2.4.1 on Inspiron 4000

[Christopher Dawson]

Hey there,

I have woody installed comfortably on my laptop, but am trying to compile 2.4 
so I can try out the ACPI and usb support.

My first problem is cardmgr trying to load the memory_cb module (which it never 
did using 2.2.17) and failing because I don't have it and can't seem to find it 
anywhere, I'm planning to try the pcmcia-cs package unless anyone has any other 
ideas.

The second more puzzling problem is that upon starting X in 2.4.1, I just get 
presented with a blank screen (not a turned off screen, just a blank one) and 
my machine locks up. A diff of the two relevent log files shows a bunch of 
lines which used to end in MXBE now end in MXB, and something about "Systen 
lacks support for MTRRs". Other than that, nothing. 

Does anyone have any ideas?

Regards,

Chris.

Re: 2.4.1 on Inspiron 4000

[Sebastien Kalt]

Hello,

Le Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 03:17:30PM +1000, Christopher Dawson a écrit:
> I have woody installed comfortably on my laptop, but am trying to compile 2.4 
> so I can try out the ACPI and usb support.
> 
> My first problem is cardmgr trying to load the memory_cb module (which it 
> never did using 2.2.17) and failing because I don't have it and can't seem to 
> find it anywhere, I'm planning to try the pcmcia-cs package unless anyone has 
> any other ideas.
I'm using 2.4.0 with my Thinkpad and up to now everything works. I had some 
troubles with my PC-CARD C-ROM drive, in fact because a link to the proper 
kernel module was lacking in the /lib/modules/2.4.0/pcmcia directory. May be 
your problem with memory_cb is the same. Anyway I don't have that module on my 
machine. If you don't use it you should re-compile your kernel without that 
module.

> The second more puzzling problem is that upon starting X in 2.4.1, I just get 
> presented with a blank screen (not a turned off screen, just a blank one) and 
> my machine locks up. A diff of the two relevent log files shows a bunch of 
> lines which used to end in MXBE now end in MXB, and something about "Systen 
> lacks support for MTRRs". Other than that, nothing. 
May be you forgot to compile MTRR support in the kernel ('Processor type and 
feature' menu). I have a Pentium mmx, so I don't need it.

Regards

Sebastien.

drivers.tgz

[Rod Young]

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Re: drivers.tgz

[Hubert Chan]

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Rod> It looks like I am have to make a drivers disk to finish an
Rod> install. But the last time I tried this it didn't
Rod> work. Suggestions?

Well, if you don't give us any more details other than "it didn't work,"
the only thing I can say is that it worked for me.

What problems did you have?  Did you get any error messages?

Hubert
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Re: 2.4.1 on Inspiron 4000

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> "Christopher" == Christopher Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

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Christopher> Hey there, I have woody installed comfortably on my laptop,
Christopher> but am trying to compile 2.4 so I can try out the ACPI and
Christopher> usb support.

Christopher> My first problem is cardmgr trying to load the memory_cb
Christopher> module (which it never did using 2.2.17) and failing
Christopher> because I don't have it and can't seem to find it anywhere,
Christopher> I'm planning to try the pcmcia-cs package unless anyone has
Christopher> any other ideas.

Do you have an updated modutils package?  AFAIK the one in potato is too
old, and you'll have to get the one from woody.  You'll should get
version 2.4 (same version number as the kernel).

Did you install the modules?  If you're building the package manually,
don't forget to "make modules_install".  And you should look into using
the kernel-package tools to make your kernel into a Debian package, so
you won't have to worry about things like that.

If your PCMCIA cards are supported by the kernel, you can try using the
kernel's PCMCIA stuff instead of pcmcia-cs.  NOTE: if you use the
kernel's PCMCIA stuff, DON'T use pcmcia-cs modules.  You'll still need
the utilities from that package (the pcmcia-cs binary package), but you
won't need pcmcia-source.

Christopher> The second more puzzling problem is that upon starting X in
Christopher> 2.4.1, I just get presented with a blank screen (not a
Christopher> turned off screen, just a blank one) and my machine locks
Christopher> up. A diff of the two relevent log files shows a bunch of
Christopher> lines which used to end in MXBE now end in MXB, and
Christopher> something about "Systen lacks support for MTRRs". Other
Christopher> than that, nothing.

No idea.  My only guess would be to make sure MTRR support is compiled
into your kernel, like Sebastian suggested.

