On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:31:42 you wrote: > > I noticed the IRQ number in the second line -> IRQ 233. Isn't this > > weird? > > Not necessarily; what is your output for "cat /proc/interrupts"? $ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 26228 IO-APIC-edge timer 8: 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 0 IO-APIC-level acpi 14: 4377 IO-APIC-edge ide0 185: 34 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb1 193: 0 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb2 201: 0 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb3 209: 2 IO-APIC-level ehci_hcd:usb4 217: 139 IO-APIC-level eth0 225: 210 IO-APIC-level libata, eth1 NMI: 0 LOC: 26185 ERR: 0 MIS: 0
> > > I am using Debian stable with linux kernel 2.6.18-6-686. > > > > $ lspci > > [...] > > > 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems > > [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0) > > Make sure that the module is unloaded (run "modprobe -r snd-intel8x0" > if necessary), then load it again and activate the buggy_semaphore > workaround: > > modprobe snd-intel8x0 buggy_semaphore=1 > > Does that eliminate "semaphore is not ready" messages? Yes, this eliminates them. Now I get these error messages: Apr 20 08:49:26 leva kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:02.7 (0000 -> 0001) Apr 20 08:49:26 leva kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.7[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 233 Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: AC'97 0 does not respond - RESET Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: AC'97 0 access is not valid [0xffffffff], removing mixer. Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: Unable to initialize codec #0 Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:02.7 disabled Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: Intel ICH: probe of 0000:00:02.7 failed with error -5 Thanks! Daniel -- LÉVAI Dániel GPG key ID = 0x4AC0A4B1 Key fingerprint = D037 03B9 C12D D338 4412 2D83 1373 917A 4AC0 A4B1