Netwave WLAN card

2001-05-03 Thread Jeff Coppock
Anyone, I just acquired a BayStack 660 Wireless PC Card which uses the netwave_cs module (according to my docs). I've got the card to load properly as far as I can tell: syslog snip: May 2 11:12:46 localhost cardmgr[212]: socket 1: Netwave AirSurfer Pro Wireless LAN May 2 11:12:46 localhost

2.2.19 won't run on toshiba sat 470CDT

2001-05-03 Thread Othmar Pasteka
hi, i just wanted to upgrade the kernel but all i get with the .19 kernel with noting special in it, not even apm stuff, i get a "interrupt handler killed" msg during boot time. i can't exactly determine when t his happens whether it's during mounting / or during rcS.d is run ... any hints/suggens

apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Sylvester Keil
hi! i use a sony vaio notebook (sr1k) with debian potatoand upgraded the kernel to version 2.4.3 with the effect that i cannot get apm to work. in the past i have used 2.4.2 however (to my shame) i don't remember what my apm configuration looked like exactly. anyway, i was able to read battery st

Re: 2.2.19 won't run on toshiba sat 470CDT

2001-05-03 Thread Othmar Pasteka
hi, update: when cardmgr is started the kernel kills the interrupt handler ... but still no clue why :(. so long Othmar On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 10:03:34AM +0200, Othmar Pasteka wrote: > i just wanted to upgrade the kernel but all i get with the .19 > kernel with noting special in it, not even ap

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 3 May 2001, Sylvester Keil wrote: > hi! i use a sony vaio notebook (sr1k) with debian potatoand upgraded the > kernel to version 2.4.3 with the effect that i cannot get apm to work. > > in the past i have used 2.4.2 however (to my shame) i don't remember what > my apm configuration looked

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Calum Mackay
> hi! i use a sony vaio notebook (sr1k) with debian potatoand upgraded the > kernel to version 2.4.3 with the effect that i cannot get apm to work. > > in the past i have used 2.4.2 however (to my shame) i don't remember what > my apm configuration looked like exactly. anyway, i was able to read >

Re: 2.2.19 won't run on toshiba sat 470CDT

2001-05-03 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 11:18:46AM +0200, Othmar Pasteka wrote: > hi, > > update: when cardmgr is started the kernel kills the interrupt > handler ... but still no clue why :(. > I got no idea why you're getting that problem, but if cardmgr is causing it, you could switch cardmgr during boot and

Teles PCMCIA ISDN problem

2001-05-03 Thread Gabor Zoltan Csejtey
HI, Anyone using Teles PCMCIA ISDN card??? I managed to install the hisax module using slightly different io address: modprobe hisax type=8 io=0x301 irq=11 protocol=2 but the card doesn't work yet. After starting the isdnutils and trying the to dial I get a local hangup after 8 seconds. It doe

Re: 2.2.19 won't run on toshiba sat 470CDT

2001-05-03 Thread Eric Richardson
Othmar Pasteka wrote: > > hi, > > update: when cardmgr is started the kernel kills the interrupt > handler ... but still no clue why :(. > > so long > Othmar > > On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 10:03:34AM +0200, Othmar Pasteka wrote: > > i just wanted to upgrade the kernel but all i get with the .19 >

Re: 2.2.19 won't run on toshiba sat 470CDT

2001-05-03 Thread Othmar Pasteka
hi, On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 10:39:50AM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > I don't have a Toshiba but I'm curious how you got the pcmcia-modules > for 2.2.19? I upgraded to 2.2.19 kernel and no pcmcia modules came with > the kernel. I filed a bug report and a few days later after I saw the > 2.2.19 mo

Re: Inspiron 3500 networking woes....

