* Roberto Sanchez ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Jerome R. Acks wrote: > >http://home.t-online.de/home/Johannes.Deisenhofer/nforce2linux.html > > > >http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_1.0-0261.html > > > >In your kernel config you probably also should have: > >CONFIG_X86_UP_IOAPIC is not set > >
I'll check these out. > >I was unsuccessful getting a 2.4.22 kernel to work properly and ended up > >using > >2.4.20. After installing nVidia's nvgart patch, ethernet driver and > >sound driver a number of problems with the nForce2 chipset got > >fixed. > > It would be nice if I could get that far. > >usb is still a problem. I've been able to get a Sony clie to sync, but > >intermittantly. Half the time usb doesn't register the device when > >I try to hot sync. Plugging a webcam gets me log message that show the > >webcam is noticed, but I don't get a useable device. > > > > > Jerome, > > Check out my kernel config: > > http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~ro668344/kernel-2.4.22-config_athlon-xp > > I had the same exact problem you had with USB. I would get log messages > but the devices would remain inaccessible. In my case, it was a USB > mouse and a Smartmedia card reader. > I have no way of knowing, but the scanner _is_ picked up all right. > Pay particular attention to the section on SCSI support. I found that > some things I thought were unnecessary (like SCSI generic) actually > were necessary. > Unless this is different in 2.4.22, that shouldn't be a problem -- I went down that road a long time ago. > As far as kernel 2.4.22, I haven't found any real problem to get it > functioning. I used the Debian kernel-source package and everything > Just Works (tm), with the exception of the onboard nForce ethernet. > The nVidia AGPGART support is in the 2.4.22 kernel, as is the nForce2 > OSS drivers, so the only problem is ethernet, which still works. What > I did was make, and then instead of make install, I just copied nvnet.o > into /lib/modules/<version>/kernel/drivers/net/ and then ran a depmod -a > Interesting idea. I think I'll try that. Thank you, both of you. I shall keep y'all posted. Cam -- Cam Ellison Ph.D. R.Psych. From Roberts Creek on B.C.'s incomparable Sunshine Coast cam(at)ellisonet(dot)ca camellison(at)dccnet(dot)com cam(at)fleuryassociates(dot)com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
