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Old 04-09-2005, 03:53 AM   #1
Wolfwood
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Unknown Crash


I'm a linux newb who's been using Fedora 3 for the past few months. Two weeks ago I used Up2date and updated some files and the kernel to 2.6.10-1.770 and now my computer crashes on "Initializing hardware.. storage network". I've tried acpi=off and erasing rhgb but neither had any effect. I tried uninstalling the 2.6.10-1.770 kernel but that didn't work and it doesn't matter if I try to boot with a different kernel. I edited the rc.sysinit and commented out the sound module and that allows me to boot but I do want sound on my system.

My system specs are:
motherboard: abit NF7S
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2600+
512 dual port memory
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
SoundBlaster Live!
Western Digital 80GB


Does anyone know of anything else I can do short of formating my root partition and reinstalling?
 
Old 04-10-2005, 02:41 PM   #2
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Does the system break if you load the sound module after booting up without it?

If not, take the sound module out during booting and then re-load it in /etc/rc.d/rc.init:
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modprobe snd.o && /etc/rc.d/init.d/sound start
where [/i]snd.o[/i] is the sound module you're talking about.

The sound start bit should re-start your sound module.

If the system breaks with the sound module loaded, then it's likely to be a problem caused by the sound module, either by the auto-detection code interfering with somethine else, or the IRQ/DMA settings being wrongly detected. Try passing the correct options to it explicitly, rather than letting it auto-detect them. Also, check the documentation for the sound module (you'll find it in the kernel source), and check online to see if there are any known bugs with it (you should find something via www.kernel.org).
 
Old 04-16-2005, 01:51 AM   #3
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Yes my system does break when I try to load it with that command after boot time. I'm a newbie though so I don't know how to pass values. What I'd really like to know is why it worked for awhile and now my sound driver isn't working anymore
 
Old 04-16-2005, 06:54 AM   #4
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Originally posted by Wolfwood
Yes my system does break when I try to load it with that command after boot time. I'm a newbie though so I don't know how to pass values.
You need to look at /etc/modules.conf. You'll find several descriptions of this file online, here's one to get you started: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.4/html/x49.htm

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What I'd really like to know is why it worked for awhile and now my sound driver isn't working anymore
If this happened after updating the kernel, then this will be due to a change in the newer version of the kernel. It sounds like the autodetection routine for your sound card has changed, and it now interferes with something else on your system. You could always submit a bug report to the developers of that module, but try setting parameters in /etc/modules.conf first.
 
  


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