2001-05-03 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Wed, 2 May 2001, Diarmuid Drew wrote: > > [snipped] > > network. I have struggled over the past 2 years to get a stable network > connection on my home network. Under 2.4.2 everything is rock solid but > 2.4.3 and 2.4.4 are broken. The common error I get is "transmit timeout". > > any su

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Sebastien Kalt
Hello, Le Thu, May 03, 2001 at 11:29:20AM +0100, Calum Mackay a écrit: > CONFIG_APM=y > # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set > CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y > CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y I had to disable CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE last time I compiled a 2.4.0 kernel: it caused 'kapmd' to use 30% of CPU when id

Re: 2.2.19 won't run on toshiba sat 470CDT

2001-05-03 Thread Eric Richardson
Othmar Pasteka wrote: > > hi, > > On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 10:39:50AM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > > I don't have a Toshiba but I'm curious how you got the pcmcia-modules > > for 2.2.19? I upgraded to 2.2.19 kernel and no pcmcia modules came with > > the kernel. I filed a bug report and a few d

Re: Inspiron 3500 networking woes....

2001-05-03 Thread Alan Shutko
Alexander Clouter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ermif everything is rock solid under 2.4.2 then why don't you keep to > it? Iirc, there are some somewhat serious filesystem corruption bugs in 2.4.2. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! The world is coming to an en

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Alan Shutko
Sebastien Kalt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I had to disable CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE last time I compiled a 2.4.0 > kernel: it caused 'kapmd' to use 30% of CPU when idled ! Yes, that's as designed. Really, that's working, kapmd isn't making your CPU run active, it _is_ terribly confusing and those

Re: Inspiron 3500 networking woes....

2001-05-03 Thread Vivek Dasmohapatra
On Thu, 3 May 2001, Alan Shutko wrote: > Iirc, there are some somewhat serious filesystem corruption bugs in > 2.4.2. Yeah - ext2 could pretty much be guaranteed to need a fsck after a reboot on my SMP box under 2.4.2. 2.4.3-ac5 seems Ok though. -- I am worthless. I struggle with the simple thi

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Calum Mackay
> I had to disable CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE last time I compiled a 2.4.0 > kernel: it caused 'kapmd' to use 30% of CPU when idled ! Not really what > expected. > May be this was fixed in later 2.4 kernels, I didn't checked. Yep, as Alan noted, that's normal; it's just the kernel's idle loop. My kapm-id

2.2.19 won't run on toshiba sat 470CDT

2001-05-03 Thread Othmar Pasteka
hi, i just wanted to upgrade the kernel but all i get with the .19 kernel with noting special in it, not even apm stuff, i get a "interrupt handler killed" msg during boot time. i can't exactly determine when t his happens whether it's during mounting / or during rcS.d is run ... any hints/suggen

apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Sylvester Keil
hi! i use a sony vaio notebook (sr1k) with debian potatoand upgraded the kernel to version 2.4.3 with the effect that i cannot get apm to work. in the past i have used 2.4.2 however (to my shame) i don't remember what my apm configuration looked like exactly. anyway, i was able to read battery s

Re: 2.2.19 won't run on toshiba sat 470CDT

2001-05-03 Thread Othmar Pasteka
hi, update: when cardmgr is started the kernel kills the interrupt handler ... but still no clue why :(. so long Othmar On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 10:03:34AM +0200, Othmar Pasteka wrote: > i just wanted to upgrade the kernel but all i get with the .19 > kernel with noting special in it, not even a

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 3 May 2001, Sylvester Keil wrote: > hi! i use a sony vaio notebook (sr1k) with debian potatoand upgraded the > kernel to version 2.4.3 with the effect that i cannot get apm to work. > > in the past i have used 2.4.2 however (to my shame) i don't remember what > my apm configuration looke

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Calum Mackay
> hi! i use a sony vaio notebook (sr1k) with debian potatoand upgraded the > kernel to version 2.4.3 with the effect that i cannot get apm to work. > > in the past i have used 2.4.2 however (to my shame) i don't remember what > my apm configuration looked like exactly. anyway, i was able to read

