[lug] Install on Compaq 1215US

[Keith C. Herold]

I should also mention that 00:0a.0 is the TI Cardbus controller.

--Keith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
> Behalf Of Keith C. Herold
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 8:16 AM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: RE: [lug] Install on Compaq 1215US
>
>
> lspci responds with
>
> 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: CONEXANT unknown device 1803 (rev 08)
> 00:09.1 Communication controller:  CONEXANT unknown device 1815 (rev 05)
>
> Starting and stopping the pcmcia services and network results in messages:
>
> modprobe:  Can't locate module eth0
>
> Interestingly, I tried plugging in the Dell repackad 3com fe575ct
> card I had
> in my other laptop (which works fine with RH).  lspci sees it:
>
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller:  3Com Corporation 3CCFE575CT Tornado CardBus
> (rev 10)
>
> I can't remember what drive this one uses, but I will find out eventually.
> On boot, the machine gives the message:
>
> Starting pcmcia:  PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 00:0a.0.
> Please try using pci=biosirq
> .
> .
> .
> PCI: Enabling device 02:00.0 (0000 -> 0003)
> PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin A of device 02:00.0. Please try using
> pci=biosirq.
>
> This follows with messages that irq 0 is unlikely to work.
>
> The pci controller is supported, TI PCI1410, and the connected
> light on the
> 3Com card lights, but no traffic comes in or goes out.  Presumably this is
> because the right module is not loaded, but I don't know for sure.  In any
> case, those error message concerned me, so I downloaded the latest version
> of pcmcia, and tried to install the kernel sources from the redhat cd's.
> They install alright, but I have no idea where the kernel source
> tree lives
> so I haven't been able to build a new kernel yet.
>
> Other woes:
>
> I know that the USB controller doesn't play well (VIA Tech. UHCI USB rev
> 10), so I added the following line to lilo.conf in the global
> section (above
> the different image sections):
>
> append="nosub"
>
> and ran lilo -v, but unless I actually type linux nousb at the
> LILO prompt,
> the machine still tries to load the usb uhci interface and hangs.  Any
> ideas?
>
> Also, (minor) what happened to the xwindows version of Linuxconf?  The
> terminal version does not have the same options as the xwindows
> and I don't
> know enough to change some of the switches manually.
>
> Sigh.
>
> This machine is fast (1.0 G Athlon4), and a great price, so I won't return
> it, since I figure someone out there will write appropriate
> drivers, but any
> help is appreciated.
>
> --Keith
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
> > Behalf Of Tim Klein
> > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 12:25 PM
> > To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> > Subject: Re: [lug] Install on Compaq 1215US
> >
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> > Keith,
> >
> > If I remember correctly from the days when I had a Compaq (been
> > a few years now), it seems that a lot of the compenents in the
> > machine are Compaq branded.  My modem was a 'compaq' modem, as
> > was the motherboard and the bios.  I don't know if they actually
> > manufacter the chipsets (seems unlikely), or bully some other
> > company into letting them call the stuff their own.
> >
> > Have you tried Redhat's hardware database on their website?  As
> > the other poster suggested, lspci may help.  It should be seeing
> > the card as a pci device, and tell you how the card identifies
> > itself.
> >
> > On my machine it is /sbin/lspci.
> >
> > What does it say?
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > On Saturday 28 July 2001 01:10 pm, Keith.Herold wrote:
> > > So I just bought a new presario, and I am trying to get RH7.1
> > > installed. Once I discovered that the USB controller doesn't
> > > play nice, I installed using nousb, and added the switch to
> > > lilo.conf. Sound card works, but the built-in NIC doesn't.
> > > There don't seem to be any compatible drivers by the name of
> > > "Compaq minipc 10/100 NIC" :) and I can't figure out what the
> > > chipset is on the card.  Are there any diagnostic tools that
> > > might be able to probe that port even though the system
> > > doesn't see it as a network adapter?  Even for windows?  I
> > > found some software, but to use the network diag you have to
> > > buy it, and I don't want to pay for something I will only use
> > > once.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > --Keith
> > >
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