Hubert
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2.4.1 on Inspiron 4000

[Christopher Dawson]

Hey there,

I have woody installed comfortably on my laptop, but am trying to compile 2.4 so I can 
try out the ACPI and usb support.

My first problem is cardmgr trying to load the memory_cb module (which it never did 
using 2.2.17) and failing because I don't have it and can't seem to find it anywhere, 
I'm planning to try the pcmcia-cs package unless anyone has any other ideas.

The second more puzzling problem is that upon starting X in 2.4.1, I just get 
presented with a blank screen (not a turned off screen, just a blank one) and my 
machine locks up. A diff of the two relevent log files shows a bunch of lines which 
used to end in MXBE now end in MXB, and something about "Systen lacks support for 
MTRRs". Other than that, nothing. 

Does anyone have any ideas?

Regards,

Chris.


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Re: 2.4.1 on Inspiron 4000

[Sebastien Kalt]

Hello,

Le Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 03:17:30PM +1000, Christopher Dawson a écrit:
> I have woody installed comfortably on my laptop, but am trying to compile 2.4 so I 
>can try out the ACPI and usb support.
> 
> My first problem is cardmgr trying to load the memory_cb module (which it never did 
>using 2.2.17) and failing because I don't have it and can't seem to find it anywhere, 
>I'm planning to try the pcmcia-cs package unless anyone has any other ideas.
I'm using 2.4.0 with my Thinkpad and up to now everything works. I had some troubles 
with my PC-CARD C-ROM drive, in fact because a link to the proper kernel module was 
lacking in the /lib/modules/2.4.0/pcmcia directory. May be your problem with memory_cb 
is the same. Anyway I don't have that module on my machine. If you don't use it you 
should re-compile your kernel without that module.

> The second more puzzling problem is that upon starting X in 2.4.1, I just get 
>presented with a blank screen (not a turned off screen, just a blank one) and my 
>machine locks up. A diff of the two relevent log files shows a bunch of lines which 
>used to end in MXBE now end in MXB, and something about "Systen lacks support for 
>MTRRs". Other than that, nothing. 
May be you forgot to compile MTRR support in the kernel ('Processor type and feature' 
menu). I have a Pentium mmx, so I don't need it.

Regards

Sebastien.


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Re: drivers.tgz

[Hubert Chan]

> "Rod" == Rod Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Rod> It looks like I am have to make a drivers disk to finish an
Rod> install. But the last time I tried this it didn't
Rod> work. Suggestions?

Well, if you don't give us any more details other than "it didn't work,"
the only thing I can say is that it worked for me.

What problems did you have?  Did you get any error messages?

Hubert
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Re: 2.4.1 on Inspiron 4000

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> "Christopher" == Christopher Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Please wrap your lines to 72 characters.

Christopher> Hey there, I have woody installed comfortably on my laptop,
Christopher> but am trying to compile 2.4 so I can try out the ACPI and
Christopher> usb support.

Christopher> My first problem is cardmgr trying to load the memory_cb
Christopher> module (which it never did using 2.2.17) and failing
Christopher> because I don't have it and can't seem to find it anywhere,
Christopher> I'm planning to try the pcmcia-cs package unless anyone has
Christopher> any other ideas.

Do you have an updated modutils package?  AFAIK the one in potato is too
old, and you'll have to get the one from woody.  You'll should get
version 2.4 (same version number as the kernel).

Did you install the modules?  If you're building the package manually,
don't forget to "make modules_install".  And you should look into using
the kernel-package tools to make your kernel into a Debian package, so
you won't have to worry about things like that.

If your PCMCIA cards are supported by the kernel, you can try using the
kernel's PCMCIA stuff instead of pcmcia-cs.  NOTE: if you use the
kernel's PCMCIA stuff, DON'T use pcmcia-cs modules.  You'll still need
the utilities from that package (the pcmcia-cs binary package), but you
won't need pcmcia-source.

Christopher> The second more puzzling problem is that upon starting X in
Christopher> 2.4.1, I just get presented with a blank screen (not a
Christopher> turned off screen, just a blank one) and my machine locks
Christopher> up. A diff of the two relevent log files shows a bunch of
Christopher> lines which used to end in MXBE now end in MXB, and
Christopher> something about "Systen lacks support for MTRRs". Other
Christopher> than that, nothing.

No idea.  My only guess would be to make sure MTRR support is compiled
into your kernel, like Sebastian suggested.

Hubert
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