Re: 2.2.19 won't run on toshiba sat 470CDT

2001-05-03 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 11:18:46AM +0200, Othmar Pasteka wrote: > hi, > > update: when cardmgr is started the kernel kills the interrupt > handler ... but still no clue why :(. > I got no idea why you're getting that problem, but if cardmgr is causing it, you could switch cardmgr during boot an

Teles PCMCIA ISDN problem

2001-05-03 Thread Gabor Zoltan Csejtey
HI, Anyone using Teles PCMCIA ISDN card??? I managed to install the hisax module using slightly different io address: modprobe hisax type=8 io=0x301 irq=11 protocol=2 but the card doesn't work yet. After starting the isdnutils and trying the to dial I get a local hangup after 8 seconds. It do

Re: 2.2.19 won't run on toshiba sat 470CDT

2001-05-03 Thread Eric Richardson
Othmar Pasteka wrote: > > hi, > > update: when cardmgr is started the kernel kills the interrupt > handler ... but still no clue why :(. > > so long > Othmar > > On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 10:03:34AM +0200, Othmar Pasteka wrote: > > i just wanted to upgrade the kernel but all i get with the .19 >

Re: 2.2.19 won't run on toshiba sat 470CDT

2001-05-03 Thread Othmar Pasteka
hi, On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 10:39:50AM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > I don't have a Toshiba but I'm curious how you got the pcmcia-modules > for 2.2.19? I upgraded to 2.2.19 kernel and no pcmcia modules came with > the kernel. I filed a bug report and a few days later after I saw the > 2.2.19 m

Re: Inspiron 3500 networking woes....

2001-05-03 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Wed, 2 May 2001, Diarmuid Drew wrote: > > [snipped] > > network. I have struggled over the past 2 years to get a stable network > connection on my home network. Under 2.4.2 everything is rock solid but > 2.4.3 and 2.4.4 are broken. The common error I get is "transmit timeout". > > any s

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Sebastien Kalt
Hello, Le Thu, May 03, 2001 at 11:29:20AM +0100, Calum Mackay a écrit: > CONFIG_APM=y > # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set > CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y > CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y I had to disable CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE last time I compiled a 2.4.0 kernel: it caused 'kapmd' to use 30% of CPU when i

Re: 2.2.19 won't run on toshiba sat 470CDT

2001-05-03 Thread Eric Richardson
Othmar Pasteka wrote: > > hi, > > On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 10:39:50AM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > > I don't have a Toshiba but I'm curious how you got the pcmcia-modules > > for 2.2.19? I upgraded to 2.2.19 kernel and no pcmcia modules came with > > the kernel. I filed a bug report and a few

Re: Inspiron 3500 networking woes....

2001-05-03 Thread Alan Shutko
Alexander Clouter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ermif everything is rock solid under 2.4.2 then why don't you keep to > it? Iirc, there are some somewhat serious filesystem corruption bugs in 2.4.2. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! The world is coming to an e

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Alan Shutko
Sebastien Kalt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I had to disable CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE last time I compiled a 2.4.0 > kernel: it caused 'kapmd' to use 30% of CPU when idled ! Yes, that's as designed. Really, that's working, kapmd isn't making your CPU run active, it _is_ terribly confusing and thos

Re: Inspiron 3500 networking woes....

2001-05-03 Thread Vivek Dasmohapatra
On Thu, 3 May 2001, Alan Shutko wrote: > Iirc, there are some somewhat serious filesystem corruption bugs in > 2.4.2. Yeah - ext2 could pretty much be guaranteed to need a fsck after a reboot on my SMP box under 2.4.2. 2.4.3-ac5 seems Ok though. -- I am worthless. I struggle with the simple th

Re: apm with kernel 2.4.3

2001-05-03 Thread Calum Mackay
> I had to disable CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE last time I compiled a 2.4.0 > kernel: it caused 'kapmd' to use 30% of CPU when idled ! Not really what > expected. > May be this was fixed in later 2.4 kernels, I didn't checked. Yep, as Alan noted, that's normal; it's just the kernel's idle loop. My kapm-i