Re: [gentoo-laptop] Panasonic Toughbook of Doom

[Jordi Molina]

Hi,

I'm starting to get confused.

On 6/7/05, Ian K <omega_2_1@×××××.ca> wrote:
> Ian K wrote:
>
> >Jordi Molina wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hi!
> >>
> >>On 6/1/05, Ian K <omega_2_1@×××××.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Jordi Molina wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>>On 5/24/05, Ian K <omega_2_1@×××××.ca> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Hi guys at gentoo laptop.
> >>>>>I sent this to the general mailing list but got little response.
> >>>>>Can you guys help?
> >>>>>Thanks!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Hi there,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>I have recently set up Gentoo on my friend's laptop,
> >>>>>>>>a Panasonic toughbook cf-37. I am currently having difficulty
> >>>>>>>>with sound use, but more importantly, his PCMCIA slot(?).
> >>>>>>>>When I put his wireless card (which he needs working) into
> >>>>>>>>the laptop, and do a dmesg, the following is appended:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>Can you send also the output of lspci and of lsmod?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>I dont have lspci on the computer, but I do have LSHW:
> >>>
> >>>(Because of lengthy typing, I will post what I believe is relevant, as well
> >>>as the categories of everything else.)
> >>>
> >>>*-cpu
> >>>*-cache:0
> >>>*-cache:1
> >>>*-memory:0
> >>>*-memory:1
> >>>*-memory:2
> >>>*-memory:3
> >>>*-memory:4
> >>>*-pci
> >>>*-multimedia
> >>>*-display
> >>>*-pcmcia
> >>>         description: CardBus Bridge
> >>>         product: RL5c475
> >>>         vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
> >>>         physical id: 3
> >>>         bus info: pci@00:03.0
> >>>         version: 80
> >>>         clock: 33MHz
> >>>         capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
> >>>         configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus
> >>>         resources: Very long, I will provide upon request.
> >>>*-isa
> >>>         description: ISA bridge
> >>>         product: 82440MX ISA Bridge
> >>>         vendor: Intel corp.
> >>>         physical id: 7
> >>>         bus info: pci@00:07.0
> >>>         version: 01
> >>>         clock: 33MHz
> >>>         capabilities: isa bus_master
> >>>*-ide
> >>>         description: IDE interface
> >>>         product: 82440MX EIDE Controller
> >>>         vendor: Intel Corp.
> >>>         physical id: 7.1
> >>>         bus info: pci@00:07.1
> >>>         version: 00
> >>>         clock: 33MHz
> >>>         capabilities: ide bus_master
> >>>         configuration: driver=uhci_hcd
> >>>         resources: ioport:fcc0-fcdfr irq:10
> >>>*-bridge
> >>>         description: Bridge
> >>>         product: 8240MX Power Management Controller
> >>>         vendor: Intel Corp.
> >>>         physical id: 7.3
> >>>         bus info: pci@00:07.3
> >>>         version: 00
> >>>         clock: 33 MHz
> >>>
> >>>lsmod shows no modules loaded (at startup)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>It would be great to have also a filtered output of dmesg for Cardbus
> >>>>and/or pcmcia.
> >>>>Do it before you plug the card so we can see if the PCMCIA is set up properly.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>># dmesg | grep -i "pcmcia"
> >>>Databook TCIT-2 PCMCIA probe: not found.
> >>>
> >>># dmesg | grep -i "cardbus"
> >>>Options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
> >>>Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:00:03.0 [10f7:832f]
> >>>
> >>>Also, at bootup, I saw this:
> >>>* PCMCIA support detected.
> >>>* Starting pcmcia...
> >>>cardmgr[5386]: watching 1 socket
> >>>cardmgr[5386]: starting, version is
> >>>3.2.5                                                     [ ok ]
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>>cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcff: clean
> >>>>>>>>cs: IO port probe 0x800-0x8ff: clean
> >>>>>>>>cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x4ff: clean
> >>>>>>>>cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean
> >>>>>>>>cs: pcmcia_socket0: unable to apply power.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>from what I understand here, the powemanagement thing is not working
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>properly on the device.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>>irq 9: nobody cared!
> >>>>>>>>[<c013d88a>] __report_bad_irq+0x2a/0xa0
> >>>>>>>>[<c012d200>] handle_IRQ_event+0x30/0x70
> >>>>>>>>[<c013d990>] note_interrupt+0x70/0xb0
> >>>>>>>>[<c013d367>] __do_IRQ+0x127/0x130
> >>>>>>>>[<c0105772>] do_IRQ+0x52/0x80
> >>>>>>>>=================
> >>>>>>>>[<c0103c1e>] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20
> >>>>>>>>[<c012007b>] do_exit+0xcb/0x380
> >>>>>>>>[<c0122836>] __do_softirq+0x46/0xd0
> >>>>>>>>[<c01058a9>] do_softirq+0x69/0x70
> >>>>>>>>=================
> >>>>>>>>[<c012299b>] irq_exit+0x3b/0x40
