On Sat, 17 Oct 2020 at 20:22, Roger Heflin <rogerhef...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1407:A000 is not listed in the driver. That is what the driver uses > to load and determine it can handle the device. > The "VIA VT8231" is a South Bridge with support for a bunch of "legacy" ports per: parm: init_mode:Initialise mode for VIA VT8231 port (spp, ps2, epp, ecp or ecpepp) (charp) Some sound cards use a VT8231. I wonder if init_mode changes the device ID. > > If it is not in that list the driver believes it is not able to > operate it. Vendor will change the pciid if they change the device in > some way (or they can change it if the want to at random). > If the driver in Fedora Live works either the vendor tested a different card, used different driver options, or the driver has changed. It is easy to compare lsmod lists and the pciid. As usual, ArchLinux has good documentation: <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_module> To avoid the manual "echo XXX XXX > .../new_id": < https://askubuntu.com/questions/1195959/how-to-add-the-id-of-a-known-compatible-device-to-a-usb-wifi-driver-or-making > > > you can find a "new_id" in /sys under a parport_pc directory and echo > the id you have for this board assuming the driver can drive it (it > probably can). > I am not sure of the format of the ID to be echo'ed > but google should be able answer. A modprobe + the echo will have to > be done on each reboot. > > > On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 4:55 PM ToddAndMargo via users > <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > > > On 2020-10-17 14:47, George N. White III wrote: > > > You might also try booting a Fedora Live USB to duplicate the vendor's > > > setup. > > > > > > That is a great idea. I have been waiting on it till > > I see what folks had to say here first > > > > If it works, what data should I collect? > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > -- George N. White III
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