insmod errors in intel 815 chipset
 

Hi all,
In my Slack 9.0 system, X works fine (including antialiasing, DRI, GLX and so on). But at boot time, I get a HUGE number of messages saying that insmod i810_tco and insmod i810-rng failed : no such device etc etc.
What's the problem ? At least, how can I disable these errors from showing up ? (I tried removing /lib/modules/......./i810_tco.gz and so on, but
the next time it complained that these files can't be found).
Which script loads these modules anyway ?

Thanks in advance!

Re: insmod errors in intel 815 chipset
 

I have the same promble with 845 chips and the computer will auto reboot in one or two minutes after login,if I say "yes" to hotplug support when install slackware 9.0.
If I say "no" to hotplug,the promble will disappear,but the system will not auto detect pci cards,I cann't use my sound card.
I donn't konw what can I do,yet.

Re: insmod errors in intel 815 chipset
 

you need to add
i810_tco
i810-rng
to your /etc/hotplug/blacklist & reboot, if you still the error reboot twice.

The Intel i810 RNG is a feature of i810-i815 motherboards and a
driver exists for it in all Linux kernels.

You can get the daemon,rng-tools, and install it in order to use the random number generator.
from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel

Installing this driver will prevent the insmod messages to come up?

I have the same problem here and wonder whether I should blacklist the module or do something to get it supported. what does this module do anyway? L

it suppose to create a device in /dev/hwrandom then feed the cpu's data there and basically analyze it.
I could not get the driver work but when I create the device file by hand
daemon dont start upon reboot...


prolly the best for u would be to remove it's modules..

By putting the entry in the blacklist as described above?
Thanks for letting me know. I am a newbie when it comes to modules.

This problem still present in Slackware 9.1
 

Hello,

insmod errors mentioned above are still present in Slackware 9.1 also. But the solutions mentioned above have not worked for me. Any suggestions to prevent these errors?

Anand

The problem I've had with my 845GL chipset was sound related and not video related as this thread seems to be about. I did however have all the same i810 something or the other bootup error messages. I got both my sound running and the messages to go away by compilling a 2.6.x kernel.

From the intel website
"AC'97 audio for Intel motherboards using ICH4 (82801DB) requires kernel 2.5.11 or later."

This might not even be related with the problem you guys are having but never know I guess...

My current desktop

actually, the rng is a driver for the _HARDWARE_ RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR
most desktops dont have it.

moving the module to a temp place and running "depmod" and restarting will mostly solve the problem.

This message looks as though it is coming up because hotplug is mistakenly trying to install devices that don't exist (this happens most often when hotplug can't distinguish between two slightly different devices and just tries to install both; then one works and the other gives an error). If this is the case, the solution is to add the module names to the hotplug blacklist as Anibal suggested. If you think you added these module names to the blacklist, but you still get these messages, then it is most likely due to a typgraphical error (or the equivalent) in your blacklist entries. These messages will not appear if these modules are properly blacklisted in hotplug. Of course the messages don't actually hurt anything, so it's not something to lose much sleep over.