[PlanetCCRMA] Re: 2.6.7 ccrma kernel and usb / nvidia support

[Rick B]

Shayne O'Connor wrote:

>On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 09:18, Rick B wrote:
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>>Sorry Shayne, but I'm running out of ideas, but I'll go ahead and throw 
>>my last few at you. Have you looked at the gnomad2 homepage? 
>>(http://gnomad2.sourceforge.net/) The part I'm talking about is at the 
>>top where it says something about needing to use the CVS version of 
>>libnjb to get certain functionality from gnomad2.
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>yeah, i've installed from cvs yesterday, but no go ... i think that
>documents a little old, as the gnomad2v2.5 rpm gives all the
>functionality of the cvs now anyways ... i'm almost positive that this
>is entirely an issue with the planetccrma kernel (when i boot into the
>stock fc2 kernel, my irq's are fine, and so is gnomad2).
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>> I'm basically using 
>>the same setup as you, a A7N8X-Del. mobo that's Nforce2 based, but I've 
>>never tried to get something like the zen touch to work on my machine, 
>>if you want to send me one I'll give it a try (just joking). I've looked 
>>at my dmesg output and I don't see anything about disabling irq10, as a 
>>matter of fact that's what my video card is using. One difference is 
>>that I'm using a planetedge kernel (2.6.8.1-1.520.1vR9.ll.rhfc2.ccrma) 
>>so maybe you should give that a try. Here's the repo link you need to 
>>add to your /etc/apt/sources.list if you decide to try it:
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>>rpm http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/apt fedora/2/i386 planetedge
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>ok, i'm downloading this now with apt - a couple of questions though -
>is it only the alsa-module that i need to install to go alongside this
>kernel? will it use the jack and other stuff i already have installed
>for my previous ccrma kernel (as well as realcap)? 
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>on a short positive note, i have been able to get my nvidia card working
>with this version of the driver: 
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>>NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6106-pkg1.run
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>is that the same one that you said you were using? in any case this brings up another 
>question - i'll probly need the source code for that planetedge kernel to compile the 
>driver module, but i couldn't see it listed in apt ... will i need it to compile the Nvidia driver?
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>>  One thing I've read is that you can disable the irq disabling code by 
>>adding "noirqdebug" to the kernel boot line in grub.conf. Evidently 
>>there is some bug that still hasn't been worked out, with how the 2.6 
>>kernel handles irq issues. I've also read that disabling apic (not 
>>acpi!) helps and as you have the same bios as I do, I know that there is 
>>an option in the bios to turn of apic support. I don't have apic enabled 
>>so this might be another difference between our setups.
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>ok, i'll check this out ... keep getting confused between apic and acpi
>(so there IS a difference!) ... but, yeah - i don't hold much hope here,
>i'm more hoping that the later kernel will sort it all out :|
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>> I know this is 
>>all a pain but you have to remember that the 2.6 kernel is new and still 
>>has some bugs in it. Hope some of this info helps.
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>yeah, linux is fun, but a pain also - dammit, i just want to USE my
>computer :)  but, it will all be worth it if i never have to boot into
>windows again!!!!
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>as for your help - you've been an absolute hair-saver!!! even if things
>don't resolve on this one, it's sure a lot better to have someone
>helping than for me to just go quietly insane :)
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>thanx again, and i'll let you know how my final attempts pan out ...
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>shayne
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With the planetedge kernel alsa is already compiled into the kernel, so 
you don't have to go through the extra steps of installing it.  I think 
it will use all the other audio components the same as the other kernels 
too, but as far as the realcap module, I don't know.  I'm using the 6111 
Nvidia driver, but if 6106 is working fine for you I wouldn't rock the 
boat. Yes, you will have to install the nvidia driver for the new 
kernel. With the planetedge kernels there isn't any source available so 
I just do a "apt-get install kernel-sourcecode#2.6.8-1.521" (notice 
that's "kernel-sourcecode") and then link /usr/src/linux to 
/usr/src/linux to /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-1.521 (ln -s 
/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-1.521 /usr/src/linux) and the nvidia driver 
installs without complaints.

                Rick B