> >>>>>>>>[<c0105779>] do_IRQ+0x59/0x80
> >>>>>>>>[<c0103c1e>] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20
> >>>>>>>>[<c02ee68d>] acpi_processor_idle+0x126/0x262
> >>>>>>>>[<c01010ff>] cpu_idle+0x5f/0x70
> >>>>>>>>[<c05e1988>] start_kernel+0x158/0x180
> >>>>>>>>[<c05e1390>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x1e0
> >>>>>>>>handlers:
> >>>>>>>>[<c02d2b10>] (acpi_irq+0x0/0x16)
> >>>>>>>>[<c03960f0>] (yenta_interrupt+0x0/0x40)
> >>>>>>>>[<c03fd230>] (snd_intel8x0_interrupt+0x0/0x220)
> >>>>>>>>Disabling IRQ #9
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>So thats the output. What does it mean? Am I on the right track?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>Im sorry to say that maybe... not.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>>If so, does anyone know if his wireless card works under Linux?
> >>>>>>>>Its a D-Link Airplus DWL-650+
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>Not really, but you can have a look at the opensource driver project
> >>>>for this card:
> >>>>http://acx100.sourceforge.net/
> >>>>
> >>>>I recommend you downloading the tarball with the source and then
> >>>>reading the entire documentation.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>>Thanks!
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>No prob!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>So what do you think?
> >>>Thanks very much!
> >>>Ian
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Cool, you've the same PCMCIA than me (I owe an Acer TM370, just for info).
> >>
> >>I had tons of problems for making it work, since, one day, it just
> >>worked. Anyway, in your case it seems to be detected...
> >>
> >>Did you check the webpage i sent on the previous mail with the project
> >>of the driver?
> >>
> >>
> >>cheers
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >Hey.
> >So does that mean based on the output that after I compile these
> >drivers, it will work?
> >And I probably will need some help with that.... (Not good at hardware
> >tweakage.)
> >
> >Thanks again though!
> >Ian
> >
> >
> Hi again,
> Perhaps I didn't send it right but I haven't gotten a reply to this thread
> in a very long time (which seems strange). I have been messing around with
> my client and maybe something got turned around, but if you have replied
> past this, do you mind sending the reply to me again?
>
> Basically, I am having an issue with the driver once downloaded.
>
> I did install those drivers (/configure // make).
> I am now actually following the instructional guide
> here:
>
>
> Here is the problem: (Quoth the guide:)
> Identifying Your Device
>  You must first determine that you have a device that
> contains a chipset that is compatible with the
> acx100/111 driver and this guide. Understand that due
> to continuing unfortunate and ill-advised model naming
> by some device manufacturers, there is a lot of
> confusion about this issue, please verify your chipset
> as instructed, and do not trust the model number on
> your device. Chipsets internal to these devices have
> and will change unannounced, you must verify before
> continuing in order to save yourself the headache of
> trying to use the wrong driver with your device.
> Having said that, it's time to identify your device.
> To do that you'll need to run lspci -n with your PCI
> card installed and/or your CardBus card plugged in.
> Successful output looks similar to this:
>
> # lspci -n
> 00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:7192 (rev 02)
> 00:02.0 Class 0607: 104c:ac16 (rev 02)
> 00:02.1 Class 0607: 104c:ac16 (rev 02)
> 00:03.0 Class 0300: 10c8:0004 (rev 01)
> 00:07.0 Class 0680: 8086:7110 (rev 01)
> 00:07.1 Class 0101: 8086:7111 (rev 01)
> 00:07.2 Class 0c03: 8086:7112 (rev 01)
> 00:07.3 Class 0680: 8086:7113 (rev 01)
> 05:00.0 Class 0280: 104c:8400
>
>  That listing is taken from running lspci -n on my
> ThinkPad 600 with my SMC 2435w CardBus card plugged
> in. Out of those 9 lines listed, we're only interested
> in that last one:
>

But you were talking about a Panasonic Thougbook, didn't you? O.o

> 05:00.0 Class 0280: 104c:8400
>
> because it contains one of the 3 combinations listed
> below at it's end:
> 104c:8400 (acx100 CardBus)
> 104c:8401 (acx100 PCI)
> 104c:9066 (acx111 Cardbus/PCI)
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> Heres the thing, nothing in those combinations is
> listed when I do lspci -n.
> Here is my list:
>
> Class 0600: 8086:7194 (rev 01)
> Class 0401: 8086:7195
> Class 0300: 126f:0710 (rev a3)
> Class 0607: 1180:0475 (rev 80)
> Class 0601: 8086:7198 (rev 01)
> Class 0101: 8086:7199
> Class 0c03: 8086:719a
> Class 0680: 8086:719b
> Class 0780: 10b7:1006
>
> Im misunderstanding something,
> like, the website said that the DWL-650+
> will work with this driver. Why is this
> not working???
>

No idea, probably something isn't properly configured. And I think is
at the PCMCIA side :(



> Thanks for all of the help.
> Ian
>
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