On 15 Aug 2001 12:03:45 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Mike - > > Thank you for the response. Here we go. > > I have a hard drive, 5-1/4 and 3-1/2 floppies, 8003ep nic. It's basically > a vanilla Dell 486P/50. ;-) > > >You don't happen to have a soundcard with a midi port around there do > >you? What does /proc/ioports /proc/interrupts look like on your system? > > cat /proc/ioports > 0000-001f : dma1 > 0020-003f : pic1 > 0040-005f : timer > 0060-006f : keyboard > 0070-007f : rtc > 0080-008f : dma page reg > 00a0-00bf : pic2 > 00c0-00df : dma2 > 00f0-00ff : fpu > 01f0-01f7 : ide0 > 02f8-02ff : serial(set) > 03c0-03df : vga+ > 03f6-03f6 : ide0 > 03f8-03ff : serial(set) > > cat /proc/interrupts > CPU0 > 0: 103525 XT-PIC timer > 1: 375 XT-PIC keyboard > 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade > 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc > 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu > 14: 36381 XT-PIC ide0 > NMI: 0 XT-PIC > Looks clean to me. No conflicts anywhere.
> >> Here are the parameters I used with the wd module with no success; > >> io=0x300 irq=5 (these never changed) > >> mem=0xCA000 mem_end=0xCBFFF > >> mem=0xCA000 mem_end=0xCC000 > >> mem=0xCA00 mem_end=CxCBFF > >> mem=0xCA000 > >> mem=0xCA00 The documentation in the kernel source had this to say: io = 0 (It will complain if you don't supply an "io=0xNNN") irq = 0 (IRQ val. read from EEPROM, ancient cards use autoIRQ) I'm not sure what that means. Have you tried moving irq and io to different settings and retesting? > >> > >> The error messages are: > >> wd.c: No wd0x3 card found (i/o = 0x300) > >> /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/net/wd.o init_module: Device or resource busy > >> Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including > >> invalid IO or IRQ parameters > >> /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/net/wd.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/net/wd.o > >> failed > >> /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/net/wd.o: insmod wd failed > >> > >> I even opened up the box to look at the card. The jumper is set to 0x300 > >> 5 0xCA000. > > > >Just a question, but what does pnpdump say about cards on your system. > >You're saying the card is jumpered but I just want to be sure nothing > >else is getting in the way. > > Neither /proc/bus/pci/devices nor /proc/pci found, so PCI resource conflict > not checked > > <pnpdump v 1.21 build info deleted> > > # Trying port address 0273 > # Trying port address 027b > <...> > # Trying port address 03f3 > # No boards found It seems like it just might be a cranky card at the settings it's at right now. Maybe even moving it to another slot may help. But at this point it's like a voodoo curse since by all accounts things should be working. --mike
