[ltp] Thinkpad 600E and Mandrake

[Andrew Lee]

Thanks VM (and to wes also), I now have sound and IRQ's are set as below- I 
did get the modem module to load, but only with my PCMCIA Network card 
removed  - it's grabbing IRQ 3 - the modem still didn't work even with the 
card out. But I think I can get around that. 
Is there anyway that I can force the NIC to use a different IRQ? I've no idea 
which one it should use though - looks like they're all taken.

Thanks to all. 
I guess Linux is still really only for the very brave!

-AJL


On Saturday 01 June 2002 2:18 am, you wrote:
> The stock Mandrake 8.2 kernel worked for me.  Here are a few things I
> found:
>
> In the bios, the quick boot option should be disabled.
>
> Using the ps2.exe program with a Win boot disk, ensure that the hardware
> is enabled and the interrupts are not conflicting.  This is how I have
> mine setup (I don't use the IR port)
>                                       IRQ Level
>                                       3 4 5   7 9 10 11 15
> Serial-A (3 or 4)                  :    O
> Parallel (5 or 7)                  :          O
> Internal Modem First IRQ           :               O
>      (3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, or 15)
> Internal Modem Second IRQ (3 or 4) :  O
> WSS/Sound Blaster/FM               :      O
>      (5, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 15)
> MIDI port (5, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 15)  :            O
> IR (3, 4, 5, 7)                    :    X
> Second IDE (System)                :                     O
> Second IDE (Docking station)       :                     X
> Third IDE                          :                  X
> PCI IRQ                            :                  O
>
>
> Specifically for the modem:
> LM8.2 has the mwave drivers already compiled in the kernel.  It is just
> missing the start up script "mwaved" that I got that from the IBM
> source.  That script acts just like any other service in
> /etc/rc.d/init.d.
>
> lilo.conf needs append="mem=130496k" so the kernel leaves the needed
> memory for the modem driver.
>
> ensure that no other drivers (such as the pcmcia) take the mwave irq
> when they are loaded.
>
> For the sound, here is what is in the modules.conf.  The 600e has a
> cs461x chip set that emulates the cs4236.  Make sure the ports and irqs
> match whatever is set by the ps2.exe utility.
>
> modules.conf:
> alias usb-interface usb-uhci
>
> alias char-major-116 snd
> options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0666
> snd_device_gid=
>
> alias sound-card-0 snd-card-cs4236
> alias sound snd-card-0
> options snd-card-cs4236 snd_index=0 snd_port=0x530 snd_cport=0x538
> snd_irq=5 snd
>
> alias char-major-14 soundcore
> alias sound-slot-0 sound-card-0
> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm1-oss
> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm1-oss
>
> > If I have to recompile the kernel, I'd appreciate some advice (or a
> > config file) that will give me the right options.
>
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