc ide_cd cdrom uninorth_agp pl2303 usbserial usbcore autofs4 radeon drm agpgart xfs exportfs ide_disk evdev Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: NIP: C01A302C LR: F232B3F4 CTR: C01A3000 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: REGS: ef7dfcc0 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (2.6.16-rc5-powerpc) Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: MSR: 00009032 <EE,ME,IR,DR> CR: 22008444 XER: 20000000 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: DAR: 00000002, DSISR: 40000000 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: TASK = efe10cf0[1017] 'modprobe' THREAD: ef7de000 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: GPR00: F232B3F4 EF7DFD70 EFE10CF0 00000000 00000001 00000060 00000000 00000001 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: GPR08: 00000002 00000000 C0018C2C C01A3000 00000000 1001E638 00000000 00000000 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: GPR16: 00000000 00000000 100013D0 00000000 30029000 00000003 00000000 00000000 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: GPR24: 1001AEB8 00000000 10018CD4 EF99E600 EF732C20 0000000A F2334504 F232E580 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: NIP [C01A302C] i2c_smbus_write_byte_data+0x2c/0x50 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: LR [F232B3F4] send_init_client+0x30/0x90 [snd_powermac] Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: Call Trace: Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFD70] [C0053C80] setup_irq+0x12c/0x148 (unreliable) Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFDB0] [F232B3F4] send_init_client+0x30/0x90 [snd_powermac] Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFDD0] [F20C7F00] snd_pmac_tumbler_post_init+0x30/0x68 [snd_powermac] Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFDE0] [F20C6228] snd_pmac_probe+0x1a8/0x324 [snd_powermac] Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFE10] [C017D740] platform_drv_probe+0x20/0x30 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFE20] [C017B734] driver_probe_device+0x98/0x100 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFE40] [C017ABD0] bus_for_each_drv+0x50/0x98 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFE70] [C017B80C] device_attach+0x6c/0xa8 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFE90] [C017AC50] bus_add_device+0x38/0xf4 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFEB0] [C0179964] device_add+0xe0/0x174 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFED0] [C017D58C] platform_device_add+0x118/0x160 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFEF0] [C017DB18] platform_device_register_simple+0x4c/0x78 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFF10] [F20C6044] alsa_card_pmac_init+0x44/0x80 [snd_powermac] Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFF20] [C004BAF0] sys_init_module+0x15c/0x2c0 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: [EF7DFF40] [C000FF3C] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x40 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: --- Exception: c01 at 0xff72f38 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: LR = 0x10003e30 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: Instruction dump: Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: 4e800020 7c0802a6 9421ffc0 7c691b78 7c872378 38c00000 39000002 98a10008 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: 90010044 60000000 60000000 60000000 <a0a30002> a0890004 39210008 80630008 Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: <7>ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394' Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Driver forced to serialize I/O (serialize_io=1) Mar 12 12:07:46 ng kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Try serialize_io=0 for better performance
I found a thread about a similar problem under http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2006/02/msg00350.html but it didn't come to a conclusion. Any hint would be welcome. Best regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]