[ltp] 600E sound broken by new Fedora kernel (with solution!)

Satish Balay linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 7 Jan 2005 22:01:27 -0600 (CST)


On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, William Norfleet wrote:

> I upgraded from the 2.6.5-1.358 to the 2.6.9-1.11_FC2
> Fedora Core 2 kernels.  On the SECOND boot with the
> new kernel, the cs4232 module would not load ("device
> not found").  Hmm.  After booting the old kernel, this
> module still would not load (prior to the upgrade
> sound worked fine with the old kernel).  HHMMMMM. 
> After reinitializing the computer through its BIOS
> setup GUI (accessed by pressing F1 during boot), the
> same pattern repeated, i.e., the new kernel supported
> sound after the first boot, but not after the second,
> etc.  The real fix was to disable the BIOS "Quickboot"
> function (also through the BIOS setup GUI).  Now sound
> works boot after boot with the new kernel.  How's that
> for a puzzler!

Part of this is a 600E issue. I've seen folks recommend always
disabling 'Quickboot' on it - if using linux..

Satish